Senior Manager, Operational Risk

Head of Operational Risk | Multiple Portfolios

Our client is looking to appoint multiple newly created Head of Operational Risk positions. These are senior second line leadership roles responsible for providing independent oversight, challenge and advice on operational and non-financial risks across several strategically important business portfolios.

The portfolios span retail banking, lending, digital, customer channels, transaction banking and institutional businesses, offering broad enterprise exposure and the opportunity to influence risk outcomes across complex customer, product and operational environments.

Reporting into senior risk leadership, you will partner closely with business executives and governance forums to assess risk management effectiveness, challenge risk and control outcomes, identify emerging risks and provide commercially grounded advice on material operational risk matters.

This is a rare opportunity to join a significant operational risk transformation and contribute to the ongoing evolution of risk oversight within a highly regulated and complex organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide independent second line oversight, challenge and guidance across a designated business portfolio
• Assess the effectiveness of risk management practices, controls and framework embeddedness
• Review root cause analysis and challenge remediation strategies to ensure sustainable risk outcomes
• Influence executive decision-making through risk insight, analysis and governance engagement
• Identify emerging risk themes, systemic issues and areas requiring heightened oversight
• Support governance forums through effective risk reporting, communication and challenge
• Leverage data, analytics and risk indicators to support forward-looking risk management
• Lead and develop operational risk teams while fostering a strong risk culture

About You

You will be an experienced operational risk leader with a deep understanding of non-financial risk frameworks and the ability to operate effectively in complex, highly regulated environments.
We are interested in speaking with individuals who can demonstrate:

• Significant experience within banking or a similarly complex regulated industry
• Strong operational risk and non-financial risk management expertise
• Experience providing effective challenge and oversight within a second line function
• Executive-level stakeholder management and influencing capability
• Strong judgement and the ability to navigate ambiguity and complexity
• A track record of improving risk outcomes through leadership and influence
• Confidence operating within senior governance and decision-making forums

Why Consider This Opportunity?

Opportunities at this level are relatively uncommon in the Australian market.
These appointments provide the opportunity to lead operational risk oversight across strategically important portfolios, engage directly with senior executives and governance bodies, and play a meaningful role in shaping risk management outcomes across a large and complex enterprise.

For experienced operational risk professionals seeking broader influence, enterprise-wide exposure and the opportunity to work on some of the most significant operational risk challenges in the market, these roles warrant consideration.

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please apply now or reach out to George.symonds@methodrecruitment.com.au for an initial confidential discussion.