Lending Specialist - Canberra

You’ll be the trusted advisor they turn to, guiding them with clarity and care. From strategy sessions with your Branch Manager to meetings with community partners and clients, your role is all about building relationships that matter. You’ll be immersed in the full lending journey, helping customers navigate their options, understand their goals, and feel confident in their decisions.

Whether it’s a first home buyer or a seasoned investor, you’ll be there every step of the way—making the process seamless and stress-free. Your days might include reaching out to local businesses, attending community events, or following up with new leads generated through your business development efforts. You’ll be the face of BOQ in your community, strengthening brand awareness and creating meaningful connections.

And throughout it all, you’ll be supported by a team that values inclusion, growth, and authenticity. With mentoring, training, and a clear career pathway, you’ll have everything you need to thrive.

Your expertise spans the full lending lifecycle—from assessing creditworthiness to structuring tailored solutions that meet client needs. You understand compliance requirements and risk management principles, ensuring every decision aligns with regulatory standards and organizational goals. Your ability to build trust and maintain long-term relationships sets you apart.

You combine analytical skills with a customer-first mindset, delivering solutions that balance financial outcomes with client satisfaction. With proven success in navigating complex lending scenarios, you’re ready to contribute insights that drive growth and strengthen the business. You’re proactive, driven, and always looking for ways to add value.

This role is more than a job—it’s a chance to be part of something meaningful, to grow your career, and to join a team that celebrates your success.

Our family of brands (Bank of Queensland (BOQ), ME Bank, Virgin Money Australia, BOQ Specialist), each come with their own defined customer audience and brand personality, but share one goal – to build social capital through banking. That’s creating trust with customers, exploring staff potential and believing that tiny gestures and big ideas can change the world for communities. BOQ Group’s inclusive vision is to foster a workspace that values and leverages difference and creates new possibilities, a place where our people feel confident to bring their best selves to work every day.

We embrace difference and believe that our workforce should reflect the customers and communities that we serve. In 2023, we successfully implemented an innovative Reconciliation Plan, driving positive change and promoting inclusivity across BOQ Group.

BOQ Group is committed to diversity and an inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply. We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities.

When you apply, you are welcome to tell us the pronouns you use and please let us know any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process. If you are successful for a role with BOQ Group, it is a condition of employment that background screening is completed to ensure that the Bank complies with its obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act. These checks may include, but are not limited to identity, verification, reference checks, criminal background checks, immigration checks, verification of academic qualifications, bankruptcy checks.