Manager, Financial Crime

Manager, Financial Crime (Screening, Analytics & Regulatory Reporting
- Permanent
- Sydney I Hybrid Work (2 days office)
- Join the Financial Crime Screening and Regulatory Reporting team

**How will I help?**

We are looking for a Manager to join our Financial Crime Screening and Regulatory Reporting team. The team is responsible for the oversight of Financial Crime (including Sanctions) customer name and payments screening capabilities, monitoring and adherence to regulatory reporting requirements for ITFI and TTRs. Reporting to the Executive Manager for Screening and Regulatory Reporting we are looking for someone who understands financial crime and risk management and can use this knowledge to work with data and analyse process and determine appropriate controls.

Major accountabilities of the role are to:

- Assist in ensuring compliance with the Group Financial Crime Risk Standards and the ongoing effectiveness of Financial Crime (including Sanctions) customer name and payments screening, and regulatory reporting capabilities of Westpac Group.
- Ensure appropriate screening detection capabilities and tools are deployed, are sustainable and optimized to enhance the efficacy of risk identification and is within the risk appetite of the Group and adherence to external legislative and regulatory requirements.
- Develop the strategies for consideration, by relevant stakeholders, and when agreed to, drive the execution to enhance the organisations capacity to cost effectively identify, manage and minimise all forms of unacceptable screening risk.
- Providing oversight of the external and internal watchlists are kept current and fit for purpose.
- Continuously look to enhance or develop new control reports, which will include data flows critical to centralised controls, to identify when data sets are incomplete, inaccurate or missing. This will also include regulatory reporting to AUSTRAC, using reporting metrics to test completeness, accuracy and timeliness of regulatory reports.
- Ensure timely and effective execution of the reconciliation of data control reports for TM, payment and customer screening, issues are escalated and tracked to closure.
- Interpret relevant policies and standards, and drive enhancements of screening and regulatory reporting controls capabilities across both first and second lines of defence.
- Work on continuous improvement opportunities and collaborate with stakeholders to drive prioritisation and execution of these opportunities.
- Partner and collaborate with others in the Financial Crime Team and the broader Risk and Compliance communities to support the Westpac's strategic financial crime agenda, bring about efficient and effective Financial Crime risk management outcomes and to build and maintain a positive, proactive and high performing culture across financial crime at Westpac.

**What's in it for me?**

You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for over 200 years. Our purpose is to create better futures together. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grow your career, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.

**What do I need?**

You will demonstrate 5 + years related experience in either Data Analytics relevant to the field of Financial Crime, or regulatory reporting experience, or a background in customer payments and payments screening. Knowledge of Netreveal and or SAS is highly desirable. You will be a customer focused individual who thrives on using data to make innovative decisions and drive strategic insights. With excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills. A team player, you will thrive in changing environment where the customer experience is paramount.

**What's it like to work there?**

We are a collaborative team of passionate people with a shared ambition to make a difference for our customers, our communities and each other. At Westpac, making a difference means creating impact, unlocking our own and each other's passions, and transformative success stories to create better futures together.

As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family gives you access to a wide range of employee benefits to help you manage your priorities - whether that means family life, work/life balance, ambition to grow or all the little perks in between.

We'll empower you to shape your career path. Through personalised upskilling, mentoring, and training opportunities, you're in control of where you start and how you'll grow.

As an equal oppor