Manager Risk Governance at Westpac New Zealand

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 Sep, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

21 Jun, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Risk Reporting, Risk Governance, Data Analytics, Power BI, Excel, Stakeholder Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Risk Appetite Frameworks, Thematic Analysis, Executive Reporting, Data Visualization, Risk Data Quality

Industry

Banking

Description

This role plays a critical part in helping CBW leadership and governance forums clearly understand what matters most from a risk perspective — today and looking ahead. As Manager Risk Governance, you’ll provide forward‑looking, high‑quality risk insights that highlight material risks, emerging issues, and themes, and where management attention is required. By transforming complex risk data into clear, decision‑ready insights, you’ll support stronger risk outcomes across CBW and WNZL. Mō te Tūranga | About the Role In this role, you’ll be responsible for delivering executive‑ and Board‑level risk insights that enable senior leaders to understand key risk themes, trends, and areas of focus. You’ll produce clear, concise, and insight‑led reporting for CBW, WNZL and Group governance forums, ensuring risk information is meaningful, relevant, and actionable. You’ll maintain CBW’s Risk Appetite reporting, including the Risk Appetite Statement and Risk Appetite Dashboard. This involves ensuring metrics, thresholds, commentary, and insights remain accurate, current, and aligned to CBW’s strategy, risk profile, and Board expectations. A core part of the role is leading thematic and emerging risk analysis. You’ll identify, analyse, and articulate forward‑looking risk themes by drawing connections across risk appetite, incidents, issues, controls, and external drivers, helping leaders anticipate what’s coming rather than simply reviewing what’s already happened. You’ll bring risk data to life through compelling storytelling, translating complex information into clear narratives that explain drivers, root causes, trends, and implications. Moving beyond retrospective reporting, your work will provide proactive decision support and help shape executive discussions. You’ll also continuously evolve CBW’s risk reporting suite, designing, and enhancing dashboards, governance packs, and deep‑dive papers. Using modern analytics, visualisation, and automation tools — such as Power BI and Excel — you’ll look for opportunities to improve efficiency, clarity, and insight over time. Maintaining strong risk data quality will be a key focus, including oversight of registers, incidents, losses, and key risk indicators. You’ll work closely with teams across the business to deliver integrated insights, shared learning, and continuous improvement across the enterprise. Nā tōu rourou | What you’ll bring You’ll bring experience in risk reporting, analytics or governance within a financial services or regulated environment, along with a strong ability to communicate risk clearly at senior levels. You’ll be comfortable producing executive‑ready reporting and have well‑developed analytical skills that allow you to identify themes, trends, and emerging risks with confidence. You’ll have strong data literacy, with practical experience using tools such as Power BI and Excel to create clear, insightful visualisations. Your written and verbal communication skills will enable you to influence senior stakeholders, while your judgement, attention to detail and ability to meet governance deadlines will ensure confidence in the outputs you deliver. A sound understanding of risk appetite frameworks and enterprise risk management is essential. A tertiary qualification in business, finance, risk, law, data, or a related discipline is preferred, along with experience using enterprise risk systems and registers (such as JUNO or similar). Exposure to technology, digital, data or AI‑related risk topics would also be advantageous. Westpac Hei Wāhi Mahi | Working at Westpac In addition to immersing yourself in a supportive team environment, you'll receive some great job perks and benefits including: • 4 weeks standard holiday + 5 additional days of wellbeing leave to support you to be your best • Additional purchased leave options up to 4 weeks per year • Banking benefits, insurance discounts and superannuation scheme • Growth and development – we provide opportunities for development and promote internal mobility • Recognition - we recognise and reward our star performers • School holiday subsidy - help you balance work and family during school holiday • 2 Volunteer days per year Ko mātou tēnei | Our Organisation At Westpac, we’re working together to build a fairer and stronger New Zealand for our people, customers, and communities. For over 160 years we’ve been driven by our purpose to Create Better Futures Together. What makes us unique are the incredible people we’re lucky enough to have walk through our doors every day. The giant ‘W’ on our building doesn’t just stand for Westpac – it says, double you. We’re a place that values, rewards and recognises individuality. Where you can be your whole self, your true self, and your best self. We’re recognised as a place where talent is developed, where passions are fuelled and where ambitions of all shapes and sizes thrive. And it all starts with you! Tono mai ināianei! | Apply Now! Apply today with your CV and Cover Letter. The people of Aotearoa, New Zealand hail from many cultures and backgrounds. At Westpac New Zealand, we draw on this enormous talent pool to cultivate a team rich in ability and empowered to reach its full potential. Our aim is to be brave challengers, celebrating our differences and relentlessly advocating for our customers. It starts with us – we believe that when we care deeply and do our best for our people, they’ll do their best for our customers. We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodiverse, have chronic health conditions or disabilities – your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities. Mahi tahi tātou, kaha ake tātou | Together Greater Applications close: 4 July 2026 Our culture is rich with stories of how our people like to help, our customers, our community and each other. This is reflected through flexible working arrangements to ensure that our people have a balance in their life with those things that are important to them. Through ensuring that we provide opportunities to everyone regardless of what society throws at them, we are a safe place to work where you are treated equally and appreciated.

Responsibilities

Deliver executive and Board-level risk insights by transforming complex data into actionable narratives and reporting. Maintain the Risk Appetite Statement and Dashboard while leading analysis on emerging risk themes and trends.