You'll make an impact by:

- Leading, coaching and mentoring a team of 20+ lending professionals to achieve strong customer and business outcomes.
- Ensuring home loan applications are assessed and progressed in line with responsible lending obligations, policies and procedures.
- Driving a customer-centric culture that delivers exceptional service and supports positive broker and customer experiences.
- Overseeing the preparation and support of more than 100 home loan applications daily.
- Identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance efficiency, quality and performance.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with key internal stakeholders across the business.
- Supporting team capability through ongoing coaching, training and development initiatives.
- Monitoring performance, capacity and workflow to ensure service levels and operational targets are achieved.
- Promoting a strong culture of risk management, safety, health and wellbeing within the team.

Do things differently with us

At Great Southern Bank, we're proud to be Australia's largest customer-owned financial institution. We believe banking should be more personal, and so should your career. Here, you'll have the opportunity to make a genuine impact, work alongside supportive colleagues and leaders, and grow your career in an organisation that values innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement. If you're looking for a role where you can lead people,



drive positive change and help customers achieve their home ownership goals, we'd love to hear from you.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

- Proven leadership experience within financial services or a related industry.
- Strong people management skills, including coaching, mentoring and developing high-performing teams.
- A comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end home lending process.
- Experience managing team performance, resource planning and operational outcomes in a quick-paced environment.
- Demonstrated stakeholder management, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
- Strong organisational, time management and problem-solving capabilities.
- The ability to think strategically while maintaining a focus on operational execution and outcomes.
- A strong customer service mindset and commitment to delivering better experiences for customers and brokers.
- Knowledge of lending industry legislation, standards and regulatory requirements, including responsible lending obligations, the Code of Practice and Privacy Act.
- Experience with lending and broker systems such as NextGen, AOL or Lendfast (advantageous).
- A Diploma in Leadership, Financial Services or a related discipline.
- A proactive, commercially minded and continuous improvement-focused approach.
- The confidence and influence to lead others through change while maintaining a positive and supportive team culture.

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📌 Front End Lending Team Leader (Australia)
🏢 Great Southern Bank
📍 Australia