Control Assurance Analyst - Graduate/Entry Level

• Entry level role – ideal for a graduate in Business, Commerce, Finance
• Leverage your qualification and start your career in Banking/Risk
• Gain practical and valuable on the job experience in a dynamic retail bank
• Help promote, champion and support risk culture across the business 

About the role
IMB Bank has a new opportunity for a graduate/entry level candidate to join the Control Assurance team, reporting to the Specialist Risk and Control Assurance Lead.

This role is integral in supporting Risk team in the maintenance and operation of IMB’s risk management frameworks including risk controls, risk monitoring and reporting and in strengthening risk practices and culture across IMB.  Some of the core responsibilities and tasks of the role include: 

• Control testing and assurance activities to validate sufficiency of internal controls in managing risk and obligations
• Identification of potential control redundancies and enhancements to achieve balance between risk reduction and costs
• Coordination with SMEs to ensure effective design of control tests 
• Assistance with the compilation and reporting of control testing activities undertaken enterprise wide
• Action item management including follow up and confirmation of resolution
• Assistance with the upkeep and maintenance of the central control library
• Working with the Risk team and other colleagues to improve risk practices for better business outcomes. 

About you
This is the perfect role to apply your degree in a Risk/Retail Bank environment with practical coaching, guidance and on the job experience provided to help accelerate your knowledge and skills in business processes, testing practices and reporting. You’ll gain further exposure to broader banking operations and to IMB projects that will further enhance your career progression and development.  

Applicants will need to be able to demonstrate: 

• A tertiary qualification in a related field such as Business, Commerce, Finance etc
• A natural attention to detail with an analytical mind and strong digital & computer literacy
• A proactive approach to learning and development
• Effective organization and planning skills to manage multiple tasks within timeframes
• Confidence to engage and collaborate with all audiences, both written and verbally
• The ability to follow instructions and complete assigned tasks with a reasonable level of autonomy
• Intuitiveness and initiative to help identify, solve problems and escalate issues as needed
• Experience with process mapping and flowcharting would be advantageous/preferred
• Any business experience in internal audit will be advantageous. 

About IMB
IMB Bank is a leading member-owned challenger bank offering a full range of products and services in both retail and business banking. IMB’s purpose is to provide simple, competitive and authentic banking that helps our members and communities be better off and we’ve doing so for over 143 years. An award winning and growing organisation, we’ve donated more than $11.5 million through our Community Foundation to over 850 projects in the communities in which we live.

As an award-winning Bank with *Australia’s most satisfied customers (*2 Canstar service awards 2022) and recipients of the WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, IMB offers:

• Flexible, hybrid working arrangements
• A genuine investment in both personal and professional training and growth
• Study assistance
• A supportive culture that actively promotes diversity and inclusion and the wellbeing of our employees including a designated wellbeing day
• State of the art Head Office in Wollongong, walking distance to beaches, shops and cafe's.

Don’t miss this genuine opportunity to kickstart your career - visit imbcareers.com.au and submit your application.  For further enquiries reach out to Matt Fitzgerald, Specialist Risk and Control Assurance Lead – [email protected].   Applications close February 19, 2023.

IMB Bank values the health and safety of our people and members, as our highest priority, and as such we have implemented a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy that requires all staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend an IMB workplace. This requirement applies to both member facing and office based roles. Please contact us by emailing [email protected] if you have any questions in relation to the policy and your application for employment with IMB.