Head of Risk Governance and Reporting

**About the Role**
A newly created opportunity exists for a Head of Risk Governance and Reporting, to join BOQ’s Group Risk team

In the role you will be responsible for the development, oversight and leadership of all aspect of the Governance and Reporting to the Executive Risk Committee, and Risk submissions for the Board/Board Risk Committee.

This includes leading a team to produce and govern information being reported to the Group Risk Divisional Risk Committee, Executive Risk Committee and the Board Risk Committee. This is a critical role in ensuring effective governance and reporting for the Division. This role requires the development and maintenance of strong relationships with key stakeholders and the ability to ensure the timely and accurate management and finalisation of agendas, papers, and actions for these committees.

You will be responsible for ensuring the accurate capture, management and finalisation of agendas, minutes, actions for the Executive Risk Committee, as well as the facilitation of critical reporting and formalisation of agendas for the Board Risk Committee and relevant sub-committees. Additionally, the role must have a broad understanding of risk and sound risk management practices to be able to write, edit and guide executive and board reporting for the division.

Other key aspects include identifying and implementing process improvements that ensure a continual uplift in quality of reporting, submissions, and governance discussion across the divisional and executive risk committees. As well as continual development and refinement of the 2nd line Group Chief Risk Officers Report, with an accountability for uplifting insights, process improvements and automation to ensure data is collected from trusted sources in a timely manner, with appropriate stakeholder inputs and approval.

You will also ensure a strong and collaborative engagement with the Group’s Company Secretary, that will enable the timely review and provision of Board/Board Risk Committee, agenda items, actions, papers and reports (as required).

**About you**

Naturally you will have extensive experience in a similar Governance and Risk Reporting role and knowledge in all aspects of financial and non-financial risk.

It would be advantageous to have a sound knowledge of general banking operations and lending, as well as the commercial market and competitors’ products.

Our Head of will be a strategic thinker who can demonstrate the benefits and value addition of risk within a commercial setting, and demonstrate an innovative, proactive and disciplined approach to risk management.

With excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills, you will also be a pro-active leader who strives for excellence and can set and maintain consistently high standards.

If this sounds like you, then 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.

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

**Our Benefits**
- 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)
- 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 (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 limi