Senior Manager, Compliance, UNITE

Westpac; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Learning and development opportunities

Community volunteering

Job summary

Westpac is seeking a Senior Manager, UNITE Compliance to provide independent compliance advice across the UNITE transformation program. Based in Sydney with hybrid work, you will partner with program, risk, legal and control teams to understand regulatory obligations and how proposed changes affect customers and frontline teams.

You will review transformation plans, assess incidents, advise on remediation, and elevate concerns when risks are not managed.

Qualifications

• Experience providing compliance, risk, legal or controls advice within financial services.
• Understanding of regulatory obligations and compliance risks with transformation, technology, data and process change.
• Ability to review complex information, identify control weaknesses and propose practical responses.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with ability to influence decisions and elevate concerns.
• Clear written communication skills to operate through change and competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent compliance advice across Westpac’s UNITE transformation program.
• Collaborate with program, business, risk, legal and control teams to assess regulatory impact.
• Review transformation plans, customer migration activity, controls and implementation readiness.
• Identify compliance risks and advise on remediation; elevate concerns when risks aren’t managed.
• Contribute insights to governance forums and support regulatory engagement.

Skills

Compliance advisory

Regulatory risk

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory obligations

Change management

Written communication

Job description

Create your best future and join Westpac as aSenior Manager, UNITE Compliance– 12 month Max Term contract.

What’s the role?

This role will play a crucial part of the UNITE team. UNITE is our business-led, tech-enabled transformation, and a key priority for the Group. UNITE is about delivering 'one best way' to make our processes, systems and tech simpler so we can deliver a better experience for our customers and make things easier for our people

As Senior Manager, UNITE Compliance, you’ll provide independent compliance advice and support across Westpac’s UNITE transformation program. You’ll work with program, business, risk, legal and control teams to understand how proposed changes may affect regulatory obligations, customers, frontline teams and the way the bank operates.

You’ll review transformation plans, customer migration activity, controls, testing and implementation readiness, helping teams identify and address compliance risks early. You’ll assess incidents and issues, provide practical advice on remediation and elevate concerns when risks aren’t being appropriately managed.

You’ll also contribute clear insights to senior governance forums and support regulatory engagement relating to the program. This role will suit someone who enjoys navigating complex change, applying sound judgement and influencing positive outcomes while maintaining independent oversight.

This role is full-time 12-month max term contract and based in Sydney with hybrid and flexibility arrangements.

What do I need?

You’ll bring strong compliance judgement, practical problem-solving skills and the confidence to provide clear advice in a complex change environment. You’ll have:

• Experience providing compliance, risk, legal or controls advice within financial services, a regulated organisation or a regulatory environment.
• An understanding of financial services products, regulatory obligations and compliance risks associated with transformation, technology, data and process change.
• The ability to review complex information, identify control weaknesses and recommend practical, proportionate responses.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to influence decisions, constructively challenge proposals and elevate concerns clearly.
• Clear written communication skills and the ability to work effectively through change, complexity and competing priorities.

Our Promise To You

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives

Create your future today

We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find more information and contact details on our FAQs and how to contact us page, under the ‘Diversity, sustainability and flexibility’ section.