• Use your expertise to drive positive outcomes for our customers
• You’ll be supported to manage your career, work and life
• Committed to supporting your talent and skills through your career

It’s more than a career at NAB. It’s about more opportunity, more moments to make a difference and more focus on you.

Your job is just one part of your life. When you bring your ideas, energy, and hunger for growth to us, you’ll be recognised and rewarded for your contribution in return. You’ll have our support to excel for our customers, deliver positive change for our communities and grow your career.

It’s a good time to see what more you can find at NAB as Associate Director –Risk Execution.

The primary objective of the role is to Deliver Group Risk direction, focus, and transformation, in support of broader Risk and Divisional teams, through:

• Simplification of risk environment prioritising substance over form for better customer and colleague outcomes, including provision of robust, fit for purpose, risk frameworks and processes
• Maximising opportunities for technology to support automation of risk processes
• Transformation design and delivery across RP&A remit, and providing a risk voice through representation on Group/Risk wide initiatives

Key Accountabilities:

• Provide advice and feedback in matters of risk framework and policy, and governance – providing SME engagement in working groups
• Challenge existing ways of working across Risk for better banker and customer outcomes
• Raise and contribute to the design of digital/technological solutions to streamline risk management processes, including risk assessment both in project phase/implementation and in end state
• Leverage specialist skills and subject matter expertise from other Risk teams as required.
• Lead by example against team values and expectations
• Support Risk Appetite Statement and Risk Management Framework annual review cycle in collaboration with accountable/Division Leads to optimise P&L and business/risk outcomes – support annual RMD process (CPS220)
• Provide advice and feedback in matters of risk framework and policy – providing leadership to SME engagement in working groups
• Provide subject matter expertise and effort for initiatives, including significant regulatory and legislative change, to ensure sustained success upon implementation, leveraging SME from other risk teams as required
• Provide oversight and challenge of framework/policy breaches, exemptions, and exceptions –driving risk culture uplift through focussed conversation and recommendation for policy/communication/capability
• Manage assigned compliance plans – obligations and controls – continuous uplift

What you will bring:

• Experienced Associate Director role
• 5-7+ years’ experience working in risk management in a financial institution
• Excellent stakeholder management skills - Experience facing into multiple stakeholders and being able to effectively navigate the organisation
• Project management experience
• Change management (transformation) experience – demonstrated delivery
• Demonstrated creative problem solving – self-directed – see the problem, solve the problem
• Excellent communication skills – story telling – insights from data
• Excellent organisational skills

A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone.

At NAB, we are intent on building a culture we can all be proud of. One based on trust and respect. An uplifting environment where every single one of us feels appreciated and empowered to be our true, authentic selves. A diverse and inclusive workplace where our differences are celebrated, and our contributions are valued. It is a huge part of what makes NAB such a special place to be.

More focus on you
We are committed to delivering a positive experience for our colleagues and a workplace you can be proud of. We support our colleagues to balance their careers and personal life through flexible working arrangements such as hybrid working and job sharing and competitive financial and lifestyle benefits. We invest in our colleagues through world class development programs (Distinctive Leadership and Career Qualified in Banking), and empower you to learn, grow and pursue exciting career opportunities. For more information, please click here

Join NAB
If you think this role is the right fit for you, we invite you to apply.

NAB welcomes flexible working arrangements and encourages interested applicants to apply, highlighting their unique working preferences (including working hours and part-time status).

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let the recruitment consultant know.  

Please note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert.

Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.