Senior Operational Risk Manager

Buscojobs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal : to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our customers. Our Institutional bank helps our largest customers move trade and capital around the region, providing our people with great opportunities to build their technical expertise and their careers.

About the Role

As a Senior Operational Risk Manager in our Risk Institutional - Operational Risk & Compliance tribe, you’ll play a key role in helping to ensure the global businesses within their relevant asset class are adequately covered to enable proactive risk management and strengthen risk maturity levels through proactive review and challenge and advice. This role is responsible for independent oversight of the risk profile and risk management framework.

The Senior Manager, Operational Risk, Markets will attend relevant business risk and governance forums, steering committee meetings to provide a clear opinion on the adequacy and maturity of operational risk management, and strategic insights and advice relating to operational risk. The role requires detailed understanding of the Markets business, products and customers, advanced influencing skills and strong written and oral communication capabilities to ultimately help business stakeholders create and maintain strong risk culture.

This senior role is expected to provide on-going support for the wider Markets OR&C team, including taking accountability for delivery of relevant team’s strategic priority areas and role modelling appropriate standards to other members of the team. This role will be required to collaborate effectively division wide including with their team peers, key business stakeholders (including assurance teams), enterprise risk teams, Internal Audit and other areas / functions as required.

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Location : Open to applicants based in Sydney and Melbourne

Role Type : Fixed-Term (6 months), Full-Time

What will your day look like?

As a Senior Operational Risk Manager, you will :

• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with key internal stakeholders to drive a proactive, consistent and co-ordinated approach to risk management within their specific asset classes / functions.
• Attend relevant business risk, governance forums, Working Group meetings to highlight operational risks and controls to be taken into account as part of the business’s operational risk management, and provide strategic insights and advice relating to operational risk.
• Ensure Business Units meet requirements of ANZ I.AM framework and appropriate identification and management of operational risks, compliance obligations and controls.
• Monitor risk profiles, operational risk and compliance events, audit findings, customer complaints, control testing results to identify potential operational risk insights / issues and ensure appropriate responses and escalations from Businesses.
• Perform objective review and challenge of Business risk and control activities, new and product variations, project and BAU initiatives and the resultant impact on business risk profiles.
• Utilise data to ensure efficient and accurate reporting and insight generation, reducing manual effort where possible.
• In partnership with wider OR&C team, champion the oversight and management of operational risks across Institutional Division.
• Drive and increase in understanding of Technology risk across both the team and relevant business areas / functions. Collaborate with relevant SMRs to ensure business areas / functions are proactively managing technology risks and developing appropriate controls and / or remedial actions.
• Lead ‘deep dive’ reviews for portfolio, ensuring thematic insights are developed and value driven output is shared with the business to uplift risk management maturity and / or improve control environment.

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following :

• Strong knowledge of Markets business and end to end processes and experience with the ability to review and challenge effectively.
• Organisational knowledge and strong technical and / or industry networks (internal and external).
• Ability to build and maintain relationships and successfully influence / negotiate change with senior business stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong management experience with the ability to add value in a highly engaged and motivated team.
• Tertiary qualified, proven experience in Operational risk, Audit and / or Assurance related disciplines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates New Ways of Leading (NWOL) attributes, including : Curiosity, Creating Shared Clarity, Empowering People, Connecting with Empathy and Growing People Selflessly.

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

So why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https : / / www.anz.com.au / careers . You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 81682.

Job Posting End Date

15 January 2025 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)