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Introduction

As a member the Promontory Australia team at IBM you will contribute to the firm's efforts in working with clients on challenging strategic, risk management, and regulatory compliance issues.

Our team of specialists offers the following services across Prudential, Conduct and AML Regulation:

• Risk Management

• Providing advisory and assurance services regarding organisational transformation across risk management, governance, culture, accountability and compliance.

• Remediation Services

• Assurance to regulators and firms over customer focused remediation programs.

• Regulatory Framework

• Advising regulators and industry associations on building regulatory frameworks.

• Regulatory Liaison

• Helping our clients navigate relationships with regulators.

• Reg Tech

• Working with IBM teams and leveraging their technology assets in advising clients on AI based solutions and associated risk governance.

We have a diverse client base in Australia, which includes some of Australia's largest financial institutions and clients drawn from the public sector.

As a Associate Consultant, you will be responsible for managing risk, regulatory and compliance engagements on a day-to-day basis, analysing complex problems, developing recommendations to address client issues and heavily involved in reports and other deliverables. A strong consulting background with experience in non-financial risk management (including operational risk and resilience) and or superannuation is preferable. You will also be expected to draw upon your insights and networks to identify business opportunities for IBM Promontory to pursue.

Your role and responsibilities

To be successful in this role a candidate must have the stature to engage effectively with clients and potential clients at all levels. The candidate will also need to inspire and work effectively with team members drawn from a range of technical disciplines. Interact comfortably with executive management across industry and regulatory authorities. Key responsibilities will include:

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• Manage projects and act as client point of contact on a day-to-day basis contributing to engagements being delivered to budget and meeting profit and realisation targets.
• Undertake analysis as directed and take responsibility for the preparation of project deliverables, including reports and presentations.
• Interact comfortably with executive management of and regulatory authorities, generally with a Director or Senior Principal present.
• Strong analytical skills, oral skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, simply and logically.
• Strong written communication skills with, the ability to construct well-founded, clear, and concise analyses and recommendations.
• Ability to handle complex information, solve problems, and manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to work closely with, and communicate effectively with, clients and within all levels of the organisation.
• Strong commitment to integrity and ethics.

The candidate will also be required to build and retain relationships across the industry and to identify opportunities for further work. This includes the ability to establish and maintain positive relationships and contribute to teams that are motivated to succeed.

• Required education Associate's Degree/College Diploma Preferred education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise• An undergraduate degree in either Accounting, Commerce, Finance, or Law - with postgraduate qualifications highly regarded.
• Experience in Financial services, Consulting, Regulator, Compliance, Risk management, Governance or legal.
• Track record working in a fast-paced and unstructured environment with aptitude for identifying and developing innovative solutions to client challenges.
• Analytics and data: Proven track record of successfully delivering highly analytical and data intensive work. Strong understanding of data governance and experience in working with large and unstructured datasets to draw meaningful and actionable insights and outcomes.
• Expert level capabilities in Excel (incl. advanced excel functionality and VBA / Macro development). Expert level capabilities in working with large datasets in SQL.Preferred technical and professional experience• Tertiary qualifications in Commerce, Finance, Law or Business Administration with postgraduate qualifications highly regarded.
• Specialising in data analytics, risk management, assurance, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience developing, testing and validating the end-to-end modelling process and knowledge of a variety of tools including Alteryx, R and Python.ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Client-provided location(s): Sydney, Australia

Job ID: IBM-76915

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-12-12T19:02:25
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