Third Party and Operational Risk Partner

**About the Role**
An exciting opportunity to join BOQ Group (which includes Bank of Queensland, Virgin Money Australia and ME Bank) as a Third Party and Operational Risk Partner during our digital transformation journey on a permanent basis. By joining the digital bank of the future, you will be able to make a difference with integrity and empathy by supporting our third party and operational risk management activities, adding significant value to our organisation. With exciting projects currently underway, you will be a key contributor to unique business development and change across the BOQ Group.

As a Third Party and Operational Risk Partner you will support line 1 operational risk for procurement, strategic investment manage office (SIMO) and property business unit that form part of Group Technology. You will focus on the implementation of the Operational Risk Management Framework (ORMF) within our Group Technology division, such as control self-assessments, risk events and incident management, key risk indicators (KRI’s), issue management and risk in change.

Leading the third-party risk management capability for Group Technology, you will execute risk requirements detailed in the outsourcing and procurement policies, further developing a third party risk maturity roadmap spanning across people, process, policy/framework and systems. This will require you to bring a commercial and pragmatic lens to managing operational and third-party risks, where you will also provide guidance on risk acceptance and the design of remediation plans while balancing risk and reward, board risk appetite and compliance requirements. This extends to regulatory, external and internal audit issues.

Reporting to the Head of Technology risk, you will be pivotal in the leadership and delivery of operational and third-party risk awareness, where you will lead training sessions and initiatives within Group Technology.

This is a challenging and exciting role with a wide range of opportunities to help you take your career to the next level, where your development is our focus. BOQ Group has invested heavily in cutting-edge tools to respond to the dynamic global risk landscape and to support our business' long-term objectives, where you not only get to leverage these, but will become an all-rounded top tier professional within operational and third-party risk.

**About you**
As an experienced technology risk professional, you will be a collaborative people and outcome focussed professional who thrives on working in a fast-paced environment. You enjoy proactively communicating with a business, such as to executive members, to provide expert advice on how to improve and maintain processes or increase understanding of project impacts.

Having extensive knowledge and proven experience of operational and third-party risk management frameworks and supporting standards, processes and practice, you will have a solid understanding of basic IT government frameworks (such as COBIT). You will also have a detailed understanding of APRA Prudential Standards (such as CPS220, CPS231, CPS232 and CPS234).

Collaboration and partnership come naturally to you, where you participate in and promote cooperative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders through knowledge sharing and partnership.

Working for us is energetic and fast-paced, and we need top talent to take us where we want to go. BOQ Group people are easy to spot. They're smart, enthusiastic, full of ideas and passionate about what they do. If this sounds like you and you're looking to join a brand on the forefront of financial services security, we'd love to have a conversation

**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.

In 2021 BOQ Group was awarded a Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation.

**Our Benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Discounted financial products
- Salary sacrificing options
- Paid parental leave with no minimum
- Paid volunteer days
- Purchase annual leave
- BUPA Corporate Plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)