Senior Manager, Liquidity Stress Testing

A customer-centric, Australian bank.

The Team

The team partners with the wider Group Treasury team and is responsible for Liquidity Policy & Stress Testing activities.

The Role

In this role, you will monitor the economic and regulatory environment for known and emerging risks that could impact the Group’s business, financial position and liquidity risk management frameworks and policies.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Managing the Group Liquidity Policy and framework including providing advice on the application of the Policy, reviewing new business proposals, dealing with regulatory requests and managing the Group’s Contingency Funding Framework.
• Managing the annual updates of the Group’s liquidity management framework including the Group Liquidity Policy, Liquidity Management Standard and Contingency Funding Plan. This includes providing input into determining risk appetite and developing an understanding of the actions that could be taken in a liquidity crisis.
• Working closely with the Group Stress Testing team and developing severe yet plausible liquidity scenarios adapted to the identified risks and estimating their impact to the group's liquidity, funding and balance sheet position and structure.
• Working closely with Business Units, Technology and Reporting teams to implement new liquidity scenarios into liquidity systems and reporting.
• Maintaining strong governance, controls, processes and documentation of new scenarios, key assumptions and policies.
• Interacting with Line 1, 2 and external audit to support assurance and review activities.
• Building sustainable and effective business relationships with key customers and stakeholders through regular engagement, collaboration and the provision of constructive feedback.
• Strong project management disciplines to meet key regulatory and internal deadlines.
• Maintains high employee engagement and a strong team culture.

• Minimum 7 years’ post graduate experience in banking, financial markets, or risk management is preferred. Liquidity risk experience and knowledge of APRA’s APS 210 Liquidity prudential standard is ideal but not a must.
• Strong financial acumen and an ability to understand and interpret balance sheets.
• Excellent analytical and/or modelling skills, demonstrating independent thought and critical thinking.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts using simple language.
• Experience in leading and developing a high performing team.
• Strong business partnering skills with a proven track record in collaborating, influencing and driving outcomes.
• Business oriented, positive mind-set, resilient, with a clear focus on outcomes.
• Sound knowledge of regulatory and accounting standards, risk modelling techniques, financial control processes and financial systems experience (including Ab Initio) are desirable but not a must.

• Exposure to a wide range of stakeholders.
• High performing team and culture.
• Hybrid working - WFH 2 days a week.