Manager Sanctions Escalations

Do work that matters:
We are seeking the expertise of a Manager Sanctions Escalations, Financial Crime Compliance to join our Sanctions Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) team.
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Sanctions Escalations, you and your team plays a crucial role in ensuring CBA or its subsidiaries complies to both internal and regulatory obligations on sanctions matters.
On any given day you will:
Help to implement and continually improve the Group’s Sanctions Program
Drive innovation and continuous improvement with respect to the Sanctions and FCC screening programs
Identify risks, trends and any potential control weaknesses with regards to Sanctions
Support effective relationships across multiple stakeholder groups, businesses and countries
Manage the sanctions referrals from the Trade Finance teams end to end
Conduct quality assurance reviews of the work completed by the Escalations Team to meet compliance / audit requirements and provide constructive feedback
Identify and advise on applicable sanctions laws and regulations in consultation with Legal and Compliance, as well as complex escalation cases and sanctions risk factors.
Monitor and identify key issues (and potential issues) in the Sanctions landscape
Provide statistics, analysis and commentary for Sanctions reports as required and ensure systems are updated
See yourself in our team:
No day is ever the same in a Risk role at CommBank. You’ll be challenged with new problems and new solutions in a role that allows access to multiple aspects of our business and a variety of project types. We work in an outcomes driven environment, where the emphasis is on your results and achievements.
We’re interested in hearing from people who:
Experience and demonstrated capability in financial crime compliance (particularly Sanctions), in a complex organisation across multiple businesses or countries at a senior level.
Experience in managing sanctions risks
Strong understanding of financial crime/Sanctions risk management frameworks.
Good stakeholder management skills.
Experience in building financial crime compliance capability and the delivery of tools and processes that are business aligned.
Demonstrated sound judgement in identifying and mitigating financial crime/Sanctions risks.
Interest in innovation and driving progress in managing financial crime risk with the use of technology.
Proven Communication, leadership and management capabilities.
Sound understanding of sanctions obligations within the banking and finance industry.
Tertiary qualification in a related discipline is preferred
If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.
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Advertising End Date: 24/01/2024