Partner - Group Operations Compliance

**About the Role**
Here at BOQ Group we have been busy working behind the scenes building out our fast-growing Compliance team -- for an exciting and ambitious future-state

You may have seen we have plenty of Risk-related roles to choose from. We are strengthening, simplifying, and digitising, whilst ensuring our foundations are in place. With foundation comes strength, and we are building strong and stable teams to work across our multi-branded business but most importantly, elevating our Risk culture - there is so much opportunity to contribute to the overarching frameworks and be paramount in supporting our transformation into a digital bank.

As a Partner, you will perform independent reviews and provide compliance advice to Group Operations, challenging their initiatives, issues, and incidents to ensure they comply with financial services obligations and properly manage any conduct risks. You will also engage with, and provide advice to, other parts of the Compliance function to help ensure that Group Operation initiatives, incidents and issues comply with financial services obligations.

This is a Line 2 compliance role that will see you build key relationships with defense risk leaders and the Head of Retail Bank Compliance, working hand in hand with two Advisors that will report directly into you.

**Key responsibilities will also include**:

- Contributing to the improvement in quality and effectiveness of processes and controls.
- Supporting Group Operations to perform the annual Control Self-Assessment (CSA).
- Supporting Group Operations in assesses and implementing regulatory changes.
- Contributing to regular and insightful reporting for Group Operations on the compliance risk profile, incidents and issues, regulatory changes, and emerging risks.
- Building strong, constructive, and transparent relationships with Group Operations stakeholders.

**About you**

We are also looking for someone with:

- Strong time management skills and ability to meet tight deadlines
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills using critical thinking techniques
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to understand and convey moderately complex information
- Good analytical skills and attention to detail
- Positive, enthusiastic mindset and approach
- Dedication to continuous improvement and learning

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you

**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**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Discounted financial products
- Salary sacrificing options
- Paid parental leave with no minimum
- Paid volunteer days
- Purchase annual leave
- Discounted private health insurance plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 5 employee diversity network groups focusing on: First Nations Reconcilation Council, Proudly ME (LGBTIQA+), 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, bankruptcy checks.

Job Reference: BOQ02455