Who are we?
We’re Judo Bank. A purpose-built challenger bank, built on old-fashioned values like integrity, trusted relationships and an enterprising spirit. Born out of a desire to reinvent the craft of relationship banking for the Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) market, and to challenge the status quo in a market dominated by the four major banks.
We started from a PowerPoint and a bold vision to make a difference in Australian business banking. Now in a few short years, we have grown to over 500 people (and counting), with offices across the country, listed on the ASX and profitable – one of the fastest new banks anywhere in the world to be so. We’re here to support Australian SMEs with a business built on trusted relationships, both with our customers and our fellow team members.
Being agile and adaptive, we are purpose built to say yes, to make it easier for our customers to get the funding they need, when they need it. We pride ourselves on our personal relationships with customers, our diverse workforce and collaborative culture.
Now, about this role….
If you are:
- Able to lead and build your team providing training as well as guidance.
- Capable of adapting and building on your experience to grow within the role.
- Able to adapt quickly to changing requirements and priorities.
- Able to manage priorities in a high-pressure environment maintaining accountability.
- Someone with a strong attention to detail.
- Wanting to build and grow something from the ground up.
- Wanting to actively drive change and initiative.
- Looking to combine financial acumen with operational understanding.
- Someone who enjoys a challenge.
- Enthusiastic about developing your skills and learning new ones.
- Looking for more than just a job.
Then this just might be your dream job.
Benefits
Some of our Perks:
- 6 weeks’ annual leave.
- Hybrid working arrangement (combination of work in office and work from home).
- Yearly happiness allowance to spend on your health, family, a charity or whatever makes you happy (not your gas bill!).
- Education assistance.
- And much, much more!
Task & Responsibilities
Please see some of the expected tasks & responsibilities below:
- Managing a team of Analysts servicing the Finance Operations for our Core Banking customers
- Working as part of the broader Finance team, providing support to both the greater Operations, Technology and Finance teams
- Managing daily and monthly reconciliations of our core platforms including exception detection
- Managing the preparation of month-end financial reports for CFO, Board and External Auditors
- Conducting financial investigations and remediations
- Examining operational costs and customer revenue
- Leveraging your team’s daily BAU experiences within the Finance operations team to identify operational efficiencies to be gained
- Evaluate the P&L outputs from the core platforms and align back to budgetary expectations
- Advising on new processes and products in line with financial reporting requirements
- Actively working with our Core Banking Technology teams across the Bank with regards to process automation, improvements and enhancements
- Leveraging new software to improve processes within the team
- Maintaining the appropriate internal controls as relates to Finance Operations and ensuring the adherence to the risk framework of the bank
- Lending, deposit and trust account reviews and reconciliations to ensure accuracy
- Bank reconciliations aligned to corporate allocations and consolidation policies
- Liaising with Product, Finance and Customer Service teams regarding IT development, system enhancements and financial impact
- Liaising with the corporate finance team regarding budget reporting and alignment.
Qualification & Experience
A little bit about you…
Some of the skills and experience you may have picked up along the way:
- At minimum a Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Business, Accounting or Finance
- Minimum 3 years+ experience in an operations/finance related role
- Minimum 2 years+ in a team lead/manager role managing analysts or equivalent
- Demonstrated experience in managing priorities in a high-pressure environment
- Experience with complex reconciliations an advantage
- Experience working within a legislated environment (ideally business banking or similar) an advantage
- Australian working rights
About Company
Judo’s culture sets us apart…
Our Values
- Accountability – make the decision and own it. Do what you say.
- Performance – make today better, stronger and faster than yesterday.
- Teamwork – we’re not a team of champions, we’re a champion team.
- Trust – the foundation of our purpose and our relationships.
We are looking for people who are:
Resilient | Positive | Inquisitive | Hungry | Adaptive | Passionate | Courageous | Decisive | Hands on
What our team members say about us:
Our people are empowered to make decisions, take ownership, and have their say. Bureaucracy is left at the door and it’s all about the team. Judo encourages all manner of diversity (including nationalities, skills, capabilities etc.), as it is a crucial aspect of our culture. Our people work hard with our purpose in mind and have a lot of fun in the process – revolutionising Australian business banking and working in the best job they have ever had!
If this is the perfect fit for you, please reach out – we’d love to hear from you! We believe that job satisfaction is key to performance, so please include a cover letter sharing some of what you believe you will get from the role as well as what you can offer.