Job Description

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Senior Manager, Financial Markets Risk Advisory

• Permanent Full-time opportunity
• Sydney based
• Hybrid working model (3 days in office)

What’s the role?

The Senior Manager plays a key role in implementing and managing risk management and monitoring obligations in Financial Markets (FM), supporting consistent implementation and embedding of risk management framework, policies and controls in the FM Line of Business with a focus on the Chief Operating Office (COO), including Strategy, within Financial Markets and WIB Economics.

The role delivers business-facing BCM advisory services to the relevant FM business and partners with stakeholders on all matters of risk and control to provide safe, practical and sustainable solutions that support business objectives, growth and change.

The core focus of the role is to support the proactive management of operational and compliance risks, issues and incidents, control design and optimisation, and risk in change, while helping embed a strong risk culture that balances commercial, customer and regulatory needs.

What do I need?

• Strong knowledge of financial markets, including key operational, compliance, and regulatory risks impacting the business.
• Extensive experience in operational risk, compliance, business controls, or advisory roles within financial services, consulting, or audit.
• Experience supporting incident and issue management, including root cause analysis, read-across activities, and strengthening control environments.
• Strong judgement and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance risk, regulatory, and commercial considerations in complex or ambiguous situations.
• Ability to translate policy and risk frameworks into practical, sustainable business solutions, while effectively influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and reporting capability, including advanced Microsoft Office skills, with experience using data and MI to identify risks and support control optimisation.

Why join us?

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

Create your future today

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We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

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