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Senior Manager Risk and Controls

Commonwealth Bank

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Category
Risk
Work arrangement
On-site
Location
Sydney, Australia
Posted
Aug 31, 2026
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Commonwealth Bank is hiring a Senior Manager Risk and Controls in Sydney, Australia. This is a Risk job in the governance, risk, and compliance field. Review the full details below and apply directly with Commonwealth Bank.

See yourself in our team Customer, Channel and Data (CCD) is a strategic enablement function within Business Banking (BB), supporting all distribution segments and product pathways. CCD plays a central role in elevating customer experience, reimagining the BB distribution model, and accelerating the adoption of data, analytics, and AI. CCD’s mission is to support the BB strategy in striving for Business NPS of +30. The BB Agentic Transformation Crew is responsible for designing and implementing go to market propositions using Agentic AI approaches which would plug into branch, digital, call centre and RM managed capabilities. This forms the future of AI driven distribution for the Business Bank and sits with the CCD Domain Do work that matters As Senior Manager within the Line 1 Risk team supporting BB Agentic Transformation you will be the first point of contact for operational risk and compliance (OR&C) matters providing advice and guidance on the management and reduction of non-financial risks. On any given day you will Proactively detect and anticipate responses to changes in the internal and external risk landscape that may impact the business risk profile. Advise on opportunities to enhance the design and resiliency of business processes and compliance. Provide pragmatic risk advice to the BB Agentic Transformation team in control design and evaluation, ensuring a safe, sound and efficient operational environment Provide insightful business intelligence to accountable owners, governing forums and committees, to create transparency of risk outcomes. Advise and enable senior stakeholders to manage their risk, compliance obligations and business operations within risk appetite. Support with the identification, escalation and reporting of operational risk and compliance matters to the BB Agentic Transformation leadership team and other relevant stakeholders Support the BB Agentic Transformation deliver work agile under Change Management Risk Standard (CMRS) which allows us to manage risk in the flow of change. Conduct change impact assessments for changes led by BB Agentic Transformation and assess impact of other Group changes on CCD more broadly. Conduct and manage Control Assurance Program (CAP) testing, including the development of test plans and reporting on findings Manage root cause analysis of issues and incidents, identifying and implementing control improvements, maintaining quality documentation throughout Advocate for and advise the business

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Location and market context

This job is based in Sydney, Australia on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to Commonwealth Bank's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.

About risk management jobs

Risk jobs own the methodology for identifying, assessing, and escalating enterprise, operational, and technology risk. Second-line teams set risk appetite and challenge the first line. Jobs like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as enterprise and operational risk frameworks, NIST AI RMF, and risk-appetite and escalation practices.

How to position yourself for this risk management job

Strong candidates emphasize risk assessment methodology, appetite and escalation, cross-functional partnership, and clear reporting to senior leadership and the board. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Commonwealth Bank would apply enterprise and operational risk frameworks, NIST AI RMF, and risk-appetite and escalation practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.

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