Finance Manager, Risk and Controls

Organization: At CommBank, we never lose sight of the role we play in other people’s financial wellbeing. Our focus is to help people and businesses move forward to progress. To make the right financial decisions and achieve their dreams, targets and aspirations. Regardless of where you work within our organisation, your initiative, talent, ideas and energy all contribute to the impact that we can make with our work. Together we can achieve great things.

Job Title: Finance Manager, Risk and Controls
Location: Bengaluru - Manyata Tech Park

Business & Team: The Financial Services division, led by the Group CFO, partners with all areas of the Commonwealth Bank Group to provide financial control functions and specialist advice on financial management and strategy. This advice covers finance, audit, treasury, investor relations, security and property. The Centre of Excellence team has been established to improve the Technology Finance team’s value proposition via uplifting the standards and business outcome for financial management, planning and controls services to Group and Business Unit CIOs.

Impact & Contribution: You will be part of the Finance Centre of Excellence capability in Technology Finance. Your primary roles is to:

• Support the Senior Manager and the Technology Finance Leadership Team with providing robust financial control and risk advice.
• Support financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures, consistent across Technology and responsible for driving forward safe, sound, and secure financial governance and embedding the Bank’s risk frameworks across the broader team, and facilitating the execution of Technology Finance’s strategic initiatives.
Contribute to the process improvement agenda on existing manual processes by simplification and automation initiatives.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Supporting the co-ordination and management of financial controls across the broader team, including implementation of training, workshops, leadership forums and completion of regular risk reporting
• Regular review and development of Technology Finance Business Profile operational risks and relevant controls, including annual Risk and Control Self Assessments
• Supporting various stakeholders to review, develop, and implement controls that enable continuous improvement in risk and compliance outcomes
• Maintaining quality risk data in various databases (including RiskInSite, Rufus)
• Assisting in the coordination of the semi-annual Directors Questionnaire (DQ) processes
• Support the design of future state processes and financial controls
• Advising and supporting frontline stakeholders with root cause analysis of risk incidents and issues
• Support the Technology Finance team with financial control guidance applicable to IT costs and develop overarching principles that are consistent with Group policies and accounting standards
• Adhering to and reinforcing the CBA Code of Conduct that sets the standards of behaviour, actions and decisions we expect from our people
• Drive process improvement culture with focus on simplifying processes in Technology finance and the wider Financial Services business unit
Undertaking all activities in accordance with CBA’s values and Code of Conduct to support the Group’s vision

Essential skills:

• 5-10 years’ experience in finance and accounting industry with excellent analytical skills with attention to detail and experience in proactively driving insights
• Ability to solve problem by thinking critically about any given problem, using data and other relevant information, to propose a solution that reduces risk and enables favourable business outcomes
• Ability to build rapport with stakeholders to act as a trusted risk advisor
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to positively influence culture
Risk Mindset – All CommBank employees are expected to proactively identify and understand, openly discuss and act on current and future risks

Education Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree/Master’s degree in Finance
• Additional qualification in CA is a plus