Risk Manager

Description:

The Westpac Group invests a significant amount each year on projects that deliver changes to the organisation’s technology and business. This role exists to ensure project risk for large and complex programs is properly identified, communicated, and managed.

Strategic Change Oversight is a specialist 2nd Line of Defence function that provides risk oversight of the change portfolio with a specific focus on high-risk enterprise and pan-divisional changes. This position exists to provide:

• Enterprise and or Divisional risk oversight of programs and projects
• Deep content driven oversight to generate valuable insights across programs and projects.
• Facilitating multiple touch points with other Risk Subject Matter Experts in 2nd Line of Defence.


 

Accountabilities will include:

• Role modelling the Risk by Design and Risk Upfront culture through pro-active and collaborative engagement
• Engagement with 1st Line of Defense project risk specialists
• Participating in risk workshops e.g., RAIDs workshops, and challenging the business to think broadly about the delivery risks of their project to ensure risks are appropriately identified and mitigated
• Oversight and challenge across cost, scope, schedule, quality, and benefits for the project for the purposes of risk reporting and identification of delivery risks
• Perform quality reviews on risk management records
• Review of Risk and Control matrix to ensure Delivered risks are appropriately identified
• Facilitate cross Divisional working groups
• Day to day operational tasks to support the Strategic Change Oversight function


 

What is in it for me?

You will play an important and significant part in the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our vision is to become one of the world’s great service companies. So, we will back you in the development of your career, with internal career prospects and flexible working. You will also be backed by a fantastic team of people in a can-do, supportive structure.