Your new company
Australian bank covering retail banking, commercial lending, Small to Medium Enterprise Banking, offering a hybrid working environment as a sustainable and responsible financial services company.
Your new role
• Support the AML/CTF Compliance Officer and the Executive Manager, Financial Crime Compliance Program of Action, to work in conjunction with the other stakeholders of FCC concerning uplift and remediation streams of work, through 2LoD oversight focusing on the effectiveness of obligations and embedding of robust controls.
• Undertaking 2LoD oversight through the provision of Advice, Review & Challenge activities and other relevant policies/standards and procedures, in particular the Enterprise Risk Management Framework. This will involve working closely with project management, other Stream Leads and attending working groups and other forums.
• A key focus will be to respond to and identify oversight requirements through advice activities concerning the application of risk and compliance policies, frameworks and standards and assist to guide decision making to fit risk appetite. Review & Challenge Assurance activities will involve providing constructive questioning to test thinking and assumptions of business activities and decisions that materially affect the risk profile and their outcomes as they impact processes, risks, obligations and controls.
• This role will work closely and in collaboration with the Stream Lead Assurance. Testing using data-analytics, samples and walk-throughs, to ensure adherence to policies, standards, procedures, design adequacy and operating effectiveness of controls
• Reporting will be an integral component to ensure future best practice assurance compliance management frameworks and reporting processes are embedded across the bank and responsible for accurate and timely reporting, identification of issues and reporting improvement initiatives.
What you'll need to succeed
• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline e.g. Commerce, law, accounting or similar
• 5+ years experience across or in one or more of the key Financial Crime specialist areas (AML/CTF, Sanctions, fraud, corruption & bribery)
• Regulatory compliance / risk management experience in the financial services industry is highly desirable
• Proven experience in dealing with multiple stakeholders, including senior management
• Experience in undertaking oversight and monitoring, in particular, AML/CTF obligations and controls and interpreting complex Financial Crime issues, such as employee and customer due diligence programs, transaction monitoring, payment screening processes, fraud management or anti-bribery/corruption programs and conducting risk assessments.
What you'll get in return
An initial 12 month contract with potential to last longer. Excellent opportunity to work with a large bank on their own Financial Crime uplift initiative, raising capability and deliver uplift in the Advice, Review and Challenge activities delivered by the 2LoD AML/CTF & Sanctions and Financial Crime capability. Embed Group wide awareness and adoption of obligation, risk and control frameworks across products and channels.
What you need to do now
Please apply now, or email your CV to philip.lewis@hays.com.au.