Senior Compliance & Regulatory Change Analyst

About the role

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. Is this your next role? As a Senior Compliance & Regulatory Change Analyst, you will help protect the Bank by ensuring regulatory obligations are identified, understood, and implemented effectively. Working within our Enterprise Risk, Compliance & Sustainability team, you also 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. Does this sound like you? 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.

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
• You're a pro with
• Monitoring and interpreting regulatory and legislative change
• Communicating complex requirements in a clear, practical way
• Building strong stakeholder relationships across business and risk functions
• Providing compliance advice in a regulated financial services environment
• Conducting compliance assurance assessments
• Managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes with accuracy and accountability
• You also bring
• 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
• A bit about us and what we do
• 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).
• Can you see yourself here?
• 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.
• 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.

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Senior Compliance & Regulatory Change Analyst Risk | Permanent Full-Time | Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne

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