Senior Analyst (12 month contract)

Job Description

• Sydney location
• 12 month max term contract, full time
• Hybrid working environment

How will I help?

WIB Finance product control team is focused on building and maintaining a strong control environment and delivering business insight to a wide range of stakeholders. We are looking for someone to be the controller in credit & rates product control team in the delivery of daily P&L process and associated control activities.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for the preparation of daily and monthly financial results for credit and rates business
• End-to-end accountability for trading portfolios and perform daily P&L, balance sheet review, commentary, month end ledger close, month end GL substantiation and financial reporting
• Work directly with front line traders, sales and management located in Australia, New Zealand, and other global offices
• Work closely with other support functions in the WIB / Treasury business such as Valuations & Market Data, Financial Control, Financial Performance, IT Support and WIB International Operations
• Deliver on key risk indicators and enhance the current control framework
• Provide analysis and business commentary to front office and finance stakeholders
• Gain a thorough understanding of the product systems such as Oracle GL / Cube, Murex, Calypso, GMIS
• Identify and implement process changes to improve team quality and productivity
• Assist with ad-hoc change projects where required (eg new product setup, new accounting standards and/or policies)

What's in it for me?

You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our purpose is of creating better futures together. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grow, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure.

Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.

What do I need?

• Accounting degree, CA or CPA
• 3+ years' financial markets accounting experience
• Strong Excel and communication skills
• Knowledge of Oracle, Cognos, Murex and Calypso
• In depth knowledge of financial products.

What is it like to work there?

We aim to provide one big, supportive team to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together. As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family means you will get some of the best banking, wealth and insurance benefits in the market.

We back our employees by helping them work towards industry-recognised qualifications, using online learning, training modules and career planning tools for you to grow with us. We will even pay you to do volunteer or community work.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.

How do I apply?

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At Westpac we are committed to providing a supportive culture and creating diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplaces, branches, products and services for our customers, employees, and community. This role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au.

Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?

We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please call 1800 655 592 Option 2.3 or email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au