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- Permanent roleSydney based
**How will I help?**
The Service Owner, Data Platforms, (Finance & Regulatory Reporting) will lead and enable the effective design, build and implementation of data products, solutions and analytical services for the Finance & Regulatory functions within Westpac's Group Business Units (GBU).This role will focus on delivery of UNITE program objectives within the FinReg portfolio.
The Service Owner leads the customer engagement needed to enable great service for current and future needs of the GBU business divisions aligned to data strategy guidelines and change delivery, operational and risk management policies and practices..
Role responsibilities include:
- Drive engagement, roadmap and backlog management in consultation with Data Platforms LoB Head Of, Business teams,,Technology, Risk and Partner resources.
- Hands-on agile management to define goals, outcomes and achievable backlogs, release and sprint plans, including interdependencies, delivery and delivered risks.
- Ensure conformance of projects/programs to the required data governance, controls and management principles, frameworks and standards.
- Solution Design - accountable for ensuring that the solution is easily understood, communicated, and fit for purpose.
- Build quality outcomes into the end-to-end process to ensure that the solution is appropriately tested and meets business outcomes
- Release management - manage and co-ordinate the release management team
- Financial budgets management of data portfolio initiatives and costs optimisation based on solution efficiency to achieve targets.
- Participate in key forums (Scrum of Scrums/Working groups) as necessary to drive optimal delivery and cadence across squads
- Lead continuous optimisation and efficiencies in delivery of data solutions and processes
- Talent and resource management of up to 14 people across various Westpac and vendor staff including offshore team members
- Provide visibility and reporting of the Finance Regulatory portfolio to senior leadership as required.
- Utilise strong influencing and stakeholder management skills to promote strong data best practices, principles, standards and understanding across the organisation.
- Engagement with LOB Heads and delegate(s), Line of business, business SMEs, and wider Data Platforms community to identify potential synergies of data delivery across domains and source high value data for enabling data products.
- Coach the team and individuals to ensure success.
- Maintain communication channels and establish effective relationships with senior management and their teams across all business and Technology teams.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills to drive discussions and effective outcomes.Must communicate with confidence, care, and genuine interest. Take personal responsibility for delighting customers and building trust and loyalty.
**What's in it for me?**
You'll 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, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grow your career, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, 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?**
EXPERTISE
- Strong interpersonal skills in working with Senior Stakeholders in driving strategic data programs
- Strong data capability and agile delivery experience, including hands-on scrum team leadership
- Mastery skills in data flow design, solutions, controls and simplification (both technical and business)
- Strong team and people management and leadership skills. Excellent communication at all levels
- Strong risk management skills
- Good understanding of Banking/Finance/Regulatory Reporting related functions
- Experience with large matrix organisation skills and the ability to make sense of how business units work together
- Experience working with resource partners (onshore/offshore)Good data analytics and reporting skills
**What's 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 other's passions, and transformative success stories to create better futures together.
As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac fami