Financial Crimes Specialist

2 days ago

Sydney Inner Suburbs CBD, Australia Job Details Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year


Financial Crimes Specialist

Job No: 677817

Sydney - Inner Suburbs & CBD

Permanent Full Time

Insurance

Pay Band 4

  • Use analytical and investigative skills to prevent and respond to scams and fraud across our brands
  • Collaborate with compliance, cyber and legal to lift capability and impact
  • Sydney location

About the role

You'll investigate suspected fraud and financial crime with a focus on scams, analyse complex datasets for patterns and anomalies, and coordinate responses across stakeholders. You'll communication with victims, prepare reports, uplift processes, and help refine detection methodologies that keep our customers safe.

What you'll do

  • Lead end‑to‑end investigations into suspected financial crime, defining scope, impact and recommendations to protect customers and the organisation.
  • Communicate with victims of scams assuring appropriate support is provided, evidence is collected, and preventative measures established.
  • Apply advanced data analytics to large datasets to surface trends, typologies and subtle anomalies that indicate emerging risks.
  • Prepare timely external and internal reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant laws and standards.
  • Maintain the Financial Crime case management platform to support effective information collection, analysis and decision-making.
  • Partner with compliance, risk, legal, consumer and cyber teams to coordinate prevention strategies and communicate clear, actionable insights.
  • Participate in industry forums associated with the reporting of scams and fraud.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement by embedding lessons learned and uplifting techniques, tools and operating procedures.

What you'll bring 

  • 2+ years in financial crime, scams or fraud roles with a customer‑centred approach to outcomes and support.
  • Applied analytics capability to interpret data, apply critical thinking, build reports, and explain findings to non‑technical audiences.
  • Effective written communication: risk assessments, briefs of evidence, and intelligence reports that inform decisions.
  • Stakeholder engagement skills to build relationships and adapt your communication style for internal teams and external bodies.
  • Working knowledge of financial crime frameworks, typologies with specific knowledge or experience in scams.
  • Exposure to fraud within telecommunications, digital platforms, banking, insurance or card schemes is highly desired.

 PD - Financial Crime

If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, we encourage you to contact for a confidential conversation.

Advertised: 06 Nov 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close: 20 Nov 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time



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