Chief Anti-Financial Crime Specialist

2 days ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia OFX Full time

We're seeking a highly skilled and experienced Chief Anti-Financial Crime Specialist to join our team at OFX.

As a Senior Financial Crimes Investigator, you will play a critical role in protecting OFX and its customers by identifying and monitoring financial crime activities such as fraud, money laundering, and terrorist financing.

About the Role
  • Conduct 2nd level investigations from alerts generated by OFX's monitoring systems, as well as alerts raised by OFX's operational teams.
  • Support the continued optimisation of Financial Crimes detection systems by way of rule reviews, trend analysis, and customer & threat profiling.
  • Monitor and communicate volume and quality metrics.
  • Think critically about the customer's activity vs customer profile.
  • Engage with external partners, consortiums, and other financial institutions to gain knowledge and a deeper understanding of Financial Crime trends.
  • Support comprehensive investigations through to reporting to the applicable governing authorities.
  • Ensure maintenance of thorough investigation records.
  • Work in conjunction with other areas of the organisation to design and implement changes to processes and procedures.
  • Update and train on internal documentation on work processes.
  • Contribute to a high standard of service to all internal/external clients.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years' experience in Financial Crimes case investigations, covering both fraud and AML typologies, ideally within the financial sector.

You will also need to possess strong stakeholder management and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to investigate, make logical findings and clearly articulate those findings.

About You
  • Strong knowledge of current Risk, Anti-Fraud, and Anti-Money Laundering obligations and frameworks.
  • Understanding of red flags, criminal typologies, and trends.
  • Ability to maintain high standards of accuracy and work under pressure to achieve deadlines.
  • Demonstrated self-initiative and ability to work unsupervised.
  • High level of personal integrity, commitment to confidentiality and privacy principles.
  • Experience working closely with an operational function and frontline staff.

The salary for this position is estimated to be around $80,000 - $110,000 per annum, depending on location and experience.

Why Choose OFX?
  • We're committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace where we value, respect, and encourage our people to be their authentic selves.
  • We offer a wide range of learning and career development opportunities to help every OFXer build their capacity and career.
  • We provide excellent benefits, including health insurance, primary and secondary gender-neutral carer parental leave, and birthday leave.
  • We operate as one team, cross-functionally and globally, to drive outcomes that deliver excellence for our customers.


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