Data Risk Manager

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• Permanent full-time


• Sydney or Melbourne based


• Fantastic opportunity to further your stakeholder engagement skills as a Data Risk Manager

How will I help?

As a Manager in the Data management risk team, you will be responsible for First Line Data Risk management and stakeholder engagement and commitment. You will manage risk predominately within the areas of Financial Crime and Credit risk, as well as other risk classes and undertake First Line activities including:

• Root Cause Analysis’


• Impact Analysis’ confirming root cause, quantification (where required), and documentation


• Data Problem impact assessments

This role also maintains a significant stakeholder management component, where you will engage, inform, influence, and negotiate with stakeholders across the Risk Division and the broader Westpac Group to ensure they remain engaged and committed to helping deliver required standards for Risk Data Management.

Further responsibilities include: 

• Ad-hoc analysis of data problems, incidents, and issues, ensuring tickets are tracked end-to-end


• Planning of remediation data problems including documentation of the JUNO Issue and associated actions where relevant


• Participation in Data Problem governance forums and meetings


• Preparation of data problem summary documentation to facilitate governance sign-off processes


• Coordination of data problem investigation and analysis with upstream Data Producer Divisions


• Contribution to other Data Risk Management activities such as CDE Management, CDE Onboarding and Data Quality Monitoring


• Stakeholder engagement and management 


• Coordination of signoffs and approvals of key decisions and outputs/deliverables


• Coordination and negotiation with large pool of stakeholders to obtain commitment to undertake implementation activities (e.g., resolution of Data Problems / Issues) within agreed timeframes


• Coordination and tracking of activities performed by supporting teams (e.g., Data Platforms, Risk Class Data Teams and others)

What’s in it for me?

You’ll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for over 200 years. Our purpose is to create 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 grow your career, 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?

To be successful in this role, you will have a broad risk class exposure within financial services organisations with at least 8 years’ experience in Data Risk or a related data management field, as well as regulatory obligations experience in Credit Risk and Financial Crime. You must also have excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence and negotiate with cross functional team and senior stakeholders. Furthermore, you will also maintain strong technical skills with advanced Excel and SQL experience.

Other advantageous attributes include:

• Data Risk Management such as Data Quality Management, Data Controls Management, Data Governance or Data Lineage 


• Experience across multiple Financial Crime disciplines and an understanding of Financial Crime processes and regulatory obligations 


• Understanding of Credit Risk concepts including Basel III/Risk Weighted Assets and IFRS9/Expected Credit Loss 


• Ability to influence others to drive results and reinforce the process requirement to business upstream 


• Negotiation with stakeholders to obtain required information and validate information


• Strong business analysis (including data and controls) and problem-solving skills


• Experience in data warehousing, information modelling or ETL development would be beneficial but not essential 


• SaaS experience 


• Experience in working with the Alex metadata management tool 


• Strong presentation skills


• Strong personal drive and accountability


• A team player able to build collaborative working relationships across team members and other stakeholders


• Graduate or post graduate qualification in commerce/business, information systems, technology related discipline, or equivalent

What’s it like to work there?  

We are a collaborative team of passionate people with a shared ambition to make a difference for our customers, our communities and each other. At Westpac, making a difference means creating impact, unlocking our own and each other’s passions, and transformative success stories to create better futures together.   

As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family gives you access to a wide range of employee benefits to help you manage your priorities - whether that means family life, work/life balance, ambition to grow or all the little perks in between. 

We’ll empower you to shape your career path.  Through personalised upskilling, mentoring, and training opportunities, you’re in control of where you start and how you’ll grow.  

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion.

Hear from some of our people and their experiences working with us.

How do I apply?

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At Westpac, we’re all about creating a supportive culture and ensuring our workplaces, branches, products, and services are accessible and inclusive for everyone—our customers, employees, and the wider community. If you’re interested in discussing workplace flexibility, please feel free to mention it in your application.

We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, veterans and reservists, 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 email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au

Westpac is committed to talent mobility and career development for our current employees, including trainees and intern program participants. People Leaders will prioritise internal candidates.
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