Financial Crime Manager

3 months ago

Sydney, Australia Herbert Smith Freehills Full time

**SYDNEY - CBD**

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

We are looking for a Financial Crime Manager to lead and help develop the newly formed Financial Crime Team in Sydney with support from the wider New Business Intake team and the Financial Crime team in London.

Primary responsibilities will include:

- Providing specialist expert advice and support to the Firm and key stakeholders on their financial crime regulatory obligations, including around analysis and management of risk arising from the Firm's business.
- Supporting HSF's Australian business on the upcoming extension of AML/CTF laws to the Australian legal profession.
- Actively contributing to the analysis and implementation of financial crime regulatory developments and be able to implement these in the context of a large international law firm.

You will have a good understanding of the types of matters and transactions an international firm undertakes and develop a strong knowledge of the firm's global new business on-boarding systems, controls and procedures.

**SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS**
- Management experience in leading and developing a team.
- Technical expertise on applicable financial crime and AML/CTF regulations and legislation.
- Able to develop and maintain global workflow processes and work well with the Financial Crime Team in London.
- An ability to handle complex and confidential matters, with total discretion.
- Excellent research and analytical skills.
- Good commercial awareness.
- Ability to prioritise workload.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work autonomously and prioritise multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Excellent verbal, written and face to face communication skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines.

**GROUP / TEAM**

General Counsel & Risk

**GROUP / TEAM DESCRIPTION**

New Business Intake falls under the General Counsel & Risk function and we are responsible for the resolution of complex legal and commercial conflict problems globally. We play a key role in the development and shaping of firm strategy globally by liaising with Sector Lead Partners, Regional/Global Heads of Practice and Business Development to ensure that any new instructions are a commercial fit for the firm.

Herbert Smith Freehills is proud to be awarded Law Firm of the Year, Australia (Chambers Asia Pacific Awards 2021), Most Innovative International Law Firm, Asia Pacific (Financial Times Awards 2019 & 2020) and Winner of the Minds Count Annual Award for Best Mental Wellbeing Initiative 2019.

**What We Offer**
- We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. We are dedicated to creating an exceptional experience for our clients and we value empathy, simplicity and commerciality.
- At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.
- People join us to develop their careers and themselves. To support this we provide contemporary tailored learning programs, regular career conversations and a culture of feedback.
- At Herbert Smith Freehills we value flexibility. For most roles, we work an average of 60% of the time in the office, taking into consideration individual, team, client and learning needs.
- This vacancy is being managed directly by Herbert Smith Freehills Recruitment team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional assistance. Thank you._

**ROLE TYPE**

Legal professionals/Practice Group

**CONTRACT TYPE**

Permanent

**WORKING PATTERN**

Full Time

**DIVERSITY & INCLUSION**

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining

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