Senior Operational Risk & Compliance Manager

Jobtailor; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Rabobank seeks an experienced risk professional to lead and drive risk management across the Strategy & Transformation Office. You will partner with business and project teams to identify and manage operational and compliance risks throughout project lifecycles.

This senior role requires 7+ years in financial services risk management, including advisory work, and a proven ability to influence senior stakeholders while aligning with risk appetite statements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification.
• 7+ years' experience in financial services risk management, with a focus on operational risk, compliance risk, controls, assurance, auditing and/or project risk.
• At least 3 years' experience in a risk advisory capacity within the financial services sector.
• Experience working within First Line and/or Second Line Risk functions.
• Proven experience supporting large-scale projects and change initiatives from a risk and compliance perspective.
• Demonstrated ability to work with and influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of operational risk frameworks, controls and governance practices.
• Experience assessing and managing risk profiles and control environments.
• Sound knowledge of compliance obligations within a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience with risk analytics, dashboard reporting and data-driven insights; Power BI experience highly regarded.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong facilitation, training and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Ability to identify practical solutions and drive outcomes in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive effective risk management practices across the Strategy & Transformation Office domain in line with Rabobank's Risk Management Framework.
• Partner with business and project stakeholders to identify, assess and manage operational and compliance risks.
• Support transformation and change initiatives with expert risk and compliance guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Conduct and review risk and control assessments for project and change initiatives.
• Coordinate risk and compliance activities during transitions from project delivery into business-as-usual operations.
• Monitor, maintain and report on the STO risk profile in alignment with policies, frameworks and risk appetite statements.
• Support incident management, issue remediation and sustainable control improvements.
• Deliver insights on emerging risks through analytics, reporting, root cause analysis and lessons learned reviews.
• Champion Privacy, Data Management, Policy and Risk Appetite Statement initiatives.
• Facilitate risk governance forums, In-Control meetings and annual risk profile reviews.
• Contribute to the First Line Risk & Compliance strategy.
• Build relationships with senior leaders, project managers, business analysts, risk champions and second and third line stakeholders.

Skills

Operational Risk

Compliance Risk

Risk Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Change Management

Data-Driven Insights

Root Cause Analysis

Communication Skills

Facilitation Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification

Tools

Power BI

Risk Analytics Tools

Dashboard Reporting

Job description

Rabobank seeks an experienced risk professional to lead and drive risk management across the Strategy & Transformation Office. You will partner with business and project teams to identify and manage operational and compliance risks throughout project lifecycles.

This senior role requires 7+ years in financial services risk management, including advisory work, and a proven ability to influence senior stakeholders while aligning with risk appetite statements.