Katrina Maude Mannix

Core Ledger Replacement Programme (CLR)

Responsibilities include :

• providing independent oversight and advice to programme management and leadership groups of delivery streams and overall programme risk status (7 delivery streams).
• conducting fortnightly and monthly Risk & Issue review and challenge meetings with project and programme managers.
• providing independent Risk & Governance commentary for monthly (investment slate) reporting , including forecast outlook (RAG status) for Technology and Business stakeholders.
• providing independent Risk commentary for monthly Board meetings – highlighting areas of concern in the programme to the BNZ Executive team.
• providing short term guidance on programme governance processes required to ensure appropriate oversight of progress and segregation of duties within programme management.

Simplicity, Capacity, Risk & Remediation (SCRR) Programme (50:50 split with CLR)

Responsibilities include :

• responding to and supporting the closure of open audit items for the internal governance reset review.
• conducting fortnightly and monthly Risk & Issue review and challenge meetings with project managers.
• providing independent Risk commentary and reporting for monthly Board meetings – highlighting areas of concerning the programme to BNZ Technology Leadership team.
• helping to develop and implement a prioritisation model for selecting projects to fund and progress.

BS11 Policy Remediation Programme

Responsibilities include :

• providing independent oversight and advice in the management of workstream risk profiles included in the BS11 programme (9 workstreams).
• conducting weekly and fortnightly Risk & Issue review and challenge meetings with project managers.
• providing independent Risk & Compliance commentary for monthly Workstream Committee meetings, including forecast outlook (RAG status) for the Workstream and Business Stakeholders.
• providing independent Risk & Compliance commentary for the monthly Steering Committee meetings – highlighting areas of concern in the programme to the BNZ Executive Team.
• working with the Programme Director to understand existing schedule pressures, enabling escalation or alternate engagement with business stakeholders to highlight areas of concern.
• conducting weekly meetings with the Programme Director to allow up to date programme progress reports.
• working with Risk, Regulatory Affairs and Business Stakeholders to enable open and direct communication on BS11 Remediation activities.

Responsibilities included:

• advisor in the development of Outsourcing Compliance documentation for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ).
• provided internal guidance on reporting standards for the regulator to consider and approve operational documentation that is compliant to policy and its intended outcomes.

Technology, Services & Operations Risk & Compliance

Responsibilities included:

• direct liaison with internal business stakeholders to understand business need for all outsourced services within the bank
• advising stakeholders through policy requirements and assisting in developing compliant proposals for internal governance approvals
• liaising directly with the RBNZ and industry peers on all outsourcing policy and compliance matters
• worked directly with senior business stakeholders throughout the Group to advise and direct on ongoing compliance
• oversee business continuity preparedness for 4 separate operations’ business streams
• coordinating and managing bank wide review and testing of continued BCP adequacy to attest to senior business stakeholders.

Institutional Operations

Responsibilities included:

• implementing, managing and directing the Quality Assurance programme for the Institutional Operations business units (Trade, Markets, Payments and Lending) in designing and testing business controls to assess control effectiveness
• prepared reporting on adequacy of controls for the business and advising on improvements to control design and operational practise.
• Worked with and in collaboration with Internal Audit and external review teams to attest to ongoing assurance practice in the business
• provided awareness and operational training of the assurance programme to the business and overseas assurance peers in Group

Institutional Operations

Responsibilities included:

• raising the staff engagement to improve overall operational performance of two teams (10 people)
• ensuring that staff completed all daily settlement obligations for both the FX and Domestic markets operations teams
• introduced cross-skill training for staff to reduce work overload for some staff opening opportunity for staff to move internally for change and experience
• worked closely with ANZ Markets, Treasury and Risk Management teams
• provided weekly reporting of business to senior stakeholders to help monitor progress and risks.