Compliance Analyst - Data Controls

• Build your expertise across data protection, privacy, lifecycle management and data controls
• Partner with technology, data, cyber and risk teams to strengthen compliance across the Qantas Group
• Permanent full-time role with a hybrid model of WFH and Mascot Campus

The Compliance Analyst - Data Controls plays an important role in strengthening the controls that govern how data is protected, managed, retained and disposed of across the Qantas Group. Working closely with stakeholders across Technology, Data, Cyber Security, Risk and Governance, you’ll help ensure our data practices meet internal standards, regulatory obligations and established control frameworks.

With a specialist focus on data protection, privacy, data purging, retention and data lifecycle controls, you’ll monitor compliance, assess the effectiveness of controls and identify areas where improvements are required. You’ll support assurance and audit activities, coordinate remediation actions and provide clear reporting that helps stakeholders understand and manage data-related compliance risks.

This is an opportunity to build deep expertise in data governance and data controls while contributing to the responsible management and protection of data across a complex organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor compliance with data protection, privacy, retention, purging and lifecycle requirements.
• Perform ongoing assessments of data controls and identify control gaps, risks and improvement opportunities.
• Support the implementation and ongoing effectiveness of data governance and control frameworks.
• Maintain compliance registers, control documentation, evidence and reporting.
• Coordinate data control remediation activities, tracking actions through to completion.
• Prepare and collate evidence for internal assurance reviews, audits and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Technology, Data, Cyber Security and Risk teams to embed data control requirements into BAU and change initiatives.
• Analyse compliance information and provide clear insights on control effectiveness, trends and emerging risks.
• Support continuous improvement of data compliance processes, standards and controls.

What You’ll Bring

• 2–5 years’ experience in data governance, data controls, privacy, risk, audit, compliance or a related discipline.
• Practical experience working with data protection, privacy, data retention, data purging or data lifecycle controls.
• Understanding of data governance and control frameworks, including how controls are designed, monitored, evidenced and improved.
• Experience undertaking compliance monitoring or control assessments and identifying gaps or areas for remediation.
• Experience maintaining control documentation, compliance registers, evidence and reporting.
• Experience supporting internal assurance or external audit activities.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking capability, with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret requirements and translate them into practical controls and actions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across data, technology, risk and business teams.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage priorities and escalate risks or issues appropriately.

Why Qantas? 

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully. There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.  

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel:

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan. 

Applications will close by 23rd November ​