Overview
Senior Compliance & Regulatory Change Analyst Risk | Permanent Full-Time | Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne
Role summary
We are looking for a Senior Compliance & Regulatory Change Analyst to play a critical role in protecting the Bank by ensuring regulatory obligations are identified, understood, and effectively implemented. Sitting within our Enterprise Risk, Compliance & Sustainability division, this role is key to enabling a strong, proactive risk culture and supporting the business to meet its compliance obligations with confidence. As a Senior Compliance & Regulatory Change Analyst, you will help protect the Bank by ensuring regulatory obligations are identified, understood, and implemented effectively. You will partner across the business to drive a proactive risk culture, provide trusted compliance advice, perform compliance assurance activities and ensure our policies and frameworks remain fit for purpose in a dynamic regulatory environment.
You are someone who enjoys turning complex regulatory requirements into practical, actionable insights and have a strong compliance and assurance capability. You build strong relationships, communicate clearly, and take ownership of your work from end to end. You are proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced regulatory landscape. You take pride in delivering high-quality outcomes and are confident engaging with stakeholders to drive accountability and compliance.
Key Responsibilities
* Monitor and assess regulatory and legislative changes impacting Heartland Bank Australia
* Partner with risk owners and business teams to ensure timely implementation of regulatory requirements
* Identify and escalate risks or delays in regulatory change implementation
* Provide trusted compliance advice across complex compliance matters
* Support and execute compliance assurance activities in line with Line 2 responsibilities
* Prepare risk and compliance reporting for leadership and governance forums
* Maintain and uplift the policy framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and risk appetite
* Coordinate policy lifecycle activities, including review, approval and publication
Qualifications and experience
* A relevant tertiary qualification in law, compliance, risk, finance or a related field
* Experience in compliance, regulatory change or operational risk within financial services
* Familiarity with APRA, ASIC and AUSTRAC regulatory frameworks (desirable)
* Understanding of policy governance and lifecycle management
* Experience with GRC systems (e.g. Protecht, Archer, LogicGate) (desirable)
* A continuous improvement mindset and a proactive, solutions-focused approach
About Heartland Bank Australia
At Heartland Bank Australia, we provide Australians with specialist banking products that are the best or only of their kind. We do this digitally so our customers can spend more time on the things that matter most. We've been supporting Australian customers since 1971 and are part of the Heartland Group, with more than 145 years' experience in financial services. Heartland is listed on the NZX and ASX (HGH).
Our people and culture
Our values guide how we work every day: we do the right thing, work as one team, are always evolving and have big ambition. We offer flexibility, genuine development opportunities and a supportive culture where people can do their best work.
Diversity & inclusion
At Heartland, we celebrate difference and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong. We're an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all backgrounds. Please let us know if you need any adjustments or support during the recruitment process.
Next steps
Keen to learn more? Visit heartlandbank.com.au or follow us on LinkedIn to learn more about Heartland. Please note you must be eligible to work in Australia. Heartland is an innovative and award-winning financial services group. We're committed to creating a culture of inclusivity that celebrates our diversity and supports the wellbeing of our people. Introduce yourself to our team and we will get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match. Across the Heartland group, we're looking for people who will embrace the opportunities we provide to learn, contribute and make a difference. The Heartland group is a digital financial services group of companies, which includes Heartland Bank in New Zealand and Heartland Bank in Australia (which includes our StockCo team).
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