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Name General Manager, Compliance APAC Ref # 52741 Date Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Full / Part Time Full Time

Description & Requirements

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The opportunity:

We are seeking a senior compliance leader to join Bupa in a strategic leadership role as General Manager APAC, Compliance. This senior position plays a pivotal role within the APAC Compliance and Conduct Risk team, responsible for leading regulatory change and compliance management across the APAC region. In addition, the role provides oversight, advice and challenge through a portfolio of monitoring and assurance activities to ensure we maintain compliance with relevant regulatory obligations and internal policies.

This an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and lead the embedment of a new Line 2 compliance function in a diverse business that bridges financial services and healthcare.

This position is offered as permanent, full-time and may be based at our Melbourne or Sydney offices with flexible, hybrid work arrangements available.

You’ll be responsible for:

Compliance Management - Oversee the development and maintenance of compliance frameworks, policies, and systems to ensure effective compliance management. Provide expert guidance and assurance to obligation owners, supporting the implementation and ongoing monitoring of robust compliance plans.

Regulatory Change & Implementation - Lead the regulatory change function, driving the identification, assessment, and implementation of new requirements across the business. Ensure effective change management, compliance alignment, and oversight of obligation management processes.

Monitoring & Assurance - Lead the monitoring and assurance activity to assess compliance with regulatory and internal requirements. Provide independent oversight, control testing, and thematic reviews to identify emerging risks, evaluate control effectiveness, and recommend enhancements.

Reporting - Support the preparation of accurate, insightful compliance reports for management, executive, and board audiences Provide constructive challenge, advice and insights on compliance management across the organisation.

What we’re looking for:

We’re seeking someone with roughly 10 years of professional experience, and exposure to Line 1 and/or Line 2 compliance roles within APRA-regulated entities or other highly regulated environments. You’ll be an excellent communicator and understand both the technical and human elements of compliance, working collaboratively with the business to ensure our approach to compliance delivers great results for customers.

In addition to this, you’ll have:

tertiary qualifications in business, law, or compliance (professional compliance accreditation highly regarded) or equivalent professional experience
deep practical and technical expertise in compliance including obligation management, compliance plans, regulatory change
knowledge of APRA and broader commercial regulatory environments
the ability to communicate clearly, succinctly and with impact to senior stakeholders, and
leadership attributes with experience managing and developing high-performing teams.

We know that not everyone will meet every single requirement listed, and that’s okay—if you’re excited about this role and believe you can make a difference, we encourage you to apply.

Why work at Bupa?

A career at Bupa is more than just a job. It’s an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our customers and communities. Our purpose, helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world, is what inspires us. It’s a promise to our customers to change lives, and our world, for the better. Our people are at the heart of this. It’s their passion, ideas and commitment that will shape a brighter future for both Bupa and our customers.

We’ve evolved from being simply a health insurer to what we call a ‘health and care’ company. This involves providing more wide-ranging services to benefit people’s health and wellbeing, wherever they are in life. If you’ve got the belief, the energy, and the talent, come and join us.

To learn more about working at Bupa please visit our website: www.bupa.com.au/careers

Bupa is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring equality in recruitment, development, retention, and promotion of staff and that no-one is disadvantaged based on their gender, cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or identity, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. If you require any adjustments to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know at the time of your application.

Location Melbourne Office (33X) Recruiter Megan Noone