Senior Manager Financial Crime Governance

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Senior Manager, Financial Crime Governance 

• Full time Permanent opportunity

Sydney (preferable)

Hybrid working model

What’S The Role?

This role supports the oversight and delivery of reporting to the Financial Crime Risk Committee, Executive Risk Committee, Board Risk Committee, and, where appropriate, regulators and other external stakeholders. It sits within the Financial Crime Governance and Regulatory Engagement team, part of the Westpac Group’s Risk division.

The Financial Crime Function is responsible for assisting the Risk Class Owner in developing, maintaining, and overseeing the Group-wide approach to managing Financial Crime risk classes. This role will see you reporting into the Executive Manager, Governance & Regulatory Engagement.

Responsibilities include but not limited to: 

• Prepare aggregate Group-wide reporting for the Risk Class Owner, tailored for the Financial Crime, Executive, and Board Risk Committees.
• Drive a consistent and coordinated approach to reporting and governance across Financial Crime risk classes and the broader Financial Crime Function.
• Maintain and manage a comprehensive calendar of reporting and governance activities to ensure timely and accurate delivery.
• Develop, implement, and maintain Financial Crime risk appetite and key risk indicator measures aligned with Group standards, contributing to the Board Risk Appetite other reporting Dashboards.

What do I need?

• Substantial experience in Financial Crime, Compliance, Risk, or Legal functions within the financial services industry (essential). 
• Proven expertise in risk governance and reporting, including the preparation of senior management and Board-level reports, with the ability to present findings when required (essential). 
• Strong understanding of financial crime risk management frameworks and key financial crime risks, or broader risk management frameworks (advantageous).
• Solid knowledge of the regulatory landscape and experience managing regulatory implications within banking environments (advantageous).

Why Join Us?

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives

Create your future today

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