Manager, Compliance Advice

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

Location: Sydney

Type: Permanent, full time position

Your part in a changing world

At QBE, our purpose is to enable a more resilient future.

We're an international insurer and reinsurer with a local presence in 27 countries.

Leveraging our deep expertise and insights, QBE offers commercial, personal and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks, build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

We've been cultivating resilience since 1886, when our founders started a marine insurance company in Townsville, Australia to give early pioneers a safeguard against uncertainty.

Today, we employ more than 11,600 people around the world, and our product portfolio includes property, motor, crop, energy, marine and aviation insurance.

The opportunity

We are looking for a talented individual to join our Compliance team in QBE AUSPAC in a role of a Manager, Compliance Advice to provide strategic compliance support to our business. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Compliance Advice Breaches you will be an integral part of the compliance team, influencing the compliance culture at QBE by working directly with the first line of defence. You will work closely with senior stakeholders to undertake assessments of breaches of law, whilst managing compliance activities.

Other responsibilities include:

- Oversight of breaches being appropriately identified, investigated, and reported and ensure timely corrective action is taken when breaches are detected
- Take ownership and leadership to successfully implement change in compliance related matters
- Oversight of local compliance requirements, policies, and internal guidelines
- Delivering elements of the compliance strategy and plan and supporting Senior Managers Compliance Advice Breaches to achieve positive results for the business in line with strategy and business plans.
- Proactively inputting to the strategy for the AUSPAC compliance advice team, performing and completing sufficient planning of assigned objectives to ensure appropriate risk management and coordinated approach for initiatives;
- Providing compliance advice to ensure QBE meets it's compliance and conduct obligations;
- Proactively managing QBE's regulatory risk by providing advice that is consistent with regulator and ombudsman expectations

Your story so far

Your story will include strong people leadership capabilities, strong interpersonal skills in establishing relationships with senior stakeholders, as well as effective time management to meet deadlines. In addition, you will have strong influencing skills, a passion for breach advising, a strong regulatory understanding, with the ability to form insights, with at least 4 years experience in a compliance or risk management role within the financial services or general insurance industry.

Additional Skills:

- Knowledge and understanding of the insurance industry and relevant compliance obligations will be highly regarded
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage, build relationships and influence stakeholders
- Ability to work remotely, with cross-functional teams
- Relevant qualification in business, commerce or equivalent

We are here to support you

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

- 'Hybrid Working' - a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
- Our 'At My Best' wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- 12 weeks' gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
- The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
- Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
- Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners

We value our employee's experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

- 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
- 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
- Gold Employer status for 2019 & 2020 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) - the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
- Ranked 6th place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2021 as voted by graduates
- Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)

Join us.

QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, a