Benefit Realisation Manager

**About the Role**
As Benefits realisation Manager you will be accountable for working with our Manager of Portfolio Finance & Benefits to continue to uplift BOQ's benefits management and realisation maturity. You will oversee and advise on the return on investment of project and portfolio spend throughout the Benefits Management Lifecycle (Identify/Plan/Realise/Report). Ensuring identified benefits are attributable, quantifiable, and measurable for both financial and non-financial outcomes.

In this role you play a significant part to BOQ's overall Return on Invested Capital through robust process management, education, and influencing and reviewing of project benefit outcomes.

The role is accountable for Benefit reporting, analysis and advice. This input supports business decision making around individual projects and is a key contributor to the strategic direction of the investment portfolio which forms part of BOQ’s multi-year strategic planning.

Strong communication skills are required as the role will act as a partner to Senior members of the business, providing support and advise from a benefits perspective in business case development and documentation.

Key deliverables include Governance and review of benefit outcomes for forum evaluation and supporting the approval process for business cases which justify the capital investment and articulate the resultant benefit outcomes. Bringing together stakeholder management, framework development and commercial acumen to challenge benefits and ensure the appropriate return on investment is being promised and delivered.

The Benefits Realisation Manager will play a significant part in uplifting BOQ's benefits management and realisation maturity through robust process management and embedding of processes.

The role will also own, manage, and mature the BOQ Benefit Realisation Framework and associated processes.

**About you**
**Work Experience**
- Minimum 5 years in project delivery and/or project finance roles
- Experience in benefits realisation management
- Business/Finance qualification beneficial
- Experience working within the banking and financial industry is beneficial

**Knowledge and Competencies**
- Strong knowledge and understanding of implementing and maturing a Benefits Realisation Framework and associated processes and tools
- Strong understanding of Project Finance and the Project Life cycle
- Strong Problem Solving skills
- Well-developed communication skills
- Ability to translate complex information into insights that are easily understood
- Intermediate level Excel and Word skills
- Proven team player
- Forward thinking, inquisitive and strategic mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
- Strong relationship management skills and a customer-centric outlook
- Strong influencing skills, whilst having the ability to negotiate and be open to change within a project environment

**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