Director Private Lending

• Exciting opportunity to join Westpac Private Wealth while our business continues to grow.
• Sydney CBD based with working flexibility (will consider candidates in Melbourne Brisbane or Perth).
• Lead a high performing team within the most awarded Private Bank in Australia

We are Australias most awarded Private Bank and the trusted financial partner of a select group of highnetworth individuals. Our clients have access to a comprehensive offering built around their goals and backed by the financial resources of one of the Worlds leading Financial Institutions. We truly understand the importance of having a longterm view. Our purpose is to help our clients and their families to create enduring financial advantage for generations.

How will I help

As Director Private Lending you will be responsible for driving a vision that aligns to our Private Wealth proposition and ensuring a robust Credit risk management framework is embedded through our business and incorporated into our credit and lending processes.

This role is part of the Private Banking Services Leadership team and plays an integral role engaging across the value chain both internally and externally.

The Key Objectives of this role include:

Driving transformational change to; increase FTE productivity and client experience and embed Group strategic compliance and risk management initiatives.

Continue to build on a high performance values driven culture that continues to challenge the status quo.

Optimise the P&L impact of credit/portfolio risk and to improve the quality of the loan book by proactively and responsibly managing in conjunction with State Heads all ongoing lending exposures to negate lending losses.

Provide an efficient and effective lending process and continually seek to improve this process thereby making it easy for our bankers to lend and our customers to borrow.

Broaden the risk appetite to more appropriately reflect the unique credit requirements of HNW customers.

Work with Banking and Financial Markets business partners to develop lending products that fulfil the wealth needs of HNWs and support the Private Bank in achieving its holistic wealth agenda.

Whats in it for me

Youll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for over 200 years. Our purpose is to create better futures together. So well back you in the development of your career internal career prospects and flexible working. Youll also keep learning to grow your career backed by a fantastic team of people with a cando supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions surrogacy and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.

What do I need

We are looking for an experienced leader with a proven ability to drive business performance through project management complex lending deals and portfolio management.

You will utilise your highly developed people management coaching and communication skills to promote strong operational excellence and drive continued growth and strategic change within an already high performing team of Lending Analysts.
As an expert in your field you will possess wellhoned financial analysis skills and understanding of regulatory frameworks and credit policies along with experience in the HNW market.

What is it like to work there

We are a collaborative team of passionate people with a shared ambition to make a difference for our customers our communities and each other. At Westpac making a difference means creating impact unlocking our own and each others passions and transformative success stories to create better futures together.

As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture joining the Westpac family gives you access to a wide range ofemployee benefitsto help you manage your priorities whether that means family life work/life balance ambition to grow or all the little perks in between.

Well empower you to shape your career path.Through personalised upskilling mentoring and training opportunities youre in control of where you start and how youll grow.

As an equal opportunity employer we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility and champions inclusion.

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At Westpac were all about creating a supportive culture and ensuring our workplaces branches products and services are accessible and inclusive for everyoneour customers employees and the wider community. If youre interested in discussing workplace flexibility please feel free to mention it in your application.

We invite candidates of all ages genders sexual orientation cultural backgroundspeople with disability neurodiverse individuals veterans and reservists and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process please email.

Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process

We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage please email