Manager - Controls Testing

About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

About The Role

Manager - Controls Testing 4.2

Role Location: Acacia, Bangalore

Role Type: Perm, FTE

Work Hours: Standard, Hybrid

The Manager, Control Testing is responsible for leading the independent assessment of controls across Group Technology, ensuring testing activities are risk-based, consistent, and aligned with enterprise standards, regulatory expectations, and agreed delivery timelines. This role provides oversight of control testing outcomes while driving high standards of governance, quality, and assurance.

Working closely with risk and control stakeholders across global teams, the role plays a critical part in strengthening the control environment, identifying opportunities for improvement, and supporting sustainable risk management practices. Through effective leadership, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven insights, the Manager helps embed strong controls across technology processes, products, and solutions.

What will your day look like

As a Manager - Controls Testing, you will:

• Lead and manage a team of Control Testers to deliver high-quality, independent control testing and assurance outcomes.
• Oversee the assessment and reporting of control testing results, ensuring findings are accurate, evidence-based, and defensible.
• Review Control Owner Self-Assessments and evaluate the reliability and effectiveness of reported outcomes.
• Ensure consistent application of testing methodologies, standards, and quality requirements across the testing portfolio.
• Coordinate testing activities across global teams, ensuring delivery against agreed schedules and priorities.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships to support effective control assessments and the adoption of sustainable risk management practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve the control environment and recommend practical solutions to address gaps and enhance effectiveness.
• Present risk and control insights in a clear, timely, and meaningful way to support decision-making and governance discussions.
• Leverage analytical insights to help embed effective controls within business processes, products, and technology solutions while balancing risk and customer outcomes.
  
  

What will you bring

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• 10 plus years of industry experience with proven experience leading control testing, risk assurance, audit, or controls management activities within a technology or regulated environment.
• Demonstrated people leadership capability, including coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong knowledge of industry control and security frameworks such as COBIT, NIST, and ISO 27000 series.
• Ability to independently assess complex controls against regulatory, industry, and internal standards with minimal supervision.
• Sound understanding of risk management frameworks and control assurance practices within a large and complex organisation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends, risks, control weaknesses, and improvement opportunities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence, challenge, and engage effectively across all levels.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, coordinate global workloads, and deliver high-quality outcomes within agreed timelines.
• Experience producing clear, accurate, and timely reporting that supports effective governance and decision-making.
• Exposure to emerging risk trends, ServiceNow/NFR Hub, PACT or similar risk frameworks, and control design for technology and information asset protection is desirable.
  
  

You're not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we'd love to hear from you.

Qualifications

• Desirable: Certified Information Systems Auditor
• Desirable: Certified in Risk and Information Systems
• Desirable: ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
• Tertiary qualifications in business, risk, finance, IT, or related fields are highly regarded.
  
  

Job Posting End Date

18/09/2026, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)