Executive Business Manager

**About the Role**
The Executive Business Manager will be responsible for providing leadership and direction across key areas for Group Risk’s (GR) strategic outcomes, specifically focused in the areas of strategy, business management, and supporting the development of the GCRO agenda. The Executive Business Manager acts as a confidant, advisor and counsel to the GCRO (Group Chief Risk Officer) and operates as a member of the Group Risk Leadership Team. Working under the direction of the GCRO and with inputs from the Group Risk SLT and the business, the role will be responsible for driving initiatives that support execution of the Group Risk strategy, business management and reporting.

The role will be responsible for providing input into strategic business planning and driving outcomes to ensure delivery of the GR strategy, including developing, implementing, and managing frameworks and oversight of any GR-wide initiatives and processes eg. annual planning across the function, annual financial budget and financial performance, people and culture, and any special projects as directed by the GCRO.

The role is required to support the GCRO to facilitate effective decision making by bringing together stakeholders to help drive decisions. The Executive Business Manager supports the GCRO to prepare for both internal and external engagements through appropriate briefings, data analysis, research and insights, and supports the development and finalisation of the GCRO agenda, board papers, presentation packs.

As the key contact point and coordination of the GCRO Office this role manages information flow and ensures effective sharing of information between the Group Risk Team and key stakeholders, while promoting strong cross-divisional relationships to support organisational and leadership effectiveness.

**About you**
The successful applicant will be a demonstrated analytical thinker with the proven ability to work through complex matters. They will be a strong and effective communicator in both written and verbal communication whilst also being a strategic thinker with an ability to determine and prioritise immediate and long term priorities to deliver to the strategy.

They will be a a connector with proven relationship management skills and the ability to work with all stakeholder levels including the Board, EXCO, the broader organisation, internal and external parties including industry leaders, organisational bodies, and regulators. They will have proven ability to influence operational performance over the short to medium term.

We are ideally seeking someone who has experience operating in a risk function within a regulated financial institution.

**About Us**
BOQ is one of Australia’s leading regional banks and provides a genuine alternative for Australian financial services customers and employees. Our purpose is to create prosperity for our customers, shareholders and people through empathy, integrity and by making a difference. Our ambition is to be known as the bold challenger bank; with multi-brands that are digitally enabled with a personal touch.

BOQ is passionate about providing opportunities for you to develop your career as we continuously adapt and deliver in a transformational and collaborative environment with a strong focus on community.

BOQ’s Inclusion vision is to foster a workspace that values and leverages difference and creates new possibilities, a place where our people feel confident to bring their best selves to work every day. We embrace difference and believe that our workforce should reflect the customers and communities that we serve.

Since 2021 BOQ Group is recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

**Our Benefits**
- Discounted financial products
- Salary sacrificing options
- Paid parental leave with no minimum wait time
- Paid volunteer days
- Purchase annual leave
- BUPA Corporate Plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- A ‘zero tolerance’ to Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) with active support for employees experiencing DFV
- 5 employee diversity network groups focusing on; First Nations Reconciliation Council, Proudly ME (LGBTQIA+), Multicultural, Gender and Early Career.
- BOQ Group is a member of Pride in Diversity and a participating organisation in the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

**How to Apply**

The Bank of Queensland is committed to diversity and an inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply.

If you are successful for a role with the Bank of Queensland, 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, bankruptc