Senior Risk & Controls Leader – Data & Analytics

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

Benefits offered by this job

Special offers on banking products

Flexible work arrangements

Tailored learning and development

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

Westpac is seeking an Executive Manager, Business Controls and Monitoring to lead a risk professionals team supporting the Chief Data and Analytics Office (CDAO) and Shared Data and AI Delivery Unit. You’ll guide risk, controls, and governance embedding across the organisation.

You’ll partner with senior stakeholders, drive remediation, and provide insights for risk committees, while coaching the business to grow risk ownership in a large, complex environment.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of risk professionals and teams.
• Strong knowledge of risk management, controls and monitoring.
• Experience addressing data privacy and technology risk challenges.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to translate complex risk data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach risk professionals across CDAO and Shared Data and AI Delivery Unit.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to strengthen risk practices and remediation efforts.
• Oversee reporting for risk committees and governance of change initiatives.
• Drive a strong risk and controls culture across the business.

Skills

Leadership

Risk management

Data privacy risk

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Job description

Westpac is seeking an Executive Manager, Business Controls and Monitoring to lead a risk professionals team supporting the Chief Data and Analytics Office (CDAO) and Shared Data and AI Delivery Unit. You’ll guide risk, controls, and governance embedding across the organisation.

You’ll partner with senior stakeholders, drive remediation, and provide insights for risk committees, while coaching the business to grow risk ownership in a large, complex environment.