Performance Lead - Working Capital and Commodities

• You are a driving force overseeing our strategic agenda and activities

• We are an integral part of driving key Digital business deliverables

• Together we can deliver an exemplary experience for our Commodities Trade and Carbon Clients

Do work that matters 

Institutional Banking & Markets (IB&M) provide institutional clients with solutions across the debt-to-equity capital spectrum, payment systems, risk management and other banking services. Our industry sector alignment, product capability, industry expertise and specialist skills are key points of differentiation to our global industry peers.

See yourself in our team  

We are the Trade Finance, Working Capital and Physical Commodities Crew in the Carbon Trade and Commodities Business Unit.

The Commodities, Trade & Carbon (CTC) business within IB&M provides expertise in 3 core areas:

• Risk management – helping customers manage exposure to price changes through derivative products

• Inventory management and storage solutions – supporting clients with structured financing products (e.g. supply chain financing, repo) to access physical commodities and facilitate their transportation from production to consumption

• Financing – providing clients with funding in the form of short term and/or self-liquidating debt (e.g. asset-based loan, pre-pay, traditional trade finance)

CTC works closely with the Bank’s key industry coverage teams particularly within the Natural Resources & Industrial, Transport & Consumer sectors where clients have significant commodity exposures that need to be managed.

In this role your responsibilities will also include

• Overseeing the drafting and maintenance of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with the support of various teams

• Tracking metrics against stated objectives and key results leveraging data driven insights and challenges for continuous improvement opportunities

• Driving workforce and financial management activity via forecasts, budgets, actuals, and reconciliation

• Communicating across various teams to ensure information flow, commitments can be delivered limiting the escalation of risks and issues

• Managing in a high complexity environment, identifying actions and interventions for escalation and conducting initiative deep dives​

• Preparing governance reporting requirements including milestones, financials, benefits, and risk

You’re a great team player with growth mindset and good communication skills. You possess some of our criteria with a willingness and initiative to learn the rest:

• Demonstrated experience in strategy execution and business management

• Demonstrated experience with the provision of insights to enable senior business leaders to make data-driven decisions

• Sound knowledge and experience in using scaled agile frameworks

• Strong attention to detail with exceptional organisation and planning skills 

• Risk Mindset – All CommBank employees are expected to proactively identify and understand, openly discuss, and act on current and future risks

• Excellent written and spoken communications skills with strong influencing and interpersonal abilities, Advanced Excel (or even Python!) skills would be an advantage

Working with us

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your time each month connecting in our Sydney office.

We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work for you.

If this sounds like you, apply now!

Advertising End Date: 22/11/2024