Manager, Compliance Control Room

If you’re looking for great work culture, great work life balance and flexible working, and opportunities to continuously learn and get involved with our … – this is the role for you! 

Rabobank is the world’s leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. One of our key strengths lies in our people who have a deep understanding of agriculture and are committed to adding long-term value for clients. Our commitment to our employees and clients is at the heart of everything we do.   

About the Role

The Manager, Compliance Control Room is responsible for supporting the implementation and ongoing maintenance of the Compliance Control Room function across ANZ, aligned to global and regional regulatory requirements.

You will play a key role in monitoring, advisory, and reporting activities relating to Market Abuse, Conflicts of Interest, and employee trading controls, while acting as a subject matter expert to the business and Compliance teams.

Key Responsibilities

Control Room & Monitoring

• Execute end-to-end monitoring activities across:
  • Personal Account Dealing
  • Gifts & Hospitality
  • Alternative Investments
  • Outside Interests
  • Insider Designations
• Identify, investigate, and manage potential breaches or conflicts of interest.
• Maintain the regional insider lists and manage restricted lists and wall crossings.
• Oversee Control Room BAU activities, including mailbox queries and transactional clearances.

Policy & Advisory

• Develop, review, and maintain local policies and procedures aligned to global standards.
• Provide expert advice to the business and Compliance stakeholders on:
  • Market Abuse
  • Conflicts of Interest
• Support implementation of regulatory and policy updates.

Reporting & Risk Management

• Prepare reporting for senior management, committees, and boards.
• Manage and track compliance issues and findings in Archer.
• Perform control self-assessments and contribute to Control Room dashboards.
• Partner with stakeholders to remediate risks and strengthen controls.

Training & Engagement

• Deliver training on Control Room processes and compliance requirements (CAFE).
• Support onboarding and awareness programs for new hires.
• Promote a strong compliance culture across business units.

Continuous Improvement

• Take a data-driven approach to monitoring and reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve, simplify and automate processes.

What You Bring

Experience & Qualifications

• Degree in Commerce, Business, Law, Economics or similar.
• 4–6 years’ experience in banking and financial services.
• Background in compliance, risk, audit, or regulatory environments.
• Experience in Control Room or Conflict of Interest management highly desirable.

Knowledge & Skills

• Solid understanding of:
  • Market Abuse regulations
  • Conflicts of Interest frameworks
  • ANZ regulatory environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• High attention to detail, organisation, and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

Rabobank Global Behavioural Skills:
• Storytelling - Fundamental
• Self-reflection - Practitioner
• Service orientation - Practitioner
• Coaching - Fundamental
• Agility - Practitioner
• Judgement & decision-making - Practitioner
• Emotional intelligence - Practitioner
• Negotiating - Fundamental
• Collaborating - Practitioner
• Creativity – Fundamental
• Networking – Practitioner Values & Behaviours:

Global Values:
• We are always client-driven and action-oriented.
• We are purposeful and courageous.
• We are professional and considerate.
• We bring out the best in each other and are committed to keep learning.

What we're proud to offer you:

Rabo@Anywhere is our hybrid way of working at Rabobank and for Australia, that means we have a blend of time working between the office and home.  

Wellbeing leave. These leave days support greater work/life balance and is just another way we are helping our employees to lead happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives. 

Education Assistance Program. Rabobank values the development of its people and has a great Education Assistance Program to assist with professional development. 

Parental Leave that supports you and your family while giving you the freedom and flexibility to enjoy this special time (up-to 14 weeks paid leave) 

Bonus and Additional Leave. We realise sometimes 4 weeks Annual Leave isn't enough! At Rabobank we provide an incentive for eligible employees to receive 1 extra week Annual Leave and an option to purchase another 2 weeks Annual Leave. 

Extra Insurance. Rabobank recognises that employees need to protect their financial wellbeing, in the event of serious illness, injury, or even death. Rabobank provides eligible permanent employees with employer-funded Death, TPD and Income Protection Insurance. 

Rabo Workplace Giving program. As part of Rabobank's global Corporate Social Responsibility, Workplace Giving aims to encourage employees to contribute to our community. Rabo Workplace Giving program matches employee donations to selected Social Partners. 

Our Values

Rabobank Australia values inclusion, belonging, and positive experiences for all. Our work environment, our benefits, and the way we live our values, “Client Driven”, “Responsible”, “Professional” and “Cooperative” make it a great place to work. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. 

 Please let our Talent Acquisition team know if you need any accommodations to make our opportunities more accessible to you. 

Rabobank is not accepting submissions from recruitment agencies for this role.

Applicants must hold valid work rights for this role