Do work that matters:
The purpose of the Business Banking (BB) Governance team is to enable BB leadership to make informed, high-quality, risk/reward decisions in order to achieve operational and strategic goals. We do this through providing advice and support in the optimisation and effective management of non-financial risks; providing mechanisms for monitoring and reporting to senior management, ensuring prompt and appropriate escalation; introducing efficiency and consistency through automation and standardisation; and promoting ways to create ongoing challenge.
This role is a secondment opportunity until February 2027.
See yourself in our team:
In this role you’ll be responsible for driving consistency, simplicity and efficiency into the governance framework and processes. You’ll engage and influence numerous senior stakeholders across the business to embed governance enhancements.
Your focus will be implementing continuous improvement and operational excellence across the multiple risk committees and forums managed by the team and the wider business, as well as improving the governance framework elements we deliver on. Key to your success is your resilience and adaptability to work in a fast-paced environment that can be demanding due to its constant need to improve and the dynamic response to change.
Daily responsibilities include:
Ensure the BB risk committees and sub-committees operate effectively to provide senior management with information to oversee and manage Operational Risk and Compliance.
Support BB committee Chair(s), members and business areas to ensure that high-quality, relevant and consistent information is provided to non-financial risk committee, sub-committees and forums; facilitating decision-making and promoting an integrated view of risk management across BB.
Apply critical thinking to BB governance and oversight framework current state to determine opportunities for improvement, to enable consistency and gain efficiencies whilst delivering best in class governance practices. For example, identifying simpler and better ways to track and manage Committee actions, report on key risk metrics and/or surfacing emerging horizon risks.
Support with preparing Committee and Board submissions.
Supporting other activities as required to meet the objectives of the BB Chief Controls Office.
Your experience looks like:
Strong technical skills and knowledge in Operational Risk, Strategy and/or Governance.
The ability to find solutions that balance the needs of various stakeholder groups.
Strong attention to detail, organisational, planning, time management and project management skills.
Experience in process improvements, driving actions and delivering measured benefits.
Ability to think critically, analytically and strategically.
Ability to engage with and influence a large and varied stakeholder group.
Working at CommBank
At CommBank, we support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work in the role you’re interested in.
If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.
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