6 month opportunity
About the team
People are central to the Group’s strategy. Human Resources partners closely with business units to build a strong, customer-focused and high‑integrity culture. HR is the custodian of the employee lifecycle — from talent acquisition and leadership development, through internal mobility and employee relations, to the design and delivery of performance, remuneration and benefits frameworks.
Key enablers include:
- Develop best in the world leaders to drive our culture
- Establish workforce capabilities to underpin our future success
- Build a strong foundation for flexibility
- Create a great experience for our people
The broader Reward team (chapter) includes Reward Consulting, Performance and Recognition, Reward Governance, Global Mobility and Executive Reward. The chapter supports the business to maximise return on its greatest investment - its people - and operates in an agile model, enabling work across prioritised initiatives and multi‑disciplinary teams.
About the role
A core focus of this opportunity is the performance process - ensuring outcomes are fair, differentiated, well-governed and aligned to the Group’s strategy, values and risk expectations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting the end-to-end delivery of the annual performance review cycle, including frameworks, outcomes, calibration, governance, leader enablement, and ensuring documentation, controls and audit readiness are in place.
- Implementing performance and reward strategies that align with Group priorities, regulatory requirements, and current market practices, while continuously identifying and implementing enhancements for clarity, consistency and user experience.
- Providing trusted, consultative advice to leaders and HR stakeholders on performance outcomes, differentiation, risk considerations and reward decisions, and delivering education, tools and coaching to support effective decision-making.
- Maintaining strong commercial and technical knowledge across performance, reward and broader HR disciplines, and offering insights on internal and external market trends.
- Monitoring emerging trends and regulatory developments impacting performance and reward strategies both in Australia and internationally.
About you
You have built some great experience and established credibility delivering projects and solutions within large, complex organisations or consulting firms with a thorough understanding of performance and reward principles at a consultant or manager level and you are now ready for your next step!
We’re interested in hearing from people who have:
- A strong track record delivering performance and reward initiatives, including experience supporting annual performance review and remuneration processes
- Proven project management capability within complex organisations
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex and ambiguous problems through collaboration and sound judgement
- Experience operating in environments where governance, risk and regulatory considerations are critical
- Strong analytical capability with the ability to generate clear insights from data (advanced Excel skills are foundational)
- Curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset
- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Finance or a related discipline
Why CBA
CBA is Australia’s largest listed organisation, offering the scale, complexity and opportunity to build deep expertise and broad career experience. You’ll be supported by a highly skilled reward community, work flexibly, and have access to competitive remuneration and a wide range of benefits.
If you’re interested in a Performance and Reward Manager role at CBA - particularly one focused on performance review delivery and high‑quality execution at scale - we’d love to hear from you.
If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.
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