Senior Manager, Breach Assessment

Location: Sydney, Australia

Company

An Australian banking organization focused on consumer banking, regulatory compliance, and inclusive financial services.

What you will do

• Lead the breach assessment function and coach a high-performing team of specialists.
• Oversee intake, triage, investigation governance, and breach determination processes.
• Ensure timely assessment and reporting of potential regulatory breaches and reportable situations.
• Review assessments for factual accuracy, robust analysis, and regulatory defensibility.
• Monitor reporting deadlines, investigation progress, and remediation outcomes.
• Prepare recommendations for senior leadership, executive committees, governance forums, and regulators.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in breach assessment or incident management.
• Proven leadership experience within a compliance function overseeing breach assessments, incident management, regulatory reporting, or similar high-risk decision-making processes.
• Strong knowledge of ASIC reportable situations, AFSL/ACL general obligations, APRA breach notification and prudential standards, and Banking Code breach reporting.
• Experience assessing complex regulatory matters, applying significance tests, and preparing regulator-facing submissions.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, influencing, analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, and executive reporting skills.
• Confidence navigating ambiguity and resolving complex challenges with sound judgment.

Culture & Benefits

• 20 weeks of paid parental leave for parents of a child born, adopted, or fostered.
• Financial and leave support for approved study that benefits professional development.
• Employee home loan benefits.
• Inclusive, supportive, and family-friendly workplace culture.
• Support and adjustments are available during the recruitment process.

Hiring process

• Applications close 4 October 2026.
• Direct talent sourcing model; agency introductions are not accepted.