Financial Crime Risk Manager

Challenger Limited is an ASX-listed investment management firm managing $127 billion in assets (as at 30 June 2024). Life with us is fast moving and always exciting. Together we’re driving to deliver our vision to provide our customers with financial security for a better retirement._
- We achieve this goal by providing a work environment where people from diverse backgrounds, with a range of skills and experiences can contribute and succeed._

Join us as a Financial Crime Risk Manager
- Are you passionate about financial crime prevention and ready to take ownership of your career in a dynamic, supportive, and high-performing team?
- This is your opportunity to join Challenger as a Financial Crime Risk Manager, where you’ll play a key role in safeguarding our reputation and supporting the business through expert guidance and innovative solutions.
- We work flexibly from our Sydney CBD Office where you can expect to work 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

About the role Our Risk and Compliance team is close-knit, hardworking, and outcome driven. We value collaboration and support, ensuring no one works in silos. In this fluid and fast-paced environment, everyone contributes, steps up to help others, and works toward shared goals.

Some of your core responsibilities will include but aren’t limited to
- Leading financial crime initiatives to strengthen Challenger’s AML/CTF program, staying ahead of modernisation legislation, and delivering assurance reviews.
- Assessing the potential threat of ML/TF and fraud occurring and ensuring appropriate Programs, Policies and processes are designed, implemented, and monitored in respect of the performance of Challenger’s business activities.
- Providing guidance to the business on financial crime risks related to AML/CTF, sanctions, and fraud while supporting key transactions and projects.
- Designing and executing assurance plans, monitoring key risk areas, and embedding robust controls across the business.
- Managing business escalations regarding client on-boarding, transaction monitoring, watch list screening and potential suspicious matters.
- Representing Challenger in industry forums (depending on experience) and staying updated on trends and legislative changes to ensure our framework remains cutting-edge.
- Ongoing design and delivery of the Financial Crime Risk Awareness Training Program
- Designing test plans and conducting assurance reviews over AML/CTF Program activities, including the Customer Identification Program, Customer Risk Rating Model, Enhanced Customer Due Diligence, Transaction Monitoring, Watch List Screening and Employee Due Diligence Programs
- Supporting transformation projects and driving system development and operational oversight

The skills and experience you’ll need.

You’ll be an experienced financial crime risk professional with at least 5+ years’ experience in financial crime risk AML/CTF compliance or similar advisory type roles ideally from within financial services, as well as;
- Knowledge of financial crime risk frameworks, including sanctions, fraud, bribery/corruption and privacy.
- Experience in financial crime control design and testing
- Demonstrated ability to design and execute assurance programs.
- Exposure to business projects, regulatory change and transaction monitoring systems is a bonus.
- Financial crime systems savvy with a desire to operate as a system SME.

Key Attributes:

- Passionate about financial crime prevention.
- A proactive, team player with a growth mindset.
- Collaborative and supportive, with a “team-first” approach.
- Outcome-driven, with a strong work ethic and ability to deliver results under pressure.
- Adaptable and resilient—comfortable with change and transformation.

Qualifications:

- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field (essential).
- AML/CTF certification (e.g., ACAMS) or specialist AML qualifications (highly regarded).
- Additional Information

Working at Challenger means being part of a diverse, connected team that has fun and loves what they do. We’re small enough, but big enough to accelerate bold ideas, realising what’s possible for our customers and partners.At Challenger, we provide access to a range of exclusive employee benefits that will support you both personally and professionally and a hybrid work environment including.-
Discretionary bonus scheme.-
- Eighteen weeks paid leave for all new parents.-
- Flexibility on when, and how, parental leave is taken.-
- Challenger Day - one extra day off every year in recognition of the effort our people make.-
- Additional support leave (fertility treatment leave, gender affirmation leave).-
- Extra superannuation contributions.-
- Employee share plan.#LI-KM1- #LI-Challenger- #LI-Hybrid- We value inclusion and diversity of thought, promote flexible working practices so our people can integrate their work and personal lives, and are proud to be a Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Employer o