Senior Analyst, Business Controls & Monitoring (Merchants)Sydney, NSW, AustraliaJob DescriptionAll roles at Westpac Group can be considered for flexible working arrangements, such as flexible hours, working remotely, part time work, or job sharing.Permanent Full-timeSydney, hybrid workingFantastic opportunity to kickstart your career in riskHow will I help?As a Senior Analyst, BCM, you will support risk management and monitoring activities including the implementation and adherence to the risk management frameworks, policies, and controls across the Merchant Village within the Cash and Transactional Banking (C&TB) Line of Business (LOB).As part of a team of risk professionals, you will contribute to ensuring the Merchants Village risk management practices align to the frameworks, policies, risk strategy, regulatory obligations, and risk appetite of the LOB, C&TB Division, and Westpac Group.As a trusted adviser, you must stay abreast of changes to policy requirements/guidance and support the Village with understanding, embedding, and rolling out these changes.Previous risk experience is not necessary to this role.You will learn to support the Senior Managers in providing risk expertise and navigating incident and issue rectification, remediation, and regulatory updates for the Merchants Village, including:Leading incident verification and root cause analysis activities within required SLA'sFacilitate effective collation of information to support compliance assessment within required timeframesSupport regulatory notices, ensuring factual accuracy of information summarising the breach, root cause, rectification, and remediation activities within required reporting timeframesEnhancing issues and incident management practicesMonitor and track sustainable rectification and remediationEnsure any incidents and issues to the Value Chain risk profile are appropriately considered and updatedProvide controls expertise to assist with identification, uplift, or building of controlsTest the design and operational effectiveness of controlsProvide effective risk and control expertise for change initiativesCoach and support the Merchants Village to build greater risk awareness, culture and maturityWhat do I need?To be successful in this role, you must have a strong commercial acumen and experience in retail banking products as a financial services professional, where experience in Merchant Payments is highly desirable.You must also be a customer outcomes focussed individual who is proactive, organised and adaptable to achieve objectives in a changing environment.You will also have strong teamwork skills and the ability to build relationships and work as part of a cohesive team.What's it like to work there?We are a collaborative team of passionate people with a shared ambition to make a difference for our customers, our communities and each other.At Westpac, making a difference means creating impact, unlocking our own and each other's passions, and transformative success stories to create better futures together.As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family gives you access to a wide range of employee benefits to help you manage your priorities - whether that means family life, work/life balance, ambition to grow or all the little perks in between.We'll empower you to shape your career path.Through personalised upskilling, mentoring, and training opportunities, you're in control of where you start and how you'll grow.As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion.Job InfoJob Identification 54583Job Category Transformation and Continuous Improvement#J-18808-Ljbffr