Description:
- Opportunity to join Westpac Group
- Highly Visible role with Senior Leadership Exposure
- Sydney Based
How will I Help?
An opportunity to join Westpac's Investor Relations team and play a pivotal role in the Group's corporate reporting and investor relations strategy, with a particular focus on ESG. The team is the conduit between the Group and the market and supports senior executive and Board engagement with shareholders.
As Head of Corporate Reporting and ESG, you will oversee market reporting including the Group's annual reporting suite and provide information to shareholders on the Group's ESG progress. The role provides exposure to challenging and varied work. You will:
- Lead the development of key market releases and presentations including the Group's Annual Report, AGM materials, speeches and other investor disclosures
- Drive integrated reporting across the Group
- Manage relationships with investors and research brokers, on ESG-related information
- Support implementation of Westpac's investor relations strategy including quarterly, half year, and full year results
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across the Group
- Develop a deep understanding of Westpac to anticipate issues which may be a focus of the market
- Manage ESG research and investor surveys ensuring Westpac's position is adequately reflected
What's in it for me?
The Head of Corporate Reporting and ESG - Investor Relations role will be a highly visible role with exposure to senior leadership as well as internal and external stakeholders. Through these relationships you will further develop your professional network as well as continue to refine your business and commercial acumen.
On a personal note, 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?
Our Investor Relations team blends analytical, communication and relationship management skills, in roles that regularly engage with senior executives and their teams. To be successful, you will need to demonstrate the ability to gather and interpret information for presentation to a range of stakeholders. In addition, you will bring:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Ability to distil key messages
- Ability to operate in a fast paced, high pressure environment
- Degree qualified with a strong communication background
- The ability to self-manage and achieve objectives within an ambiguous, changing environment
- Experience in the financial services industry is desirable
- Proficiency across the Microsoft Office suite Word, Excel and PowerPoint
What is it like to work there?
For the past 200 years, we've been backing people, businesses, communities, and ideas. As Australia's first bank, we've adapted and evolved, inspired by our customers and a genuine desire to create better futures.
Together, we're creating better futures for all our people, customers, communities, and shareholders. This has been our enduring Purpose.
- We inspire our people and together we are creating better futures. It's our passion for embracing diversity and creating opportunities that enables them to dream big and fulfil their potential.
- We empower our customers. It's our strength, agility and heart that gives them the confidence to navigate change and forge new paths. Empowered, our customers are creating better futures.
- We make change happen in the community. It's our shared vision of a safer, greener and more inclusive world that sees us back new ideas, innovations and individuals who are creating better futures.
- We deliver for our shareholders by creating better futures together. It's our ability to generate value for this generation and the next, which makes our shareholders proud to invest in us.
How do I apply?
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At Westpac we are committed to providing a supportive culture and creating diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplaces, branches, products and services for our customers, employees, and community. This role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au
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 call 1800 655 592 Option 2.3 or email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au