Senior Manager, Line 1 Risk

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As the Senior Manager, Line 1 Risk - People & Culture (P&C) and Group Risk, you will be at the heart of our risk management activities within the first line of defence. This role is about supporting the Head of Line 1 Risk, Group Functions, and driving a proactive risk culture across our division. You will help enhance our ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, ensuring that our risk management frameworks and strategies are integrated into business operations, strengthening the control environment, improving our risk position, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Additionally, you will promote innovative risk management solutions that align with BOQ''s strategic direction and growth objectives. This role involves close collaboration with internal teams, including leadership teams, heads of business units, Group Risk, Group Compliance, and Internal Audit, as well as external regulatory bodies and auditors.

• Support the Head of Line 1 Risk, Group Functions, and drive a proactive risk culture across the division.
• Enhance the ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks; ensure risk management frameworks and strategies are integrated into business operations.
• Strengthen the control environment, improve the risk position, and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Promote innovative risk management solutions aligned with BOQ''s strategic direction and growth objectives.
• Collaborate with internal teams (leadership teams, heads of business units, Group Risk, Group Compliance, Internal Audit) and external regulatory bodies and auditors.
• Deliver risk governance activities, including development of key risk indicators (KRIs) and Line 1 Risk reporting to the Finance Risk Committee – specifically for the P&C and Group Risk Divisions.
• Lead and motivate a Risk Specialist team; provide pragmatic risk advice and risk insights to support the business in reducing complexity and risk.

• Strong background in risk management, ideally across the P&C and/or Group Risk landscape and in a leadership position, leading Risk Specialist teams.
• Proven track record developing and implementing risk management frameworks, particularly within the financial services industry with a focus on P&C and/or Group Risk.
• Ability to provide pragmatic risk advice, deliver risk insights, and support the business in reducing complexity and risk; adept at managing and advising on risk management strategies, frameworks, and standards to ensure risks, obligations, and control designs meet requirements.
• Experience delivering risk governance activities, including KRIs and risk reporting to senior committees.
• Strong logical reasoning, attention to detail, exceptional communication, and the ability to lead and motivate a team.

• Flexible working arrangement - Balance your work and personal life.
• Discounted financial products - Enjoy exclusive rates on our financial services across the Group.
• Salary sacrificing options - Maximise your take-home pay with our salary packaging options.
• Paid parental leave with no minimum requirements - Spend quality time with your new family member without any worries.
• Purchase additional annual leave - Buy extra leave days when you need them.
• Discounted private health insurance plan - Take care of your health with our special rates.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Access confidential support for personal and professional challenges for you and your family.
• Access to employee network groups - Connect with peers through our First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, Multicultural, Gender, Early Careers, and accessibility groups.
• Pride in Diversity membership - We are proud members of Pride in Diversity and actively participate in the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

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BOQ Group is committed to diversity and an inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply. We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. When you apply, you are welcome to tell us the pronouns you use and please let us know any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

If you are successful for a role with BOQ Group, it is a condition of employment that background screening is completed to ensure that the Bank complies with its obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act. These checks may include, but are not limited to: identity, verification, reference checks, criminal background checks, immigration checks, verification of academic qualifications, bankruptcy checks.

Please no agency applications.

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