Senior Manager Risk & Control Enablement – Business Lending Operations

12-month Secondment / Fixed-Term Contract

Do work that matters

Business, Institutional and Market Operations (BIMO) provides operational support across Business Banking and Institutional Banking & Markets. Within BIMO, the Risk & Control Enablement team partners closely with the business to strengthen risk management practices, uplift controls and support sustainable business outcomes.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Managerlevel risk professional to provide Line 1 Risk & Control Enablement support to the Business Lending Operations portfolio. This role requires a trusted risk partner who can influence senior stakeholders, provide strategic risk advice, drive control uplift initiatives and lead risk outcomes across a complex Business Banking environment. The role also includes leadership responsibility for a Risk Manager.

See yourself in our team

Line 1 Risk partners with BIMO and key stakeholders to provide risk, compliance, control and change advisory support that helps protect our customers, people and organisation.

We do this by:

• Supporting implementation and ongoing adherence to the Operational and Compliance Risk Management Framework.

• Providing specialist risk and control advice to business stakeholders.

• Strengthening risk capability and risk culture across the business.

• Driving effective risk governance and reporting.

• Supporting change and transformation initiatives through risk assessment and advisory activities.

• Facilitating risk and control uplift initiatives that improve business outcomes.
  

On any given day you will

• Partner with Business Lending Operations leaders to provide trusted risk and control advice across strategic, operational and transformation initiatives.

• Drive implementation and embedment of operational risk and compliance framework requirements across the portfolio.

• Lead complex incident assessments, root cause analysis activities and remediation initiatives.

• Identify opportunities to strengthen controls and improve risk and compliance outcomes.

• Support and challenge stakeholders in managing risks associated with change, transformation and process improvement initiatives.

• Deliver insightful risk reporting, governance and risk profile assessments to senior stakeholders.

• Coach and develop a Risk Manager while providing leadership, direction and support across the broader risk agenda.
  

We're interested in hearing from people who have

• Significant experience in a Line 1 Risk Advisory or Risk Partnering role supporting a Business Banking, Business Lending, Retail Banking or Operations portfolio within a large financial services organisation.

• Demonstrated experience partnering with and influencing senior business leaders on risk, control and compliance matters.

• Proven ability to provide strategic risk advice, challenge decision-making and drive risk and control outcomes across complex business environments.

• Strong knowledge of Operational Risk and Compliance Management Frameworks, including experience embedding framework requirements across business portfolios.

• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching and developing team members while fostering a strong risk culture.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence outcomes and build credibility at all levels.
  

Why this role?

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a business-facing risk role embedded within Business Lending Operations, providing exposure to complex operational processes, transformation activity and senior stakeholder engagement. You'll have the opportunity to shape risk outcomes, influence decision-making and drive meaningful risk and control uplift across a critical business portfolio.