Strategic Compliance Governance Professional

Rabobank is the world's leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. Our key strength lies in our people, who have a deep understanding of agriculture and are committed to adding long-term value for clients.

Our commitment to our employees and clients is at the heart of everything we do. Our Country Banking Division forms the core business of Rabobank New Zealand and enjoys a reputation as the leading provider of specialised banking services in the Food and Agribusiness sector.

The purpose of this role is to support senior management and the Board with adequate oversight of the maturity of our compliance management function, programs, and policies, and the effectiveness of our compliance risk and control environment.

This role is responsible for supporting the Senior Manager, Compliance Reporting & Governance in relation to compliance governance and reporting activities:

• Providing professional advice for compliance governance related matters for the broader Compliance teams
• Coordinating compliance papers associated with quarterly Board Risk Management Committee, Risk Management Committees, and sub-risk management committees
• Assisting with regular and ad hoc reporting requirements for the Executive Team and Head Office
• Maintaining and continuously improving reporting and governance processes
• Coordinating management commitments to ensure that commitments and actions are delivered within agreed timelines
• Supporting the creation of global and local board and management reports to a high quality and in a timely manner that support appropriate compliance insights and management actions
• Responding to ad hoc reporting requests, including compliance information requests, governance requests, and compliance data
• Working with the Enterprise Risk Management Team, key Business Unit representatives, and the broader Compliance teams to create strong working relationships to gain submissions for regular reporting
• Coordinating the creation of key management information and reports on an ad-hoc basis across the compliance teams
• Assisting and coordinating the timely completion of internal global and local management information reporting requests

Experience in a banking environment, specifically with experience in risk or compliance governance and reporting

Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management

Demonstrated experience in time management and planning

Working knowledge of risk and compliance governance, compliance management frameworks, programs, and policies

Knowledge of retail and/or wholesale banking - favourable

Exposure across different risk disciplines

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to translate complex issues into simple explanations

We value the development of our people and have a great Education Assistance Program to assist with professional development

An inclusive Parental Leave policy that supports you and your family while giving you the freedom and flexibility to enjoy this special time (primary carer up-to 14 weeks paid leave)

We realise sometimes 4 weeks Annual Leave isn't enough. At Rabobank, we provide an incentive for eligible employees to receive 1 extra week Annual Leave. With an option to also purchase another 2 weeks Annual Leave.

We recognise that employees need to protect their financial wellbeing, in the event of serious illness, injury, or even death. We provide eligible permanent employees with employer-funded Death, Temporary & Permanent Disability (TPD), and Income Protection Insurance.

As part of our global Corporate Social Responsibility, Workplace Giving aims to encourage employees to contribute to our community. Our Rabo Workplace Giving program matches employee donations to selected Social Partners.

We fully embrace inclusion and belonging and deliver positive experiences for our people and clients

Our great working conditions, broad learning and development programmes, and the opportunity to work together for the greater good are reasons why our employees love working here

We are committed to our values: client focussed, action oriented, purposeful, and courageous in our work

We are professional and considerate and bring out the best in each other and are committed to keep learning

We have an open culture, where you can be yourself and be valued for who you are