Senior Associate - Third-Party Risk Management & Operational Resilience

About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our customers. Our Institutional bank helps our largest customers move trade and capital around the region, providing our people with great opportunities to build their technical expertise and their careers.

About the Role

As a Third-Party Risk Manager within the Operational Risk & Resilience Centre of Excellence (CoE), you will report to the Associate Director, Operational Resilience and serve as a subject matter expert on the Third-Party Risk theme for both the Non-Financial Risk (NFR) function and the broader Institutional Division.

You will play a key role in driving a consistent, risk-based, and forward-looking approach to third-party risk management, aligned with ANZ's Operational Resilience strategy and evolving regulatory expectations. The role will contribute to the execution of the Institutional Third-Party Risk uplift strategy and support the development of a globally consistent Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) operating model.

Institutional Banking delivers world-class solutions to clients across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe, America, Papua New Guinea, and the Middle East. The Operational Risk & Resilience CoE provides specialist expertise across risk domains including Operational Resilience, Third-Party Risk, Transaction Processing, Model Risk, Physical Security, People Risk, Legal Risk, Statutory Reporting, Tax, and Change Execution.

Role Location: Bengaluru
Role Type: Permanent, Full-time

What will your day look like?

As a Senior Associate – Third-Party Risk Management & Operational Resilience, you will:

• Build and embed consistent governance, reporting, and management information (MI) frameworks for Third-Party Risk across the division.
• Enhance visibility of third-party risk exposure, emerging vulnerabilities, and trends across business units and geographies.
• Support the delivery of the Institutional Third-Party Risk uplift strategy as part of the broader Operational Resilience agenda.
• Assess and triage Third-Party Non-Financial Risk requests using a materiality-based approach.
• Drive a "one-way, same-way" operating model to ensure consistency, quality, and scalability across the division.
• Partner with Risk Owners and Control Owners to improve risk identification, assessment, control design, and control effectiveness.
• Support Line Risk Owners in meeting their risk management accountabilities and responsibilities.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution and enhancement of Third-Party Risk Management frameworks, processes, and operating models.
• Translate regulatory requirements and industry expectations into practical and sustainable business outcomes.

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring:

• 10–11 years of overall professional experience, including 6+ years of relevant experience in Operational Resilience, Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), Non-Financial Risk (NFR), Operational Risk, or a related risk discipline.
• Strong experience within Banking, Financial Services, or other highly regulated industries.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing the end-to-end third-party risk lifecycle, including due diligence, onboarding, risk assessment, ongoing monitoring, governance, and exit management.
• Solid understanding of Operational Resilience and Third-Party Risk Management frameworks, with the ability to apply them effectively in complex business environments.
• Experience interpreting and implementing regulatory requirements and industry standards, including CPS 230, DORA, or similar resilience and risk management frameworks.
• Proven track record in developing, enhancing, or implementing risk management, governance, and reporting frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge, and collaborate effectively across business, risk, compliance, technology, and operations teams.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with experience engaging senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Ability to translate complex regulatory and risk requirements into practical, sustainable business outcomes.
• Experience supporting Risk Owners and Control Owners in strengthening risk identification, assessment, control design, and control effectiveness.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with a focus on continuous improvement and risk uplift initiatives.
• Experience supporting or delivering large-scale Third-Party Risk Management transformation programs or system implementations (e.g., TPRMHub or similar platforms).
• Exposure to global operating environments and international regulatory landscapes.
• A strong understanding of the relationship between Third-Party Risk Management and broader Operational Resilience outcomes.

So why join us?

ANZ is a place where big things happen as we work together to provide banking and financial services across more than 30 markets. With more than 7,500 people, our Bengaluru team is the bank's largest technology, data and operations centre outside Australia. In operation for over 33 years, the centre is critical in delivering the bank's strategy and making an impact for our millions of customers around the world. Our Bengaluru team not only drives the transformation initiatives of the bank, it also drives a culture that makes ANZ a great place to be. We're proud that people feel they can be themselves at ANZ and 90 percent of our people feel they belong. 

We know our people need different things to be great in their role, so we offer a range of flexible working options, including hybrid work (where the role allows it). Our people also enjoy a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services.

We want to continue building a diverse workplace and welcome applications from everyone. Please talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirements, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ visit https://www.anz.com/careers/. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 120423

Job Posting End Date

28/07/2026, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)