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Role Title: Executive Manager Operational Risk - America
Role location: New York
About Westpac : Westpac Institutional Bank (“WIB”) is Australia’s leading institutional bank, managing the financial needs of corporate, institutional and government clients. We are a leading provider of wholesale banking services in our region, with an increasing presence in the Northern Hemisphere.
How will I help?
As Executive Manager, Operational Risk, Americas, you will provide independent second line risk oversight and advice across Westpac's Americas business. You'll partner with business and risk leaders to ensure risks are appropriately identified, assessed, documented and managed in line with the Operational Risk Management Framework and broader Risk Management Framework.
You will provide specialist, outcome focused operational risk oversight and challenge, helping the business make sound risk informed decisions while supporting the achievement of strategic and commercial objectives. The role also provides valuable insight into emerging risks, business change initiatives, operational resilience and the evolving regulatory environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide independent second line oversight of operational risk management practices across the Americas business.
- Partner with business leadership on strategic initiatives, providing operational risk insight and challenge to support effective decision making and execution.
- Assess and challenge the operational risk profile, control environment and remediation activities to ensure risks are managed within approved risk appetite.
- Deliver thematic reviews and deep dive assessments across key risk areas, providing specialist guidance, challenge and oversight of remediation activities.
- Provide operational risk reporting and insights to senior management, including emerging risks, control weaknesses, thematic issues and remediation progress.
- Support the identification and management of emerging, strategic and external risks impacting the business.
- Provide independent oversight and challenge of operational resilience capabilities, including critical services, business continuity, recovery planning and scenario testing.
- Oversee and challenge third party risk management practices, including supplier, outsourcing and concentration risks.
- Provide independent risk oversight of material business change initiatives, including strategic projects, technology implementations, process transformation and new product activity.
- Support the continued embedment of the Operational Risk Target Operating Model across WIB & Treasury.
- Promote consistency and best practice in operational risk oversight across the Americas business and the broader WIB & Treasury Risk function.
- Analyse and synthesise risk insights from internal and external sources, translating these into practical recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Monitor regulatory developments, industry trends and external events, bringing relevant insights and emerging risk perspectives to the business.
- Foster a strong risk culture through effective engagement, challenge and stakeholder influence.
What’s in it for me?
This is an opportunity to work closely with senior business executives, Risk leaders and global stakeholders across New York, London, Sydney. You'll play a key role in shaping the operational risk agenda for the Americas region, influencing decision making, overseeing major business and technology change initiatives, and helping the business navigate an evolving regulatory landscape.
Westpac in New York offers a comprehensive range of benefits including flexible working arrangements and various leave entitlements. This includes generous annual leave, purchase leave options, 100% employer funded private medical insurance and participation in a 401(k) plan with profit share contributions.
Fixed compensation for this position is between $180,000 and $220,000, plus bonus.
What do I need?
- Significant experience in Operational Risk, Compliance, Risk Advisory or related risk management roles within financial services.
- Extensive experience providing operational risk oversight, challenge and advice within a complex financial services environment.
- Proven experience in senior Operational Risk, Compliance or Risk Advisory roles within banking or financial services.
- Demonstrated experience providing independent risk oversight and challenge across complex business and regulatory environments.
- Strong track record in Operational Risk, Compliance or Risk Advisory within a regulated financial services organisation.
What’s it like to work here?
When you join, you’ll become part of the broader Westpac family – where we aim to be a friendly, switched-on team working for a single purpose - Creating Better Futures Together – it’s what we do, who we are and why we come to work every day. As an equal opportunity employer, we’re proud to have created a culture where people can be their best, in an environment that values diversity and flexibility.
Within Westpac, you will be part of the Institutional Banking division, where our vision is to be a high performing and innovative institutional bank, committed to enabling the growth of our global clients, our economy, and delivering sustainable shareholder returns.
How do I Apply?
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Role Title: Executive Manager Operational Risk - America
Role location: New York
About Westpac : Westpac Institutional Bank (“WIB”) is Australia’s leading institutional bank, managing the financial needs of corporate, institutional and government clients. We are a leading provider of wholesale banking services in our region, with an increasing presence in the Northern Hemisphere.
How will I help?
As Executive Manager, Operational Risk, Americas, you will provide independent second line risk oversight and advice across Westpac's Americas business. You'll partner with business and risk leaders to ensure risks are appropriately identified, assessed, documented and managed in line with the Operational Risk Management Framework and broader Risk Management Framework.
You will provide specialist, outcome focused operational risk oversight and challenge, helping the business make sound risk informed decisions while supporting the achievement of strategic and commercial objectives. The role also provides valuable insight into emerging risks, business change initiatives, operational resilience and the evolving regulatory environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide independent second line oversight of operational risk management practices across the Americas business.
- Partner with business leadership on strategic initiatives, providing operational risk insight and challenge to support effective decision making and execution.
- Assess and challenge the operational risk profile, control environment and remediation activities to ensure risks are managed within approved risk appetite.
- Deliver thematic reviews and deep dive assessments across key risk areas, providing specialist guidance, challenge and oversight of remediation activities.
- Provide operational risk reporting and insights to senior management, including emerging risks, control weaknesses, thematic issues and remediation progress.
- Support the identification and management of emerging, strategic and external risks impacting the business.
- Provide independent oversight and challenge of operational resilience capabilities, including critical services, business continuity, recovery planning and scenario testing.
- Oversee and challenge third party risk management practices, including supplier, outsourcing and concentration risks.
- Provide independent risk oversight of material business change initiatives, including strategic projects, technology implementations, process transformation and new product activity.
- Support the continued embedment of the Operational Risk Target Operating Model across WIB & Treasury.
- Promote consistency and best practice in operational risk oversight across the Americas business and the broader WIB & Treasury Risk function.
- Analyse and synthesise risk insights from internal and external sources, translating these into practical recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Monitor regulatory developments, industry trends and external events, bringing relevant insights and emerging risk perspectives to the business.
- Foster a strong risk culture through effective engagement, challenge and stakeholder influence.
What’s in it for me?
This is an opportunity to work closely with senior business executives, Risk leaders and global stakeholders across New York, London, Sydney. You'll play a key role in shaping the operational risk agenda for the Americas region, influencing decision making, overseeing major business and technology change initiatives, and helping the business navigate an evolving regulatory landscape.
Westpac in New York offers a comprehensive range of benefits including flexible working arrangements and various leave entitlements. This includes generous annual leave, purchase leave options, 100% employer funded private medical insurance and participation in a 401(k) plan with profit share contributions.
Fixed compensation for this position is between $180,000 and $220,000, plus bonus.
What do I need?
- Significant experience in Operational Risk, Compliance, Risk Advisory or related risk management roles within financial services.
- Extensive experience providing operational risk oversight, challenge and advice within a complex financial services environment.
- Proven experience in senior Operational Risk, Compliance or Risk Advisory roles within banking or financial services.
- Demonstrated experience providing independent risk oversight and challenge across complex business and regulatory environments.
- Strong track record in Operational Risk, Compliance or Risk Advisory within a regulated financial services organisation.
What’s it like to work here?
When you join, you’ll become part of the broader Westpac family – where we aim to be a friendly, switched-on team working for a single purpose - Creating Better Futures Together – it’s what we do, who we are and why we come to work every day. As an equal opportunity employer, we’re proud to have created a culture where people can be their best, in an environment that values diversity and flexibility.
Within Westpac, you will be part of the Institutional Banking division, where our vision is to be a high performing and innovative institutional bank, committed to enabling the growth of our global clients, our economy, and delivering sustainable shareholder returns.
How do I Apply?
Start Here. Just click on the APPLY button.
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- Banking & Financial Services16
- Investment & Asset Management6
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in operational risk manager jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, or a related field
- Experience identifying, assessing, and mitigating operational risk exposures
- Knowledge of risk frameworks such as Basel III, COSO, or ISO 31000
- Proficiency with GRC platforms such as Archer, MetricStream, or ServiceNow
- Professional certification such as FRM, PRM, or CRISC
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements from bodies such as OCC, FDIC, or SEC
Tips for Your Operational Risk Manager Job Search
Tailor your resume to the framework
Operational risk managers are expected to know specific frameworks like Basel III, COSO, or ISO 31000. Name the exact frameworks you've worked within and tie each one to a concrete outcome, not just familiarity.
Quantify risk reduction, not just activity
Hiring managers in this field distinguish between candidates who ran processes and those who improved them. Cite reductions in control failures, audit findings, or incident frequency rather than listing responsibilities you owned.
Filter openings by regulatory environment
Risk manager roles vary sharply depending on whether the employer is OCC-regulated, FDIC-supervised, or in an unregulated fintech. Check the job description for the regulator named before applying so your cover letter addresses the right compliance context.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists operational risk manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare case-based answers for risk scenarios
Interviewers often present a hypothetical operational failure, such as a third-party vendor outage, and ask how you'd respond. Practice structuring answers around identification, escalation, mitigation, and post-incident review before your first round.
Negotiate scope, not just compensation
In operational risk roles, the reporting line and committee access matter as much as the title. Before accepting, clarify whether you report to the CRO or a business unit head, since that determines your actual authority to escalate findings.
Operational Risk Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most operational risk managers?
The companies hiring the most operational risk managers right now include Capital One, JPMorganChase, and Regions Financial, with the largest share of openings in New York, Texas, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Financial services firms and large insurers consistently account for the majority of demand.
How many operational risk manager jobs are remote?
About 56% of operational risk manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, though on-site requirements remain common at regulated depository institutions. Sub-areas like enterprise risk reporting, policy development, and risk framework design tend to offer the most location flexibility compared to roles embedded in specific business lines.
How do you become an operational risk manager?
Start with a degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related discipline, then build early experience in audit, compliance, or financial analysis where you work directly with control environments. Earning a risk certification such as the FRM or CRISC signals technical credibility to employers. Moving into a dedicated operational risk role typically requires demonstrating you can run a risk and control self-assessment and translate findings into actionable recommendations for leadership.
Can you get hired as an operational risk manager with little experience?
Entry points into operational risk typically come through adjacent roles in internal audit, compliance monitoring, or business continuity rather than direct hiring into manager-level positions. Emphasize any exposure to control testing, incident tracking, or regulatory reporting, even if it was part of a broader role. Employers in fintech and insurance are more likely than large banks to consider candidates who can demonstrate analytical skills and framework knowledge without years of dedicated risk experience.
What does the operational risk manager interview process look like?
The process usually begins with a recruiter or HR screen focused on your background and familiarity with risk frameworks, followed by one or two rounds with the risk team covering technical scenarios and past experience. A final round with a CRO, CFO, or risk committee member is common at larger organizations. Some employers include a written case study asking you to assess a hypothetical control failure and recommend a remediation approach.
Where can I find and apply to operational risk manager jobs?
You can find and apply to operational risk manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience and specialization, then apply directly to each listing from the same place.
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