Partner Governance and Regulatory Engagement, Financial Crime Compliance

BOQ Group


Date: 1 day ago
City: Brisbane, Queensland
Contract type: Full time
About The Role

Step into a pivotal role at the heart of Financial Crime Compliance. As the Partner – Governance and Regulatory Engagement, you’ll be the driving force behind BOQ’s regulatory relationships and governance frameworks. From shaping engagement strategies with key regulators like AUSTRAC and the Australian Sanctions Office to orchestrating the secretariat function for the Financial Crime Risk Committee. Your work will directly influence how we manage risk and uphold integrity. You’ll collaborate across the Group, from Legal and Risk to frontline business units, ensuring our regulatory responses are sharp, timely, and trusted.

About You

You’re a strategic thinker with a sharp eye for detail and a passion for regulatory excellence. With a strong background in Financial Crime Compliance, ideally within banking, you bring a deep understanding of AML/CTF regulations and AUSTRAC expectations. Your foundation in finance, law, or business equips you to navigate complexity with confidence. You’re known for your clear communication, executive-ready writing, and ability to build strong relationships across all levels. Whether you’re coordinating a board report or responding to a regulator, you bring calm, clarity, and credibility.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment where your work truly matters, we’d love to hear from you.

About Us

BOQ Group is a truly unique group of challenger brands with a purpose – to provide a genuine alternative to Australian financial services for customers and employees.

Our family of brands (Bank of Queensland (BOQ), ME Bank, Virgin Money Australia, BOQ Specialist), each come with their own defined customer audience and brand personality, but share one goal – to build social capital through banking. That’s creating trust with customers, exploring staff potential and believing that tiny gestures and big ideas can change the world for communities.

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.

Since 2021, BOQ Group is recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

In 2023, we successfully implemented an innovative Reconciliation Plan, driving positive change and promoting inclusivity across BOQ Group.

Our Benefits

At BOQ Group, we are passionate about creating an exceptional work environment that nurtures both your professional and personal growth. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to enhance your well-being, provide financial security, and foster a sense of community and inclusion. Here are just some of the fantastic perks you can enjoy as part of our team:

  • Flexible working arrangement - Balance your work and personal life with ease.
  • Discounted financial products - Enjoy exclusive rates on our financial services across the Group.
  • Salary sacrificing options - Maximise your take-home pay with our salary packaging options.
  • Paid parental leave with no minimum requirements - Spend quality time with your new family member without any worries.
  • Purchase additional annual leave - Need more time off? You can buy extra leave days.
  • Discounted private health insurance plan - Take care of your health with our special rates.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Access confidential support for personal and professional challenges for you and your family
  • Access to employee network groups - Connect with peers through our First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, Multicultural, Gender, Early Careers, and accessibility groups.
  • Pride in Diversity membership: We are proud members of Pride in Diversity and actively participate in the Australian Workplace Equality Index.


We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. Join us and be part of a company that truly cares about its people and community!

How To Apply

To apply for this role at #boqgroup #grouprisk, follow the links or apply via our Careers Page.

BOQ Group is committed to diversity and an inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply.

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. When you apply, you are welcome to tell us the pronouns you use and please let us know any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

If you are successful for a role with BOQ Group, 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.

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