Head of Group Sanctions

Permanent Full time
- Sydney Location
- Hybrid working model

**How will I help?**

This role sits within our Financial Crime sector with Risk.

**Key responsibilities will include**:

- Lead a team of Sanctions specialists to provide advice to Divisions and Group on their Economic and Trade Sanctions (Sanctions) risks
- Support Divisional Financial Crime Officers to review and challenge Divisions and Group Financial Crime risk profiles to ensure end to end oversight of Sanctions risks for consistency with Financial Crime Risk Appetite
- Support value chain financial crime risk management by risk review and challenge of:

- Line 1 Divisions’ risk management activities and decisions that may materiality affect
- Westpac’s Sanctions risk position
- The effectiveness of Divisions and Group controls, monitoring, compliance and progress towards mitigating Sanctions risks
- Support engagement with Australian Sanctions Office on Sanctions related matters
- In conjunction with the country MLROs and Head of Financial Crime, WIB and Group Treasury, monitor interactions and changes from international regulators and support the changes in the business and operational areas responsible for management of Sanctions risks
- Monitor data governance for Divisions through Financial Crime Data Council
- Train relevant stakeholders on Sanctions compliance matters

**What’s in it for me?**

You’ll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 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?**
- Previous experience leading a team of Sanctions specialists, providing expert advice on Economic and Trade Sanctions risks to Divisions and Group.
- Experience in supporting Divisional Financial Crime Officers to review and challenge Financial Crime risk profiles, ensuring comprehensive oversight of Sanctions risks in line with Financial Crime Risk Appetite.
- Proficiency in risk review and challenge of Line 1 Divisions’ risk management activities and decisions, assessing their impact on the organization's Sanctions risk position.
- Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of Divisions and Group controls, monitoring, compliance, and progress towards mitigating Sanctions risks

**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 opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.

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