Associate Director Risk And Control Governance, Planning And Reporting

Do work that matters:
Institutional Banking and Markets (IB&M) is responsible for managing the Group's relationships with major corporate and government clients and institutional investors, and provides a full range of capital raising and risk management products and services. The division also performs an important internal role for the Group by providing FICC market, lending and capital markets execution capabilities to other CBA business units that allows them to capture opportunities with their customers.

The IB&M Non-Financial Risk and Conduct team is responsible for the management of non-financial risk for IB&M’s global operations across Australia, Asia, Europe and North America. This includes the identification and assessment of key risks that could impact the way in which the IB&M business achieves its objectives, and ensuring these are mitigated as appropriate.

See yourself in our team:

The Non-Financial Risk and Conduct team is responsible for developing the non-financial risk strategy and supporting the business to proactively reduce risk exposure in the business in the context of IB&M‘s risk appetite. The Non-Financial Risk and Conduct team is the central conduit between the business, Line 2 and regulators.

This role reports into the Executive Manager – Central Policy & Framework in IB&M.

Key responsibilities will include:

IB&M Non-Financial Risk and Conduct works in partnership with the end to end IB&M business and the IB&M Chief Risk Officer (CRO) team to deliver effective outcomes in IB&M. 

The Associate Director Risk and Control Governance, Planning and Reporting is responsible for supporting and managing various IB&M committees including the IB&M Non-Financial Risk Committee as well as providing risk management support and delivering insights to the business.

Specifically, this role will:

• Provide appropriate governance support and Reporting for the IB&M Non-Financial risk Committee and various other IB&M committees to support effective risk management decision making

• Administer governance forums, including preparation, minuting and action management

• Periodically assess the forums’ effectiveness

• Develop and enhance reporting on operational Risk and Control profiles, issues, incidents, emerging risks and other matters

• Provide reporting, analytics and insights to support the identification of risks across IB&M, contribute to assessment of control effectiveness, identification of emerging risks or system issues

• Reporting and monitoring of business performance against the Risk Appetite Statement and provision of insights and recommendations as appropriate

• Execute accountabilities and responsibilities as required by the ORMF and CRMF

• Preparation and review of reports and inputs for the relevant Business Unit, Group, Board, Board Risk Committee, Operational Risk Management and Compliance Committees, Management Committees and Leadership Teams Meetings, as required

• Produce relevant reporting on OR in line with requirements outlined in policies and frameworks, including Risk and compliance issues, incidents, emerging risks and OR matters

• Champion and drive a continuous improvement mind-set that optimises the risk culture of the business.

We’re interested in hearing from people who have:

• Solid experience in banking/financial services/other relevant experience

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and consulting skills

• Strong attention to detail & a high degree of accuracy

• Sound knowledge of institutional banking businesses and processes end to end

• Sound knowledge of the Risk and Control environment & framework

• Ability to understand and clearly communicate complex concepts

• Strong reporting and analytical skills

• Strategic and conceptual thinking & problem solving skills

• Solution-oriented and continuous improvement mindset