Executive Manager, Regulatory Affairs

at  Westpac

• Permanent role.
• Sydney or Melbourne based – hybrid working.
• Great opportunity to join Westpac’s Group Regulatory Affairs team.
  How will I help?
  You will be responsible for leading engagements with Westpac’s key regulators to help deliver Westpac’s regulatory strategy.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading regulatory relationships across a portfolio of engagements, ensuring the maintenance of an open and transparent relationship with regulators.
• Leveraging relationships and industry expertise to guide effective regulatory decision-making, risk management, and providing strategic advice on regulatory matters.
• Analysing the regulatory landscape and providing strategic insights into materials for senior stakeholders, outlining current and emerging regulatory risks and trends.
• Providing advice and guidance to senior stakeholders on regulatory engagements, including input into briefing sessions before key interactions.
• Attending meetings with regulators and facilitating effective interactions, including through input to, and the review of, meeting materials.
• Managing responses to regulatory requests and working closely with business areas to ensure Westpac understands and delivers against regulatory expectations.
• Proactively contributing to the leadership of the Group Regulatory Affairs team, including supporting team members.
• Developing an understanding of relevant regulatory policies and guidance and maintaining operational excellence when following internal processes.

What’s in it for me?
Inspiring locations. Flexible workspaces. And unexpected opportunities. Plus, the backing and great benefits from one of the most refreshing employers in Australia. For example, you’ll be able to have access to some of the best banking, wealth, and insurance benefits in the market, be paid well, as well as an entire suite of online learning and career planning tools so you can grow.
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?

• Strong knowledge of financial regulators and their expectations, the regulatory landscape, and experience in directly engaging with regulators.
• The ability to effectively interact and influence stakeholders at all levels (including senior and executive stakeholders) and to understand the practical business implications of regulatory activities and expectations.
• Ability to exercise judgement and offer constructive challenge in managing regulatory engagements.
• Demonstrates a high degree of flexibility and easily adjust to changing priorities and tasks.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, planning and organisational skills, and the ability to work under pressure within tight deadlines and with autonomy.

What’s it like to work there?
For the past 200 years, we’ve been backing people, businesses, communities, and ideas. As Australia’s first bank, we’ve adapted and evolved, inspired by our customers and a genuine desire to create better futures. Together, we’re creating better futures for all our people, customers, communities, and shareholders. This has been our enduring Purpose. We make change happen in the community. It’s our shared vision of a safer, greener, and more inclusive world that sees us back new ideas, innovations and individuals who are creating better futures

• Leading regulatory relationships across a portfolio of engagements, ensuring the maintenance of an open and transparent relationship with regulators.
• Leveraging relationships and industry expertise to guide effective regulatory decision-making, risk management, and providing strategic advice on regulatory matters.
• Analysing the regulatory landscape and providing strategic insights into materials for senior stakeholders, outlining current and emerging regulatory risks and trends.
• Providing advice and guidance to senior stakeholders on regulatory engagements, including input into briefing sessions before key interactions.
• Attending meetings with regulators and facilitating effective interactions, including through input to, and the review of, meeting materials.
• Managing responses to regulatory requests and working closely with business areas to ensure Westpac understands and delivers against regulatory expectations.
• Proactively contributing to the leadership of the Group Regulatory Affairs team, including supporting team members.
• Developing an understanding of relevant regulatory policies and guidance and maintaining operational excellence when following internal processes