Head of First Line Risk

Melbourne or Sydney | Permanent, Full‑time

Heartland Bank Australia has an exciting leadership opportunity for a Head of First Line Risk to join our Legal & First Line Risk function. This is a critical senior leadership role, providing integrated oversight of credit risk, financial crime, and operational resilience across the bank.

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As Head of First Line Risk, you will lead Heartland Bank Australia’s first line risk management capability, ensuring risk is identified, assessed and managed at the point of activity — not after the fact.

Reporting to the Chief Legal & First Line Risk Officer, you will shape and embed a strong risk culture across four specialist teams: Retail Credit, Agribusiness Credit, Financial Crimes, and Risk Continuity & Resilience. You will partner closely with executive leadership, second line risk, and regulators to ensure first line risk practices are ...