Regulatory Compliance Manager

As our highly valued Manager, Regulatory Compliance based in Brisbane or Sydney, your role will provide trusted regulatory compliance advice, oversight and challenge across the enterprise, helping ensure Great Southern Bank meets its regulatory obligations while supporting strategic business outcomes.

This is a 12 month contract

You’ll make an impact by:

• Providing pragmatic regulatory compliance advice and constructive challenge to business leaders across strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations
• Leading the effective management and continuous improvement of the Bank's Obligations Management Framework and Obligations Register
• Identifying and assessing emerging regulatory changes, helping the business understand impacts and prepare for implementation
• Conducting compliance oversight reviews and thematic assessments to strengthen enterprise compliance outcomes
• Preparing high-quality governance reporting for senior leadership, Risk Committees and the Board
• Building trusted relationships with stakeholders across the business, acting as a valued compliance subject matter expert
• Supporting the development of policies, standards and compliance frameworks to ensure they remain contemporary and fit for purpose
• Representing Great Southern Bank at industry forums, regulatory engagements and external compliance networks

Do things differently with us

Compliance at Great Southern Bank is about more than interpreting legislation. It's about partnering with the business to enable confident, well-informed decisions while maintaining a strong risk culture.

You'll work across a broad range of strategic initiatives, emerging regulatory changes and enterprise-wide compliance activities, influencing outcomes through practical advice, constructive challenge and trusted relationships. You'll have the opportunity to shape how compliance continues to evolve across the Bank, ensuring our frameworks remain effective, contemporary and aligned to our strategic direction.

If you enjoy working with complexity, influencing senior stakeholders and balancing commercial outcomes with sound regulatory governance, you'll thrive in this role.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated experience in a senior regulatory compliance role within banking or financial services
• Strong knowledge of Australian financial services legislation, regulatory frameworks and industry standards, including APRA Prudential Standards, the Corporations Act, Privacy Act, Customer-Owned Banking Code of Practice and AML/CTF requirements
• Proven experience providing compliance advice and constructive challenge to business stakeholders
• Experience managing regulatory obligations, governance reporting and enterprise compliance frameworks
• Strong understanding of operational risk and compliance management frameworks within a Line 2 environment
• Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently at all levels
• Strong analytical skills, sound judgement and the ability to interpret complex legislation and regulatory guidance
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering high-quality outcomes in a dynamic environment
• Degree qualification in Business, Law or a related discipline
• Postgraduate qualifications in Law, Risk Management or a related field, and membership of relevant professional Governance, Risk or Compliance associations (desirable)

Why Great Southern Bank? 

Whatever your role with us, you’ll be part of a force for good. We’re owned by our customers right here in Australia, so our success benefits everyday people and families. Working at Great Southern Bank, you’ll also enjoy a range of fantastic benefits, some examples include: 

• Helping you unlock a brighter future by investing in your development and wellbeing, offering you study leave, a day for you and professional wellbeing coaching.
• Benefits that support you and your wellbeing so that you can thrive at work and at home, today and tomorrow. Enjoy access to our wellbeing centre and the flexibility to work from home two days a week.
• Helping you to achieve your financial goals and positively impact your family and community. We offer discounts on a wide range of Great Southern Bank products and services such as savings and transaction accounts, insurance, home loans and more!

Imagine working for a bank that truly helps people. You can. 

Questions? Please contact our Talent Acquisition team at careers@gsb.com.au 

At Great Southern Bank, we’re building a workplace where everyone belongs. We value diverse backgrounds, cultures, abilities and experiences - including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disability, and the LGBTQ+ community - because it makes us stronger for our people, customers and communities. Through flexible working, collaboration and fair, inclusive decision-making, we empower our people to do their best every day.

We move with purpose, are curious about what’s next, remain focused on what matters most, and are always ready to find smarter ways to help our customers and communities thrive. Our people bring energy and initiative to a fast-changing environment, making thoughtful decisions that balance doing good for our customers with driving sustainable success for our business. If you enjoy working in a place where priorities evolve, ideas are valued, and every action contributes to something bigger, you’ll feel right at home here at Great Southern Bank.