Specialist Risk Appetite & Frameworks_ Reporting & Analytics

Bendigo Bank; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

True Flexibility

Health & Wellbeing Support

Continuous Learning

Job summary

Bendigo Bank is seeking a Specialist, Risk Appetite & Frameworks to modernize reporting and uplift risk insights for executives. You will design interactive Power BI dashboards, automate data collection, and support governance with robust metrics.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across Group Risk to deliver clear, high-quality papers and dashboards for senior leadership and the Board.

Qualifications

• Strong Reporting & Data Analytics Expertise with hands-on dashboard design in Power BI.
• Automation & Digital Mindset: ability to automate reporting workflows and drive improvements.
• Risk or Financial Services Experience in governance, compliance, or analytical reporting.
• Exceptional Communication Skills: capable of translating metrics for senior executives and the Board.
• Resilience and Autonomy: able to work independently with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Data Analytics, Dashboards & Automation: design, develop, and maintain interactive Power BI dashboards; automate reporting processes.
• Executive Reporting: synthesize risk data into concise Board-level reports.
• Framework & Metric Monitoring: monitor Risk Appetite metrics and challenge action plans.
• Governance Support: support governance processes and SharePoint workflows.
• Stakeholder Engagement: build relationships across the Group and coordinate inputs on metrics.

Skills

Power BI

Data Analytics

Automation

Executive Reporting

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tertiary qualifications in Data Analytics

Tools

SharePoint

Power Automate

SQL

Excel

Job description

We’ve never been ‘just a bank’. Just like you should never be ‘just an employee’. We’re united in our belief that in banking, better can be bigger, and together we’re making it happen.

It starts here. With Bendigo Bank… and you.

Come and be part of our specialist Enterprise Risk team. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the bank's strategic direction by embedding, uplifting, and automating our core risk management frameworks. If you are a data-minded risk professional who thrives on transforming complex information into interactive Power BI dashboards, driving automation, and navigating ambiguity, this role is for you.

We are currently recruiting a resilient, analytical, and influential professional to join our Group Risk function.

As a Specialist, Risk Appetite & Frameworks (Reporting & Analytics), you’ll make an impact by:

• Driving a Data Mindset: Transitioning traditional reporting into modern, automated, and interactive reporting solutions.
• Empowering Decision-Makers: Designing and delivering clear, high-impact Power BI dashboards that provide senior leaders and the Board with the key risk insights needed for balanced decision-making.
• Automating Processes: Identifying opportunities to streamline and automate data collection and reporting workflows across Group Risk to drive operational excellence.
• Safeguarding Strategic Objectives: Supporting the oversight of the Group Risk Management Framework, Risk Appetite, and key governance policies.
• Collaborating & Challenging: Partnering with key stakeholders across the Group to build strong relationships, guide risk metrics reporting, and deliver strategic risk outcomes.

About the Role

The Specialist, Risk Appetite & Frameworks reports to the Head of Risk Appetite & Frameworks. In this key role, you will be pivotal in ensuring the bank’s risk frameworks are robust, measurable, and continuously evolving.

You will lead the charge in modernizing our reporting capabilities. This role balances risk governance business-as-usual (BAU) with a strong focus on digital enablement allowing you to showcase your technical skills in Power BI and automation to uplift how Group Risk presents information to the executive table.

Key accountabilities include:

• Data Analytics, Dashboards & Automation: Lead the design, development, and maintenance of interactive Power BI dashboards. Drive the automation of reporting processes, reducing manual overheads and ensuring data integrity.
• Executive Reporting: Exercise judgement to synthesize complex risk data into clear, concise, and professional Board and Executive-level committee reports, drawing out the "so-what" behind the numbers.
• Framework & Metric Monitoring: Coordinate with stakeholders across the Group to monitor performance against Risk Appetite metrics, reviewing and challenging action plans where metrics are outside of tolerance.
• Governance Support: Maintain and execute key governance processes, including the annual Risk Management Declaration, while supporting SharePoint workflow management and training initiatives.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Develop and maintain collaborative relationships across the Group, leading meetings to coordinate inputs and constructively challenging metric boundaries and risk tolerances.

What you’ll bring to the role

Essential

• Strong Reporting & Data Analytics Expertise: Proven hands-on experience designing and building interactive dashboards in Power BI to deliver high-quality business insights.
• Automation & Digital Mindset: Demonstrated capability or strong interest in leveraging tools (e.g., SharePoint workflows, Power Automate, advanced Excel) to automate manual reporting processes and drive continuous improvement.
• Risk or Financial Services Experience: Proven background in enterprise risk, governance, compliance, or an analytical/reporting-heavy role within the financial services industry.
• Exceptional Communication Skills: Excellent written communication skills, with a track record of translating complex metrics into clear, high-quality reports and papers for senior executive and Board audiences.
• Resilience and Autonomy: The ability to work independently, manage multiple stakeholders, and confidently navigate ambiguity to drive deliverables to completion.

Highly desirable

• Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline (e.g., Data Analytics, Business, Finance, or Risk Management).
• Experience with data modeling, SQL, or advanced data preparation tools.

Location & Flexibility

This is a permanent full-time position. While we have a preference for candidates in Adelaide or Melbourne, we are flexible on location for the right applicant.

We offer flexible work options that put our people first, working in a hybrid model with a minimum local Head Office attendance requirement determined by your Leader, to find a rhythm that works best for you and your team.

So, why work for us?

Want big impact that matters? Here, you’ll know your work directly benefits the customers and communities we all serve. You’ll also get access to a great range of benefits, including:

• True Flexibility: Whether it’s hybrid work, flexible hours, a compressed work week, or job-sharing, our options are designed to put people first.
• Health & Wellbeing Support: Discounted gym memberships, private health insurance options, and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family.
• Continuous Learning: Take your skills to the next level through our corporate university ‘BEN U’ or external training providers.

We believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success and we actively encourage applications from those who bring diversity of thought to our business. We support candidate requests for adjustment to accommodate an illness, injury, or disability to equitably participate in the selection process.

Still in two minds?

Research suggests 60% of women and underrepresented groups might stop here, even after getting as far as drafting an application. We believe that diversity makes every team stronger, so even if you don’t tick every box, we still want to see your application!

We’re making better, bigger. And we’ll get there with you. Now’s the time to set your sights even higher.