Aml Operations Analyst

**About the Role**
- **Join ASX 100 finance leader**:

- **Melbourne or Brisbane based role.**

Financial Crime Operations helps to protect BOQ, its customers and our communities from the impacts of financial crime. As an AML Operations Analyst, you will be joining the team who is responsible for Transaction Monitoring, Customer and Payment Screening and Regulatory Report exceptionhandling, which is part of the wider Financial Crime Operations Team that is responsible for the operational obligations of the BOQ Groups AML/CTF program.

**Your primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- Assess transaction monitoring alerts and unusual activity reports (UARs) to detect unusual activity, patterns, or behaviours to mitigate ML/TF risks.
- Assess customer and payment screening alerts to assess ML/TF risks associated with Sanctions, Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and Adverse Media.
- Clear articulation of due diligence findings and escalating cases as appropriate for further investigation.
- Ability to manage casework in a timely and efficient manner, in accordance with SLAs and KPIs.
- Understanding and interpreting transaction data in addition to using banking systems to pursue lines of inquiry in relation to customers, source of funds, beneficial owners, and related parties.
- Assess and resolve exceptions that result from Threshold Transaction Reporting and/or International Funds Transfer Instruction Reporting.
- Adhere to Policy and Procedures relevant to your work.
- Liaise with staff across the BOQ Group where required to complete inquiries.

**About you**

If you are an analyst with an inquisitive mindset, understanding of ML/TF typologies and ML/TF risk, with an ability to work independently and within a team, this role represents an exciting opportunity to display your skillset, be part of a agile team and further enhance your AML knowledge.

**Skills & knowledge**:

- Demonstrated experience in a similar role in a Financial Crime Operations team, preferably within AML/CTF transaction monitoring, screening sanctions or payments and/or reporting.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- High attention to detail, problem-solving mindset, and strong analytical skills.
- Knowledge of the AML/CTF Act and Rules, including AML typologies, Sanctions, customer screening requirements, transaction monitoring, PEPs or Enhanced Customer Due Diligence (ECDD) obligations.
- Understanding of the banking codes of practice and other relevant legislation including Privacy Act and Criminal Code.
- Previous experience using NetReveal on Demand (NROD) system [desirable]
- Formal training/qualifications in AML/CTF, Sanctions or investigations [desirable]

If the above role sounds like you and you feel that you can bring enthusiasm and energy to a high performing Financial Crime Operations team, then we would love to hear from you

**About Us**
BOQ is one of Australia’s leading regional banks and provides a genuine alternative for Australian financial services customers and employees. Our purpose is to create prosperity for our customers, shareholders and people through empathy, integrity and by making a difference. Our ambition is to be known as the bold challenger bank; with multi-brands that are digitally enabled with a personal touch.

BOQ is passionate about providing opportunities for you to develop your career as we continuously adapt and deliver in a transformational and collaborative environment with a strong focus on community.

BOQ’s Inclusion vision is to foster a workspace that values and leverages difference and creates new possibilities, a place where our people feel confident to bring their best selves to work every day. We embrace difference and believe that our workforce should reflect the customers and communities that we serve.

Since 2021 BOQ Group is recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

**Our Benefits**
- Discounted financial products
- Salary sacrificing options
- Paid parental leave with no minimum wait time
- Paid volunteer days
- Purchase annual leave
- BUPA Corporate Plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- A ‘zero tolerance’ to Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) with active support for employees experiencing DFV
- 5 employee diversity network groups focusing on; First Nations Reconciliation Council, Proudly ME(LGBTQIA+), Multicultural, Gender and Early Career.
- BOQ Group is a member of Pride in Diversity and a participating organisation in the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

**How to Apply**

The Bank of Queensland is committed to diversity and an inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply.

If you are successful for a role with the Bank of Queensland, it is a condition of employment that background screening is completed to ensure that the Bank complies with its obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financi