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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Frankston, Victoria, Australia

Responsible for helping South East Water to formalise their frameworks, processes and controls to manage their assets in a way that meets customer needs, supports the health and wellbeing of all people, and protects our environment.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Led the remediation and uplift of employee due diligence screening and probity control environment. Responsibilities included designing strategic plans and programs of work to remediate employee sanctions / AML/CTF screening and end-to-end employee due diligence control gaps; transform employee and third party probity processes and controls to best practice standards, and delivering probity remediation and transformation through key stakeholder engagement across Financial Crime, Strategic… Show more Led the remediation and uplift of employee due diligence screening and probity control environment. Responsibilities included designing strategic plans and programs of work to remediate employee sanctions / AML/CTF screening and end-to-end employee due diligence control gaps; transform employee and third party probity processes and controls to best practice standards, and delivering probity remediation and transformation through key stakeholder engagement across Financial Crime, Strategic Sourcing, Legal and Third Party Risk Management business units. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Led the design of an enterprise Office Accounts governance framework and delivered process and control optimisation activities to culturally transform the way Office Suspense and Special Purpose Accounts (Office Accounts) are used and managed by account owners. Responsibilities included improving the daily monitoring and management of Office Accounts to reduce the risk of internal fraud and financial losses, delivery of a data analytics and reporting platform to enable monitoring of Office… Show more Led the design of an enterprise Office Accounts governance framework and delivered process and control optimisation activities to culturally transform the way Office Suspense and Special Purpose Accounts (Office Accounts) are used and managed by account owners. Responsibilities included improving the daily monitoring and management of Office Accounts to reduce the risk of internal fraud and financial losses, delivery of a data analytics and reporting platform to enable monitoring of Office Account usage, and centralisation of Office Account reconciliations into Reconciliations Centre of Excellence. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for leading the Financial Control Banking team of up to 5 people responsible for maintaining the Australian Region Financial Control framework. Responsibilities included: Leading process and controls design workshops for Finance Journals and Reconciliations processes, and chairing monthly governance and change control forums for Reconciliations, Retail Effective Yield, SAP General Ledger; Coordinating six monthly Requisition on Management and Financial Data Certifications for the… Show more Responsible for leading the Financial Control Banking team of up to 5 people responsible for maintaining the Australian Region Financial Control framework. Responsibilities included: Leading process and controls design workshops for Finance Journals and Reconciliations processes, and chairing monthly governance and change control forums for Reconciliations, Retail Effective Yield, SAP General Ledger; Coordinating six monthly Requisition on Management and Financial Data Certifications for the Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, and monthly Australian Legal Entity HFM attestations for the GM, Financial Control Banking; Providing secretariat services to the monthly Enterprise Finance Risk & Audit Forum, including preparing meeting schedules, agendas and minutes, coordinating attendees, presenters and rooms, etc., and Delivering special projects, e.g. Enterprise Office Accounts and General Accounts system review. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for leading team of up to 12 risk and controls professionals providing 1st Line Management Assurance support to NAB’s Corporate Functions – Finance, Risk, Commercial Services and People divisions, and Office of the CEO. Supported NAB’s Corporate Functions to meet ‘non-negotiable’ risk and compliance management and governance accountabilities. This included supporting the business to develop risk profiles, compliance obligation plans and key indicators to monitor the effectiveness… Show more Responsible for leading team of up to 12 risk and controls professionals providing 1st Line Management Assurance support to NAB’s Corporate Functions – Finance, Risk, Commercial Services and People divisions, and Office of the CEO. Supported NAB’s Corporate Functions to meet ‘non-negotiable’ risk and compliance management and governance accountabilities. This included supporting the business to develop risk profiles, compliance obligation plans and key indicators to monitor the effectiveness of their control environment; and providing reporting and secretariat services for their risk governance meetings. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Instrumental in supporting Executive General Manager and Leadership Team to develop and deliver enterprise strategies. Provided a diverse range of business management activities, including acting as a key point of contact for information flows, preparation of Board and Executive papers and packs, and analysis and reporting. Responsibilities included managing the EGMs and their respective Leadership Teams to operate within financial plans and business targets, and to meet their risk and… Show more Instrumental in supporting Executive General Manager and Leadership Team to develop and deliver enterprise strategies. Provided a diverse range of business management activities, including acting as a key point of contact for information flows, preparation of Board and Executive papers and packs, and analysis and reporting. Responsibilities included managing the EGMs and their respective Leadership Teams to operate within financial plans and business targets, and to meet their risk and compliance management accountabilities; driving establishment of core business processes, including the Initiatives Office operating rhythm; and providing People Leadership, direction and support to the Communications and Management Reporting teams. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

As a member of the 2nd Line Business Banking Operational Risk & Compliance team, I was responsible for overseeing first line risk management activities to ensure they remain within business risk appetite, and for providing insights to the Chief Risk Officer. Responsibilities included supporting Business Banking Management to deliver business strategic objectives through overseeing the:- Identification of business risks that could lead to potential financial and non-financial losses… Show more As a member of the 2nd Line Business Banking Operational Risk & Compliance team, I was responsible for overseeing first line risk management activities to ensure they remain within business risk appetite, and for providing insights to the Chief Risk Officer. Responsibilities included supporting Business Banking Management to deliver business strategic objectives through overseeing the:- Identification of business risks that could lead to potential financial and non-financial losses, - Recommendation and implementation of preventive measures (processes and controls),- Development of action plans to minimise costs and damage should a loss occur,- Monitoring business operations to ensure that losses remain within business risk appetite, and- Providing business oversight and insights (risk themes across Business Banking business units, new and emerging risks, potential changes to internal and external business environments) Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Led the Audit Operations team of up to 4 people responsible for Audit Reporting to the Principal Board Audit Committee and Executive Committee, including quarterly Control Environment Assessment reporting to the Board and business Risk Management Committees, facilitating annual Audit planning and quarterly enterprise Risk Assessments, developing Audit staff capability and training, maintaining Audit methodology, performing Audit Quality Assurance reviews, and general process improvement through… Show more Led the Audit Operations team of up to 4 people responsible for Audit Reporting to the Principal Board Audit Committee and Executive Committee, including quarterly Control Environment Assessment reporting to the Board and business Risk Management Committees, facilitating annual Audit planning and quarterly enterprise Risk Assessments, developing Audit staff capability and training, maintaining Audit methodology, performing Audit Quality Assurance reviews, and general process improvement through leading the NAB Kaizen program for Audit. Show less

Docklands, Melbourne

Responsible for development of Audit technology strategy and oversight of Audit system operations, and Audit process improvement through leading the NAB Kaizen (process improvement) program for Audit.

Docklands, Melbourne

Led the NAB Technology Risk function of up to 22 people to provide risk management support to the Technology division. Built a high performing team, developed risk methodologies, tools and templates, and educated and supported Technology business units to make risk aware business decisions.

Led the NAB Technology Audit function (team of 12 staff), developed and delivered the annual Technology Audit Plan and provided the Principal Board & Audit Committee with assurance over the Technology business’s risk management frameworks and practices, and design and operational effectiveness of their processes and controls.

Delivered consulting, and program and project delivery and management services to National Australia Bank (NAB), ANZ, Bendigo Bank and Telstra – Internal Audit, Controls Advisory, SOX, Basel II, Technology, Project Office, Project Management, and special projects and secondments.