Senior Manager - Financial Crime, Business & Private Banking

About the role

As Senior Manager - Divisional Financial Crime Risk, you are the primary Line 2 Financial Crime Risk leader and partner for the Business & Private Banking portfolio. You lead advice, oversight, review and constructive challenge on Financial Crime risk to support effective risk management, timely escalation and sound business and customer outcomes. The role is permanent and full-time, based in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane.

Key responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and influence effective Financial Crime risk outcomes.
• Provide expert advice, review and constructive challenge on divisional risks, controls, strategic initiatives and material decisions, with a focus on customers and risk appetite.
• Oversee the Financial Crime risk profile and give forward-looking insight on obligations, emerging risks, control effectiveness and risk-management priorities.
• Lead Line 2 oversight of material Financial Crime issues and events, supporting appropriate responses and escalation through governance channels.
• Represent Divisional Financial Crime Risk in governance forums, working groups and stakeholder engagements.
• Promote understanding of Financial Crime obligations and control objectives across the portfolio and challenge whether risk responses and controls are appropriate and effective.
• Lead and develop the supporting team, set priorities, build specialist capability and maintain engagement and succession planning.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in Financial Crime advisory, risk management or compliance within financial services.
• Demonstrated ability to give effective Line 2 advice, oversee material issues and make sound, risk-based decisions in complex environments.
• Proven people leadership capability, including coaching, capability development, prioritisation and succession planning.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of AML/CTF, Sanctions, ABAC and Fraud risk.
• Strong knowledge of banking products, services, customers and their associated Financial Crime risks.
• Executive-level stakeholder management, communication, influencing and negotiation skills.

Applications are made through the ANZ careers site using the reference number 126978, with a closing date of 2 November 2026.