Executive Manager - Business and Wealth Risk

Create your best future as Executive Manager, Global Investment Services, Business & Wealth Risk

What’s the role? 

Take on a high-accountability leadership role helping to deliver strategic customer offerings for our Private Wealth and Global Investment Services businesses. As a senior member of the Divisional Risk team, you’ll have end-to-end responsibility for partnering with stakeholders to deliver effective oversight, support strategic decisions and enable change.

You’ll work closely with senior leaders of Private Wealth, providing practical advice, independent oversight and constructive challenge. 

Experience within investment management, whether in a Line 1, Line 2 or Audit role is highly preferred and will be valuable in supporting the role’s broad remit.

This 18-month maximum-term role is based in Sydney or Melbourne.

What will you do?

• Lead oversight or risk management and transformational change: Contribute as a strong member of the Divisional Risk team, executing oversight activities across Private Wealth and Global Investment Services in line with Group strategy, policies and frameworks, delegations, risk appetite and Westpac’s Risk Management Framework.
• Provide second-line oversight: Deliver effective advice, oversight and challenge across Risk & Control uplift, Issue and Incident Management and help shape and support key risk management programs of work.
• Own stakeholder outcomes: Take end-to-end responsibility for working with senior stakeholders to identify priorities, coordinate responses, resolve issues and embed sustainable risk outcomes.
• Enable transformation: Play a key role in transformational change initiatives within Global Investment Services  by applying a strong risk lens from design through implementation, anticipating impacts and ensuring risks and controls are effectively addressed.
• Escalate key matters: Apply sound judgement to identify and escalate material risks, issues and emerging themes to the Head of Divisional Risk.
• Prepare clear, insightful non-financial risk and governance reports for senior Risk leaders.

What do I need?

• Strong experience in investment management, risk management in either a Line 1, Line 2 or Audit function.  
• A proven ability to build trusted senior stakeholder relationships, work across organisational boundaries and influence senior stakeholders through constructive, evidence-based challenge.

Why join us?

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

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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.

We may close this job advertisement earlier than the advertised closing date if suitable candidates are identified. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.