Financial Crime Risk and Controls Manager

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Commonwealth Bank of Australia Full time $104,000 - $130,878 per year
  • You are passionate about Financial Crime
  • Be part of a high performing team with a collaborative culture
  • Clear career growth and development pathways

See yourself in our team

The Business Banking (BB) Financial Crime Risk and Control team sits within BB Central Control Office (CCO).

The BB Financial Crime Risk and Control (BB FC CCO) team is responsible for the management of our Financial Crime (FC) risks within BB and compliance to FC obligations. You will be working with various Line 1 risk teams within the BB Line of Businesses (LoBs) and Financial Crime Compliance (Line 2) team to collectively manage the FC risk across BB.

Do work that matters

In this role, you will support BB and other Line 1 Risk teams in managing their FC risks and complying with FC obligations, by:

  • Supporting the business to complete Financial Crime Risk Assessments;
  • Proactively managing change within the business to ensure delivered risk is within group appetite;
  • Supporting the business and stakeholders with implementation of new processes, controls and uplifts as they relate to financial crime

This position will lead and execute a range of Financial Crime initiatives and provide advice and support to BB. You will be working with various L1 risk teams and Financial Crime Compliance (L2) team to collectively manage the FC risk across BB.

On any given day, you will:

  • Providing advice/guidance in relation to FC matters, across all three pillars (AML/CTF, Sanctions and ABC), to the business as well as relevant FC Operations teams;
  • Support the completion of Financial Crime Risk Assessments and manage Business and FCC stakeholders
  • Lead and execute a range of initiatives to identify, mitigate, and/or effectively manage financial risk across products/channels
  • Support Risk in Change initiatives across business bank and ensure that impacts to BB financial crime risk profiles is adequate managed
  • Contribute to process efficiency and productivity by identifying new opportunities to improve processes, reduce risks and improve financial crime compliance;
  • Supporting the business and stakeholders with implementation of new processes, controls and uplifts as they relate to financial crime
  • Completion of change impact assessments and support implementation of process uplift and embedment

We'd love to hear from people who have

  • Genuine interest and passion for financial crime with previous experience in the area of financial crime and fraud a key advantage
  • Strong understanding of Operational Risk and FC control environment.
  • Exceptional organisational and planning capabilities.
  • Proven experience managing change initiatives
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills, ability to dissect complex problems to understand root causes and come up with well-balanced solutions
  • Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, with ability to translate complex issues into simple concepts

If you have the right skills and experience we are looking for, we'd love to hear from you

If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We're keen to support you with the next step in your career.

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Advertising End Date: 16/09/2025

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