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Form of work About the Role
Here at BOQ Group we have been busy working behind the scenes building out our fastest-growing team – Group Risk – 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.
This Senior Partner role supports our fabulous Head of Assurance in developing the Operational Risk Assurance framework whilst leading reviews to provide assurance to stakeholders on the management of Operational Risk in our Retail and Business Bank divisions.
Having a primary accountability to determine, through targeted assurance activities, the operational risk frameworks and 1st line activities for Retail and Business Bank teams, this role ensures they are effective and fit-for-purpose for the organisation, and that our 2nd line friends are executing the assurance responsibilities under the framework. Pretty exciting stuff, hey?
This role will see you heavily involved with:
Risk Frameworks & Assurance Planning
Operational Risk Assurance.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of assurance specific frameworks
Annual assurance plans (operational risk)
Control self-assessment methodology and assurance maps.
Create training and communication documentation regarding operational risk assurance,
Provide accurate end to end delivery of operational risk assurance reviews
The aim – to partner with our stakeholders and teams, ensuring we are clear around the important purpose, objectives and benefits assurance is providing at within our high- functioning Retail and Business Bank divisions.
About you
As an experienced Senior Partner, you’ll join us with exposure to assurance within the banking and financial services landscape. Yip – you live and breathe all things risk and assurance and join us with a passion, and experience of, elevating the maturity of a risk culture within a business. You come armed with a wealth of assurance knowledge, and know how to implement frameworks, partnering with line 1 risk teams for successful uptake.
We operate in a highly regulated, fast-paced environment so we are seeking a strategic thinker who can problem-solve on the fly. Collaboration and partnership come naturally to you, where you aren’t afraid to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in, participating and promoting cooperative working relationships across the organisation.
As an outcome-driven professional you enjoy proactively communicating with the business to understand and reach their vision – and know how to align it with your teams. With your vast experience in assurance, you’re the go-to for all things involved with regulator priorities, prudential standards and legislation relating to the banking world.
You’re a natural born people-person with a strong background in leading operational risk teams, along with the application, of operational risk and assurance frameworks and/or audit frameworks within the financial services industry. Other skills and experience we are ideally seeking include:
Strong knowledge of operational risk & control concepts
Current knowledge of regulatory requirements, banking trends and practices
Understanding of attributes that contribute and nurture a strong risk culture
Understanding of continuous monitoring assurance and data analytics techniques
Experience embedding and uplifting operational risk management maturity
Working for us is fun and fast-paced, and we are seeking top talent to take us where we want to go. BOQ Group people are easy to spot. They're smart, energetic, full of ideas and passionate about what they do. If this sounds like you and you're looking to join a multi-brand on the forefront of financial services, we'd love to chat!
About Us
Bank of Queensland Group is a truly unique group of challenger brands providing a genuine alternative to Australian financial services customers and employees – with a true multi-brand proposition meaning our staff get to experience working across multiple brands all with their unique differences.
BOQ Group’s inclusive 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
To apply for this role please follow the links or apply via our Careers Page.
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: BOQ02134
