Senior Manager, Compliance, UNITEnew

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Senior Manager, UNITE Compliance – 12 month Max Term contract. 

 

What’s the role? 

This role will play a crucial part of the UNITE team. UNITE is our business-led, tech-enabled transformation, and a key priority for the Group. UNITE is about delivering 'one best way' to make our processes, systems and tech simpler so we can deliver a better experience for our customers and make things easier for our people

As Senior Manager, UNITE Compliance, you’ll provide independent compliance advice and support across Westpac’s UNITE transformation program. You’ll work with program, business, risk, legal and control teams to understand how proposed changes may affect regulatory obligations, customers, frontline teams and the way the bank operates. 

You’ll review transformation plans, customer migration activity, controls, testing and implementation readiness, helping teams identify and address compliance risks early. You’ll assess incidents and issues, provide practical advice on remediation and escalate concerns when risks aren’t being appropriately managed. 

You’ll also contribute clear insights to senior governance forums and support regulatory engagement relating to the program. This role will suit someone who enjoys navigating complex change, applying sound judgement and influencing positive outcomes while maintaining independent oversight. 

This role is full-time 12-month max term contract and based in Sydney with hybrid and flexibility arrangements.  

 

What do I need? 

You’ll bring strong compliance judgement, practical problem-solving skills and the confidence to provide clear advice in a complex change environment. You’ll have: 

• Experience providing compliance, risk, legal or controls advice within financial services, a regulated organisation or a regulatory environment. 
• An understanding of financial services products, regulatory obligations and compliance risks associated with transformation, technology, data and process change. 
• The ability to review complex information, identify control weaknesses and recommend practical, proportionate responses. 
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to influence decisions, constructively challenge proposals and escalate concerns clearly. 
• Clear written communication skills and the ability to work effectively through change, complexity and competing priorities. 

 

Our Promise To You

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives

 

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