Job Description

Economic Crime Risk Governance and AML Reforms Lead

• Lead governance across Financial Crime, Scams and Fraud and the delivery of the Group's AML/CTF regulatory reform agenda.
• Join a high-performing Economic Crime Risk team where your expertise helps protect our customers, community and the integrity of the bank.
• Partner across Business, Risk, Legal, Technology and Operations to embed sustainable AML obligations and strengthen financial crime risk management.

Do Work That Matters

Economic Crime Risk (ECR) provides support to the Group's domestic and international operations, protecting the bank's integrity, reputation and community. We provide robust foundations and proactive support to enable the business to be confident in its accountability for managing Financial Crime, Fraud and Scam Risk. We equip business units globally with simple, fit-for-purpose frameworks, tools and advice to ensure proactive and effective identification and management of financial crime, fraud and scams.

See yourself in our team

The ECR Governance and AML Program Management Office sits within Economic Crime Risk, bringing sound orchestration and robust program discipline to the enterprise-wide delivery of the Group's AML/CTF regulatory reform agenda. Working across Business, Risk, Legal, Technology and Operations, the team sets strategy and policy, coordinates delivery, sequences workstreams and provides transparent reporting. As the ECR Governance and AML Reforms Lead, you'll lead across ECR Governance and the AML/CTF reforms implementation, while fostering a positive risk culture that empowers people to speak up and contribute.

• Lead the ECR Governance team and the secretariat for key ECR Committees, including the Economic Crime Risk Committee and Executive Economic Crime Risk Committee.
• Ensure relevant SPO and AMLCO governance accountabilities are fulfilled, with demonstrable traceability of obligations to charters and forward agendas.
• Ensure committees operate effectively, providing senior management with insightful, transparent information to oversee and manage risk and make risk-based decisions.
• Lead accurate and timely tracking of regulatory and Board obligations via governance forums, with timely escalation of matters as appropriate.
• Lead the enterprise-wide AML/CTF reform PMO, ensuring regulatory obligations and capability programs are delivered to time, quality and intent.
• Own the AML/CTF delivery strategy aligned to business and regulatory priorities, coordinating the team to deliver the required outcomes.
• Act as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders, consulting on business execution, process change and the capability build required to deliver the reforms.
• Lead the team in an agile, hands-on manner, building capability through coaching and development and enabling rapid action on emerging threats.

We're interested in hearing from people who:

• Bring extensive experience and strong knowledge of enterprise risk, governance, operating models and cross-functional delivery in a complex organisation.
• Have experience leading large-scale regulatory reform, remediation or transformation programs.
• Have subject matter expertise in AML/CTF and financial crime compliance obligations.
• Bring comprehensive experience in end-to-end risk management in complex environments, including controls design, incident and issue management, compliance obligations and risk culture uplift.
• Can influence and engage senior stakeholders, including EGM and Group Executive level audiences.
• Have experience engaging with regulators and managing regulatory obligations.
• Apply strong judgement, data-led decision making and root cause analysis capability.
• Can create an environment where people feel safe to speak up, working across the three lines of accountability and delivering sustainable results.

If this opportunity excites you, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today.

Working with us:

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