Scott Roberts

• Established and set up the technology foundations for CBA’s vision for automated assurance for risk controls, while also leading the Project Delivery Chapter for the Finance, Audit, and Procurement areas under the Bank’s new scaled Agile delivery model
• Delivering optimal technology capability in new crew, recruiting key resources to enable Crew success
• Provided oversight and review of Domain Architect Blueprint, including migration pathways from current state to target state
• Provided technology roadmap and for emerging Audit Group Audit function, including enablement of generative AI and data analytics to develop an Automated Assurance engine, a greenfields initiative
• Onboarding of SaaS applications, including migration from on-prem systems
• Streamlined delivery by reduction in Technology capabilities for Product Owners, improving operational efficiency
• Manage and develop capabilities for FS Technology Chapter, via coaching and on the job development
• Led the insourcing of application support for PeopleSoft Financials ERP from an external managed services provider, with no disruptions and successful internalisation of IP to support the Bank’s Technology strategy
• Supporting and adjusting resource requirements as needed by the Finance and Corporate Services Crews
• Developed strong culture and people experience in Chapter, as reflected in My Voice feedback and Chapter members’ feedback

• Portfolio management Run and Change functions of Financial Control team within Financial Services Technology
• Portfolio consisted of all CBA Finance applications, including PeopleSoft Financials system, Financial Data Mart (FDM), Manhattan property system, and establishing a mobile Center of Excellence
• Led an international team of 40, with a mix of vendor and internal resources, with roles spanning from engineers, ETL developers, and business analysts
• Boosted team engagement from 76% to 92% in space of 6 months (as measure by internal employee survey)
• Managed multiple PeopleSoft upgrades, delivering key enhancements like Kibana dashboards for improved finance visualization, streamlined expense management, and optimized asset management, including the decommissioning of outdated assets
• Managed key financial cycle processes, including end of month and end of financial year processing, and ensured compliance with IT controls and timely issue management
• Awarded Quarterly Excellence Award for successfully deploying the eInvoicing solution, streamlining supplier invoicing
• Established a mobile applications Center of Excellence (CoE) in CBA’s India office, hiring 4 engineers responsible for development and support of CBA internal mobile applications, such as HR and Expense management, acting as scrum master and backlog grooming

• Management of Engineering Excellence program, a $25m program of work to uplift CBA engineering capability
• Products in this area include Test Automation, Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, and Virtualised Developer devices
• Developed and presented comprehensive business cases for a 3-year engineering portfolio, aligning strategic goals with execution plans
• Managed an annual budget of $25 million, ensuring optimal allocation of resources and financial oversight
• Led program resource planning, including operational and project cost forecasting, to align with long-term objectives
• Directed program objectives in line with department objectives and key results, ensuring consistent progress toward key business goals
• Mentored and coached project managers to enhance their leadership and delivery capabilities
• Collaborated with Delivery Owners to refine and support business cases, driving successful project approval and execution
• Ensured full compliance with the Group Delivery Framework (GDF), overseeing governance, financial reporting, and communication with stakeholders to maintain transparency and program health

• Portfolio project delivery of initiatives in service management, monitoring and logging portfolio
• This encompassed end-to-end delivery across delivery framework, from Discovery through Execution and Embedment
• Projects in my portfolio included Splunk, AppDynamics, and ServiceNow, to roll-out new features, versions, and address vulnerability management and security
• Developed and presented comprehensive multiple business cases for projects in my portfolio
• Managed a budget of $15 million, ensuring optimal allocation of resources and financial oversight
• Led program resource planning, including operational and project cost forecasting, and directed portfolio, ensuring consistent progress toward key business goals
• Mentored and coached project managers to enhance their leadership and delivery capabilities
• Collaborated with Delivery Owners to refine and support business cases, driving successful project approval and execution
• Ensured full compliance with the Group Delivery Framework (GDF), overseeing governance, financial reporting, and communication with stakeholders to maintain transparency and program health

• Portfolio management for delivery acceleration toolchain within CBA’s Institutional & Business Banking area
• This involved pushing adoption of CI/CD and other engineering uplift tools and applying them to current initiatives
• Scrum Product Owner for Institutional & Business Banking customers for project delivery and Continuous Delivery, IT Automation, and Agile initiatives in the IBB technology
• Account management and business development responsibilities, and assist customers with strategy enablement
• Provide reporting on effectiveness of offered delivery enablement services, including adoption, utilisation, and maturity
• Represent business within assigned customer scrums, whilst acting as a customer advocate

Managed 2 major life insurance projects, including launch of a Life Insurance Rating Engine Reinsurance governance. Led teams to deliver on-time and within budget, providing regular updates to stakeholders and ensuring successful project completion

Managed and coordinated change tasks for 3 major projects including business requirements analysis, development of business requirements and business case development. Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.