At People First Bank, we’re more than just a financial institution - we’re a values-driven organisation committed to making a meaningful impact. Built around people, we place trust, integrity, and purpose at the heart of everything we do.
We’re excited to invite applications for a newly established Line 2 position: Senior Leader, Enterprise Risk. This is a unique opportunity to join a highly experienced and close-knit team, where you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our enterprise risk strategies and driving a strong, values-led risk culture across the organisation.
In this strategic role, you’ll provide insightful, forward-thinking guidance to senior leaders, ensuring our risk approach aligns with both purpose and performance.
You’ll also benefit from genuine flexibility through hybrid work arrangements, all within a purpose-driven environment that lives its values every day.
About the Role
In this influential leadership position, you’ll play a critical role in the development and maintenance of the:
- Risk Culture Framework to promote a strong risk culture across the organisation. This includes conducting training sessions, assessing risk culture effectiveness, providing guidance to business units and championing a culture where risk awareness, capability, and continuous improvement are part of everyday practice.
- Risk Management Strategy / Enterprise Risk Management Framework, ensuring it evolves in line with both regulatory requirements and our strategic ambitions. You will lead maturity assessments and develop strategies to enhance risk management capabilities.
- Risk Appetite Framework by defining risk appetite statements and tolerance indicators and monitoring the bank's risk profile. You will deliver insights and direction to help guide balanced risk-taking that supports sound decision-making and sustainable growth.
- Risk Governance and Accountability Model and the effective implementation of the Three Lines Model to define clear roles and responsibilities, enhancing ownership and transparency across the organisation.
About You
A confident communicator and trusted advisor, you’ll work closely with senior leadership and the Board, providing high-quality insights, reporting, and assurance.
To succeed in this role, you must have over five years of experience in developing and maintaining enterprise risk management and risk culture frameworks, with deep knowledge of the financial services industry and APRA’s Prudential Standards. Your expertise in contemporary risk management practices, trends, and risk governance, along with strong skills in process improvement, change implementation, and problem-solving, will be essential. You’re independent, self-motivated, and highly driven, with high attention to detail and a commitment to driving projects to completion.
If you're passionate about driving a positive risk culture, uplifting risk maturity and want to be part of a team committed to doing the right thing - for customers, communities, and each other - we’d love to hear from you.
Who are we?
It's an exciting time to join our organisation! On 1 March 2023, two of Australia's most successful member-owned banking organisations merged to form People First Bank – powered by Heritage and People's Choice. We are Australia's leading mutual banking organisation and a genuine, member-owned alternative to the major banks.
We exist to create a better future for our members and the communities in which they live.
We are 100% member owned, with approximately 720,000 members and 1,900 employees. We have dual head offices in Adelaide and Toowoomba, and branches across South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory, trading under two brands, Heritage Bank and People's Choice.
When you come to work with us, you'll be joining a team of inclusive, friendly, and motivated employees who value making a difference every day for our members, community, and the planet. We are committed to creating an outstanding working environment where you feel supported, can continue to develop and are proud advocates of our members and our business.
Benefits of working for us
We believe the little extras can make a big difference in supporting your success. That's why we offer great incentives and benefits including:
- Employee banking benefits and discounted insurances
- Work from anywhere philosophy with the flexibility to work from home or in the office
- Career development opportunities, and ongoing training, coaching and support
- A dedicated Employee Assistance Program for you and your family to access in times of need
- Paid volunteering days and access to a diverse range of community and charitable initiatives
If this sounds like you, then this is the next step in your career. Click 'Apply' now and submit your application, including a cover letter and current resume.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion and support candidate requests for adjustments to accommodate disability, illness or injury, to enable everyone to equitably participate in our selection process.
