Location: Australia, Sydney
Company: BNK Banking Corporation Limited
BNK Banking Corporation Limited is seeking an experienced and strategically minded Head of Enterprise and Operational Risk to join the BNK team. Reporting directly to the Chief Risk Officer and operating within the second line of defence, this critical leadership role is responsible for the design, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of BNK’s Enterprise and Operational Risk Framework.
As BNK continues to grow as a technology-enabled challenger bank, you will play a key role in building and strengthening the organization’s risk architecture, including risk taxonomy, operational resilience, risk frameworks, controls assurance, and risk culture. You will provide independent and constructive challenge to the first line, while partnering with stakeholders across the business to support sustainable growth and regulatory compliance.
Leading a team of two risk professionals, you will be a key contributor to BNK’s compliance with APRA prudential standards, particularly CPS 220 and CPS 230, while helping shape the future risk maturity of the organization.
Job role:
- Design, implement, and continuously improve BNK’s Enterprise and Operational Risk Management Framework, ensuring it is in alignment with APRA prudential standards, Board risk appetite, and BNK’s growth strategy.
- Provide expert advice and independent second-line oversight across the organization.
- Identify emerging, concentration, and interconnected risks across operational, compliance, conduct, and credit risk categories.
- Lead the redevelopment, maintenance, and application of BNK’s enterprise risk taxonomy.
- Oversee identification of critical business services, impact tolerances, and disruption scenarios.
- Design and operate second-line controls testing and assurance programmes.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of key controls and challenge first-line risk management practices.
- Provide independent assurance reporting to the CRO, Board committees, and Internal Audit.
- Lead the ongoing development and embedment of the bank’s Three Lines of Defence model.