Manager Line 1 Risk

Manager, Line 1 Risk - Data Risk at BOQ Group is a leadership role focused on embedding and enhancing data risk management across the BOQ Group Divisions. Reporting to the Senior Manager Line 1 Risk Data, this role supports the implementation of BOQ Group's Risk Management Strategy and standards, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and fostering a proactive risk culture.

You'll work with Business Unit leaders, Lines 2 and 3 to provide pragmatic risk advice, design and uplift data risk controls, and deliver insights that support informed decision-making. This role strengthens the control environment, manages risk profiles, and leads risk-in-change assessments. You'll contribute to governance activities, support training initiatives, and lead the remediation actions through BOQ Group's Program rQ.

This is a leadership opportunity to mentor Risk Analysts and collaborate across the three lines of defence to deliver best-practice risk management outcomes.

• Embed and enhance data risk management across BOQ Group Divisions; align with BOQ Group's Risk Management Strategy and regulatory requirements; foster a proactive risk culture.
• Work with Business Unit leaders, Lines 2 and 3 to provide pragmatic risk advice, design and uplift data risk controls, and deliver insights for informed decision-making.
• Strengthen the control environment, manage risk profiles, lead risk-in-change assessments, and contribute to governance activities.
• Support training initiatives and lead remediation actions through BOQ Group's Program rQ.
• Mentor Risk Analysts and collaborate across the three lines of defence to deliver best-practice risk management outcomes.

You're a seasoned risk professional with significant experience in Risk Practice and Data Management, ideally within financial services. You bring a strong understanding of non-financial risk and regulatory environments, and have a proven track record in developing and implementing risk frameworks. Recent experience with AI will be highly regarded.

Your analytical mindset, attention to detail, and logical reasoning skills enable you to identify threats, diagnose issues, and recommend effective solutions. You're confident in performing root cause analysis, control gap assessments, and simplifying complex processes.

You're a clear communicator with exceptional written and verbal skills, capable of articulating risk insights to diverse stakeholders. Your project management capabilities and ability to lead and mentor others make you a trusted advisor and team leader.

A bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Risk Management, or a related field is essential, and professional certifications such as FRM, PRM, CDMP or CPA will be highly regarded. Your expertise in Data Management, Cybersecurity and Technology will be crucial for this role.

BOQ Group is a unique group of challenger brands with a purpose – to provide a genuine alternative to Australian financial services for customers and employees. Our family of brands (Bank of Queensland, ME Bank, Virgin Money Australia, BOQ Specialist) share a goal – to build social capital through banking by creating trust with customers, unlocking staff potential and turning big ideas into positive impact for communities. BOQ Group's inclusive vision is to foster a workspace that values difference and enables people to bring their best selves to work every day. We embrace diversity and believe the workforce should reflect the customers and communities we serve. Since 2021, BOQ Group has been recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). In 2023 we implemented an innovative Reconciliation Plan to promote inclusivity across the group.

• Flexible working arrangements to balance work and personal life
• Discounted financial products across the Group
• Salary packaging options to maximise take-home pay
• Paid parental leave
• Purchase of additional annual leave
• Discounted private health insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential support
• Access to employee network groups (First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, Multicultural, Gender, Early Careers, accessibility)
• Pride in Diversity membership and participation in the Australian Workplace Equality Index

BOQ Group is committed to diversity and an inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diverse backgrounds, genders and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. You may share pronouns and request reasonable adjustments during the interview process. Background screening is a condition of employment to comply with Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, including identity, verification, references, criminal checks, immigration checks, qualification verifications, and bankruptcy checks.

To apply for this role, follow the links or apply via our Careers Page. Please no agency applications.

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Finance and Sales
• Industries: Banking and Financial Services