Audit Manager – Group Operations

Job Description

Audit Manager – Group Operations | ANZ BANK

The Tone:
This is a permanent, full-time role at ANZ BANK, located in Melbourne or Brisbane. ANZ is dedicated to shaping a world where people and communities thrive, aiming to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of its customers. This role is crucial to ANZ Internal Audit’s ambition to be a leading audit function and the Bank’s trusted independent voice, providing essential strength and perspective for the bank to excel in trust, safety, and risk management through robust non-financial risk management.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Permanent
• Location: Melbourne, Brisbane

• Team: Reports to the Audit Director – Institutional Operations & Business Continuity.
• Mission: Support the delivery of independent third-line assurance over the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and controls across Group Operations.
• Tech Stack: Data analytics, available tools.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Audit Engagement: Contribute as a team member to audit engagements aligned to Institutional Operations & Business Continuity risk activities, including work supporting Critical Operations coverage.
• Audit Delivery: Deliver assigned audit activities within agreed timelines and scope, managing workload effectively and escalating delays, dependencies, or concerns early.
• Risk Analysis: Support risk identification and audit scoping activities by applying an understanding of operational processes, risks, and customer outcomes to inform testing.
• Methodology Adherence: Apply Internal Audit methodology and Global Internal Audit Standards consistently, ensuring all work is evidence-based, well documented, and supports clear conclusions.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage professionally with business stakeholders and audit team members, contributing to clear, value-adding audit observations grounded in evidence and proportionate to identified risks.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Tertiary qualification in accounting, audit, operational risk, compliance, or related disciplines; understanding of operational service delivery environments within Institutional Operations, including key processes, controls, and operational dependencies.
• Experience: Experience contributing to audits, assurance activities, or risk reviews and producing high-quality work outputs, along with the ability to use data or analytics to support testing and analysis.
• Skills: Ability to identify and assess conduct, regulatory, fraud, and transaction processing & execution risks; understanding of Business Continuity risks and controls; ability to work professionally with stakeholders and communicate issues clearly.
• Bonus: Prior experience working in operational environments within Institutional Operations; exposure to remediation or thematic reviews, including post-incident or regulatory-driven work; experience auditing change or transformation activity; relevant professional certification (e.g. CPA, CA, CIA or equivalent); postgraduate qualifications.