Financial Crime Strategic Transformation Project, Policy Lead

**Req ID**: 88110
**Department**: Risk Group Compliance - Financial Crime
**Division**: Risk
**Location**: Melbourne, Sydney, or Brisbane
About Us
At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.
About the Role
Your role as a Financial Crime Strategic Transformation Project, AML/CTF Reg & Policy Lead is to work with the Group Financial Crime Program to:
Lead the way in innovative, effective and compliant financial crime risk management
Deliver Project Fortify, which has been established at an enterprise level to centrally manage law reform and regulatory expectations governing Financial Crime & External Fraud risk. In collaboration with the Financial Crime Program and the business, Project Fortify will:
“Pull the kite strings together” to minimise impact on the business, reduce risk in change and overhead by delivering a coordinated approach to law reform and heighted regulatory expectations.
Build on the foundations delivered by Accord and learnings from I.AM Amplified and CPS 230, tailoring change only where necessary.
Where possible, leverage Group and Divisional change initiatives, NFR transformation and drive sustainable embedment.
Support delivery of strategic outcomes to optimise Financial Crime & External Fraud risk for FY30 and beyond that are aligned with business objectives and the bank we’re building
**Role Location**: Melbourne VIC, Sydney NSW, or Brisbane QLD
**Role Type**: Role Type: 12 month Secondment (internal)/fixed term (external), Full time
What will your day look like?
As a Financial Crime Strategic Transformation Project, AML/CTF Reg & Policy Lead, you are accountable for:
Assessment and delivery of changes required by law reform and regulatory expectations to continuously uplift and embed the Financial Crime Risk Theme across the enterprise.
Identification of innovative and data led opportunities to strengthen the Financial Crime policy framework.
Building relationships internally and externally to increase collaboration and achieve better Financial Crime strategic outcomes for ANZ and the broader industry.
Working with the Financial Crime Governance Team, Advisory and Financial Crime Threat Management, and divisions to improve policy design and strengthen ANZ’s approach to AML/CTF Program compliance.
Identifying thematic issues associated with the Risk Themes to be raised with the relevant Risk Officer (e.g. control objectives, material issues and events, control failures and improvement opportunities).
Supporting Project Fortify to provide relevant reports on Fortify matters to Board/Committees, as required.
What will you bring?
To grow and be successful in the role, you will ideally bring the following:
Experience leading delivery of change and project management
Sound understanding of risk management disciplines.
Good understanding of banking products, channels and services
Ability to influence stakeholders and colleagues with empathy, facts and logic and draw on a repertoire of influencing techniques skills and lead the work through others (not just through reporting lines)
Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems involving various stakeholders, create shared clarity, remain results focused and balance risk and customer outcomes.
Proven experience in financial crime regulatory compliance in financial services industry
Solid understanding of regulatory requirements, expectations and better practices globally with respect to ML/TF risks.
You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.
So why join us?
From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.
But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.
We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.
Job Posting End Date
11/03/2025, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)