Financial Crime Operations Associate

1 month ago


Melbourne, Australia Vanguard Full time
Supports day-to-day anti-money laundering compliance operations with a specific focus on identifying and reporting suspicious client transactions, suspected money laundering activities, and illicit financing. Executes enhanced customer due diligence checks to detect and prevent money laundering. Supports anti-money laundering processes and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance and protect shareholder assets.Supports day-to-day anti-money laundering compliance operations with a specific focus on identifying and reporting suspicious client transactions, suspected money laundering activities, and illicit financing. Executes enhanced customer due diligence checks to detect and prevent money laundering. Supports anti-money laundering processes and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance and protect shareholder assets.

About Vanguard

More than 45 years ago, John C. Bogle had a vision to start an investment company that did things differently. A company with no external shareholders. Where all the profits were invested back into the business and used to lower costs. Evidently, it was as bold as it was brilliant. To this day, Vanguard Group still has no external shareholders. That means no share prices to protect, and no profits to generate for outside owners. 

Today, Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies, serving more than 50 million investors worldwide. For more than 25 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors, financial advisers, and superannuation members to achieve their long-term financial goals. 

Team & Opportunity 

Supports day-to-day anti-money laundering compliance operations with a specific focus on identifying and reporting suspicious client transactions, suspected money laundering activities, and illicit financing. Executes enhanced customer due diligence checks to detect and prevent money laundering. Supports anti-money laundering processes and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance and protect shareholder assets.

Core Responsibilities

Conduct operational activities relevant to the AML/CTF Program and Global Sanctions Policy, including; investigations, enhanced customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, case management, further KYC and discrepancy reviews, escalations to senior management, and regulatory reporting

Conduct and support proactive intelligence-led financial crime investigations and exposure assessments in line with the business’s risk appetite

Create and submit suspicious matter reports (SMRs) to the regulator AUSTRAC

Conduct and support reactive investigations into a broad range of financial crime-related activities that can be referred to the team internally or by external parties

Identify and propose investigative hypothesises to be considered

Collating, analysing and visualising both structured and unstructured data from various sources with a view to discovering key information and converting it into actionable intelligence

Managing multiple investigations and prioritise work accordingly

Advising the relevant teams on risks which are identified or apparent from the investigations

Identify and implement continuous improvements across financial crime operations processes


Qualifications

2 years+ experience in related field in Financial Crime, Government, banking, or other financial services.

Demonstrated experience in a similar role in a Financial Crime team, preferably within AML/CTF transaction monitoring, screening, intelligence analysis and/or reporting.

Experience in detecting ML/TF and other financial crime typologies e.g. layering, tax evasion, scams, unusual customer behaviour.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Great knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering risk and related control procedures

Working knowledge of legislative and regulatory requirements in respect of AML/CTF and ECDD

Certification in AML/CTF e.g., ACAMS, is desirable but not essential

Strong analytical skills with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Well-developed written and oral communication skills with a strong customer focus

Inclusion Statement

Vanguard’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement: “Do the right thing.”

We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard’s core purpose through our values.

When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard’s core purpose.

Our core purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.



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