Job Description:- Critical role in driving the development, implementation and maintenance of our Business Resilience program
- Permanent Opportunity
- Location - Kent Street Sydney 2-3 days and WFH
How will I Help?Our
Business Resilience (BR) team provide specialised advice and support and structure to drive a culture of resilience across the Westpac Group (Group) that will prevent and/or minimise harm to our customers, market and firm in the event of incidents and disruptions.The Manager role is responsible for the ongoing development, implementation and maintenance of the
Business Resilience program within Westpac in accordance with Prudential Business Continuity requirements and the Group Policy. Building strong relationships is critical in this role as you will need to work with many different stakeholders across the organisation.
Key Accountabilities:- Assisting the Group to manage disruption risks to enhance their ability to meet business objectives, stakeholder expectations and compliance obligations.
- Educating Group stakeholders on APRA's Business Continuity Standard requirements
- Facilitation of Business Impact Assessment (BIA) workshops and documentation and review of BIA and Business Continuity Plan (BCPs) within the Business Continuity (BC) system.
- Testing and assurance of BC plans through scenario exercises and training sessions with senior business stakeholders.
- Building good relationships with stakeholders and driving education and awareness on best practice for business and operational resilience
- Assisting the Group to manage third-party risks as related to business continuity, including supplier onboarding and ongoing review.
- Helping to deliver regulatory change initiatives related to new requirements under APRA's CPS230 prudential standard.
What's in it for me?You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our purpose is creating better futures together. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grown, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.
What do I need?- Proven experience and subject matter knowledge in Business Continuity and Risk (with IT Disaster Recovery and Cyber Security experience being ideal)
- Tertiary qualifications in a business, risk, or finance related discipline and relevant resilience and risk experience in a similar level.
- Proven ability in situation management and disruption response.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of APRA standards and expectations for operational resilience, industry best practice (domestic and international), and maintaining / developing external networks with key BC practitioners external to Westpac to monitor industry trends and movements.
- Detailed understanding of policies, procedures, and proficient use of tools (BC system functionality / capability and MS Office).
- Understanding of risks, controls, testing and requirements in the Operational Risk Management Framework, including reporting obligations.
- Proven experience in analysis and reporting and advanced user of analytical tools in Excel; Excellent proficiency in translating and analysing data.
- Communication, presentation and coaching skills to high quality and speed.
- Proven experience liaising with senior executives.
- Ability to think through hypothetical situations and concepts and to identify risks and weaknesses in various business processes.
What's it like to work there?We aim to provide one big, supportive team of people to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together. Working with us you'll discover new ways of working, and an exciting range of roles to showcase your skills. As an equal opportunity employer, we're proud to have created a culture where people can be their best, in an environment that values diversity and flexibility. And one where everyone belongs.How do I Apply?Start here. Select the APPLY or APPLY NOW button.At Westpac we are committed to providing a supportive culture and creating diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplaces, branches, products and services for our customers, employees, and community. This role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au.Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please call 1800 655 592 Option 2.3 or email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au
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