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At the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), we’re driven by a simple purpose — improving the financial wellbeing of our customers and communities.
Our strength comes from our people. We bring together different backgrounds, experiences and ideas to deliver better outcomes — for our customers and for each other.
See yourself in our team:
Business Credit is a centralised Line 2 Risk function responsible for credit decisioning across commercial and consumer lending exposures (up to $15m), supporting customers across a broad range of industries.
We’re looking for an experienced and motivated leader who brings strong credit judgement and a passion for leading high-performing teams. This role partners closely with the business to support sustainable growth while maintaining disciplined risk outcomes.
Your impact:
Reporting to the Head of Business Credit, you will lead a team of credit decisioners and play a key role in delivering consistent, high-quality risk outcomes. You will:
Make sound, balanced credit decisions aligned to risk appetite and policy.
Monitor portfolio performance and emerging risks.
Provide clear, commercially pragmatic insights to stakeholders.
Key responsibilities:
Lead and inspire a high-performing team by creating a high-performance culture built on accountability, ownership and continuous improvement.
Develop team capability through coaching, feedback and on-the-job learning.
Drive strong engagement and outcomes in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
Provide leadership influence and shadow, acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, contributing to broader strategic discussions.
Provide leadership shadow across the function, influencing decision‑making and risk outcomes.
Represent Business Credit in key governance and transaction forums.
Drive risk excellence and continuous improvement, identify and deliver process improvements to enhance efficiency and risk management.
Communicate risk insights clearly and drive actions with stakeholders.
Provide constructive challenge to business partners, including direct client engagement.
We’re interested in hearing from people who have:
A minimum of 5 years in commercial lending with credit delegation and understand lending across a range of industries and customer types.
Are confident decision-makers in a high-volume environment.
Proven leadership experience, building and leading engaged, high-performing teams.
Communicate effectively and influence a broad range of stakeholders.
Challenge the status quo and simplify processes to improve outcomes.
Experience in a relevant industry e.g. financial services, advisory.
Hold a relevant tertiary qualification (desirable).
At CommBank, we support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in 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 in the role you’re interested in.
If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.
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Advertising End Date: 03/06/2026
