Manager - Transaction Monitoring, Financial Crime Product Management

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Manager - Transaction Monitoring, Financial Crime Product Management!

• Permanent Full-time opportunity
• Sydney or Melbourne based
• Hybrid working model

What’s the role?

The purpose of this role is to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of the Westpac Group’s global Transaction Monitoring Program (TMP), working closely with Operations and Financial Crime Compliance teams to meet this objective. You will be part of the Westpac’s Transaction Monitoring & Analytics team which is responsible for the development and ongoing maintenance of Westpac’s automated Transaction Monitoring detection capabilities.

You will identify opportunities to enhance Westpac’s Financial Crime detection capabilities, ensuring that both existing and emerging risks are effectively mitigated. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with Line 1 Risk functions, including operations, to review and assess TMP alerts and provide input for training as needed.

What do I need?

• Extensive Financial Crime Transaction Monitoring related experience derived from roles within either banking/consultancy/legal or government
• Demonstrated knowledge of AML/CTF and other financial crime legislation, including key challenges, risks, trends and regulatory environment
• Strong operational experience and demonstrated ability to develop and enhance solid processes and controls
• Commercial acumen and experience dealing with and managing senior business stakeholders.
• Data analytics related technical skills like SQL, SAS and intermediate Excel analytics (desirable)

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
• Other divisional specific benefit – (*e.g. paid CFA qualifications* or relevant industry training)

Create your future today

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