Associate - Governance

About the role

ANZ is hiring an Associate - Governance within its Governance, Assurance & Insights team to support Financial Crime governance and management reporting. You will coordinate committee materials, reporting outputs, governance records and Non-Financial Risk data so they are accurate, consistent and delivered on time, working with Governance & Reporting stakeholders to monitor commitments, support risk governance processes and escalate gaps or dependencies. The role is permanent, full-time, and based in Melbourne, Brisbane or Sydney.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and coordinate recurring Financial Crime management reports, dashboards, committee papers and presentations using agreed templates, data sources and quality standards.
• Gather, validate and consolidate quantitative and qualitative inputs from Financial Crime, divisional, country and specialist stakeholders, and follow up on gaps, inconsistencies and overdue submissions.
• Analyse Non-Financial Risk data on Financial Crime risks, controls, issues, events and actions, and share key trends, exceptions and insights with risk and control stakeholders.
• Coordinate governance and committee cycles: agendas, papers, meeting records, decisions and action logs, delivered within agreed timelines.
• Draft, maintain and review governance procedures, reporting guidance, records, calendars, obligations, control objectives and supporting evidence.
• Monitor governance commitments, committee actions and remediation activities, give status reporting and escalate delays, dependencies or evidence gaps.
• Support information needed for risk governance, risk attestations, regulatory engagement, audit, assurance and internal review.
• Build working relationships with report owners and contributors, and contribute to continuous improvement of governance practices, templates, data collection, quality controls and reporting automation.

Required profile

• Experience supporting governance, reporting, risk, compliance or business management activities in a complex or regulated environment.
• Understanding of governance practices, regulatory obligations and internal compliance requirements.
• Tertiary qualification in business, finance, law, risk or a related discipline is beneficial.
• Relevant Financial Crime, risk, compliance or governance certification is advantageous.

Required skills

• Strong reporting and analytical skills, including gathering, validating and presenting information clearly.
• Ability to organise and analyse Non-Financial Risk data and identify trends, exceptions and issues.
• Strong documentation and quality control skills across governance records and reporting materials.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and relevant governance, risk or reporting platforms.

Flexible working arrangements are available, and the application is made through the ANZ careers site using reference number 126048.