Chief Engineer

• Permanent
• Location: Sydney

What’s the role?

The Commodities, Transition and Trade division within WIB has recently been created to centralise WIB’s offerings to clients on Commodities trading, energy transition and trade finance. As part of this, we are recruiting for a new Chief Engineer role to lead the Commodities engineering team, supporting this business. 

This role will be managing the Commodities engineering team, working closely with the Commodities Chief Product Owner to drive technology strategy and deliver tech change to support the growth ambitions of the business.

As Chief Engineer, Commodities, you'll be responsible for the Delivery of new product capability on a combination of the existing financial markets platforms — including Murex and risk product systems and new build for specialist products. Further, you will ensure stability, resilience and cyber safety across all deliveries. You’ll be driving excellence in change execution and uplifting engineering practices and delivery.  As a leaders, you will be responsible for providing dedicated leadership and workforce strategy for the Commodities engineering team and managing business and investment costs.

If you're energised by building, leading and transforming in complex markets environments, you'll find the scale, ambition and opportunity here to make a lasting impact.  

What do I need?

• Understanding of capital markets concepts, understanding and appreciation for the quantitative and mathematical aspects of trading and risk, familiarity with key vendors in this space


• Hands-on experience with Murex or similar front-to-back trading and risk product systems (e.g. Calypso), including their configuration, integration and change delivery lifecycle.


• Specific experience and focus on Commodities products within capital markets, and an appreciation of markets and trading culture and demands


• Knowledge of markets, asset classes we trade and their derivatives, how they are priced, their lifecycles, language and conventions.


• Deep digital and engineering expertise and ability to drive engineering excellence.


• Strong track record of delivery excellence in markets and risk environments


• Prior experience working with financial systems in Investment/Institutional Banks


• Exceptional leadership and people skills and ability to create inclusive, diverse, cooperative and collegiate team culture across direct team, peers and stakeholders.


• Strong commercial acumen


• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills.

Our Promise to You

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!


• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave. 


• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank. 


• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

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