Risk & Assurance Manager - Aml/financial Crime

Two brand new roles established within our Legal, Risk & Compliance team where you will be a key player in helping Sportsbet achieve its vision to ‘Be a world-class betting and wagering business; trusted by our customers, colleagues and partners.
- Be part of one of the most innovative companies in Australia
- A place to be yourself and thrive
- Recognised as a Top 10 place to work for women (by Work180) & Top 25 companies for career development (by LinkedIn)

**About Us**
Sportsbet is a leading Australian e-commerce business in the online wagering sector, bringing excitement to over 2 million Aussies. We do this by living our values to create an innovative entertainment brand, trailblazing products and best-in-class platforms that deliver great experiences to our customers.

We have over 1,300 team members at Sportsbet but as part of the Flutter Group, we’re a true global player.

**Committed To Responsible Gambling**

Our commitment to responsible gambling is genuine and demonstrated through the wide range of responsible gambling initiatives and tools.

We’re proud to be the leaders in responsible gambling in our industry, not just locally, but globally.

**About The Role**

Reporting into General Manager, Financial Crime, you’ll work closely with the Financial Crime Oversight team to ensure Sportsbet manages its financial crime risk profile and implements controls to manage the relevant risks and compliance obligations efficiently, in accordance with pragmatic policies, frameworks, and processes. These extend to the policies and frameworks of the Flutter Entertainment Group.

Your position will lead the Financial Crime Oversight function to identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor top financial crime-related enterprise and emerging risks, building out a comprehensive end-to-end assurance program. You will work closely with Legal and Compliance SMEs across the business, including Sportsbet’s AML Compliance Officer to ensure we are efficient and effective in managing financial crime risks and our compliance obligations

**Responsibilities Include**:

- Support the design and implementation of enhanced or new controls to further manage financial crime risk as the business evolves and grows
- Work with key stakeholders to build risk awareness of financial crime risk management across the business
- Conduct regular assurance reviews across all aspects of the AML Program and prepare formal reporting to relevant stakeholders, including Senior Management
- Ensuring senior staff in the first line are suitably equipped to cope with the growing complexity of financial crime risk and compliance landscape across the business
- Coordinate the investigation, resolution, and internal reporting of financial crime-related risk events and actual or potential compliance breaches
- Provide specialist financial crime advice and views of financial crime risk management to brief senior management and the Board, enabling them to make informed decisions and take timely action
- Assessing and evaluating operational policies and procedures to achieve identified financial crime-related Risk and Compliance Management objectives and drive improvements where necessary
- Support the preparation of comprehensive reporting to align with Sportsbet and Flutter Group governance requirements.

**The Perks**

We work hard and play hard, so along with a competitive salary and generous performance-based bonus, here’s some of our other perks:

- 25 days annual leave (that’s right, a whole extra week)
- Genuine flexible working policy with a $800 work from home office allowance
- Weekly concierge service including free massages, manicure/nail appointments - all onsite
- Daily fresh fruit, free breakfast, sparkling water and Kombucha on tap in the office (did we mention we have a bar fridge for Thursday night drinks?)
- Tailored career development programs
- Discounted gym memberships, and loads of internal events
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and a Circle In membership
- Industry leading Parental Leave support program with 26 weeks paid leave for Primary Carers and no wait time. We also have a progressive return to work benefit for your first 6 months back: come back for 3 days, get paid for 4; come back for 4 days, get paid for 5.

**Our Focus on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**

If you think you’d be a great fit but don’t necessarily meet everything in the job description, please still get in touch.

Read more about our contribution to Flutter’s global Positive Impact Plan.

**Need To Work Flexibly?**

We know flex means different things to different people, let us know how we can support you to be your best.