About us:
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Europe) N.V. (CBA NV) is a public limited company (Naamloze Vennootschap) in the Netherlands and a subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia ("CBA"), an Australian banking corporation. In 2020 CBA NV was authorized by the European Central Bank (ECB) as a credit institution, thus is a fully licensed credit institution to undertake banking business and investment services and activities. CBA NV is part of CBA's wholesale banking division, Institutional Banking and Markets ("IB&M").
About Institutional Banking & Markets:
The IB&M division serves the financial needs of large institutions and governments across Australia and New Zealand and in select international markets in Europe, Asia and the Americas. IB&M's purpose reflects the unique and pivotal role it plays for the CBA Group and Australian economy: "IB&M combines global connectivity and capability to build a better Australia". The division is the CBA Group's center of excellence for high-value, low frequency, client-tailored solutions. Its aim is to provide clients with access to capital, risk management solutions and facilitates cross-border capital flows.
About CBA NV:
Having a presence in the European market is critical for the CBA Group as it provides the global capability and connectivity that is required to build a better Australia. CBA NV acts as the European gateway to Australia and New Zealand to facilitate investment and bilateral trade.
The CBA NV entity located on the Amsterdam Zuid-as next to WTC station has a hands-on mentality being pro-active and entrepreneurial.
We are committed to investing in our people, systems, processes, and policies to ensure our workplace is diverse and inclusive and expect our people to work together to achieve a culture demonstrating the CBA core values ("Care, Courage and Commitment") that supports this commitment.
Within the Risk team of CBA NV we have an exciting new opportunity.
The role:
This opportunity is for an experienced Risk manager to support the Risk team with embedding the Bank's (Enterprise) Risk Management Framework and providing independent review and challenge, advice, monitoring, and oversight of business activities including its risk and controls.
You will support the CBA NV Head of Enterprise Risk and CRO in:
- Consolidated risk reporting to Management and Supervisory Board.
- Managing the annual ICAAP process including integrated stress testing.
- Coordination and oversight of local ESG activities, and liaison for CBA Group Climate & Environmental team on all ESG matters.
- Designing and executing stress tests for ESG and Credit Risk.
- Monthly validation of collection provisions.
- Managing risk and ESG disclosures in the Annual Report and Pillar 3 report.
- Ownership of Risk Management Framework, Risk Appetite Statement, and ESG Policy documents.
In this role you will be working closely with the Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance and Business teams in CBA NV, and CBA Group in Sydney.
Education, experience and skills:
- Experience within international bank, brokerage firm and/or consultancy firm and familiar with key concepts of credit risk, operational risk, and market risk.
- Knowledge of EU prudential regulatory requirements and standards, including CRR, and evolving regulatory landscape in the field of Climate-related & Environmental (C&E) risk /ESG.
- Expertise in one or more of the following areas: operational risk, risk governance, ICAAP, C&E/ESG, stress testing, collective provisions.
- Experienced in consolidated risk reporting and/or regulatory risk disclosures (e.g. Pillar 3, Annual Report).
- Experienced in drafting and maintaining risk framework and policy documents.
- Ability to effectively engage with senior stakeholders within and outside the Bank, understand and balance different interests, as well as to identify and implement pragmatic though sustainable solutions within a highly regulated and fast-growing organisation.
- Relevant professional qualification is a bonus (e.g. PRM, FRM).
We offer a competitive salary package and a steep learning curve.
If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.
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What We Do
Australia’s leading provider of financial services including retail, premium, business and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and sharebroking products and services.
We are a business with more than 800,000 shareholders and over 52,000 employees. We offer a full range of financial services to help all Australians build and manage their finances.
