About Us

Role Location:  Melbourne
Role Type:  Permanent, Full-time

The Financial Crime Portfolio protects ANZ, our customers and our communities by leading effective financial crime risk management across the bank. We provide specialist guidance, tools and insights that help ANZ identify, manage and report financial crime risks, and we keep our people informed through dedicated resources and internal channels. Our purpose is to anticipate and navigate emerging financial crime threats, ensuring ANZ maintains strong controls, compliant processes and trusted customer relationships. We build capability, use data to drive decisions, and support a resilient workforce equipped with the right systems and tools.

As the Head of Financial Crime, Regulatory, you will report directly to the Head of Financial Crime Portfolio & Group MLRO, and play a pivotal role in the oversight of Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) across ANZ and the monitoring and new & Changing group wide FCC obligations and will be responsible for ANZ’s Financial Crime governance and framework functions globally through the development and maintenance of group wide financial crime risk and compliance policies & standards. Financial Crime contributes to ANZ 2030 by strengthening our risk culture and supporting the pillars of Simplicity, Resilience, Customer and Delivering Value.

Your key accountabilities in this role will include:

• Develop, implement and monitor FC policies and frameworks to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Develop and translate FC risk appetite into policy and procedures integrated with business planning, decision‑making, product, distribution and operations.
• Provide assurance to the Head of Financial Crime Portfolio & Group MLRO that FC risk is effectively identified and managed.
• Manage relationships with key regulators and law enforcement globally, including reporting of incidents as required.
• Provide SME input and approvals for Level 2 FCC policies and procedures.
• Monitor new and changing FC obligations with group‑wide impact; maintain the group FC obligations library.
• Monitor and oversee delivery of FC risk management capability across ANZ and drive thematic and targeted reviews on heightened risks.
• Develop and lead a high‑performing, engaged team.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external standards, and guide senior leaders on the compliance framework and regulatory obligations.
• Contribute to and foster a strong compliance culture across ANZ.

About You

To grow and be successful in this role, you’ll ideally bring the following:

• Substantial length and depth of Financial Crime experience within financial services, preferably within banking or a banking regulator.
• Expert‑level knowledge of AML/CTF, KYC, External Fraud, Anti Bribery, Anti Corruption and Sanctions requirements across local and global jurisdictions.
• Broad-based Compliance experience across multiple risk domains.
• Ability to build strong, collaborative relationships and maintain effective internal and external networks.
• Strong understanding of the markets ANZ operates within including environment, market dynamics and business strategy.
• Clear grasp of key risk–reward drivers and how they influence decision‑making.
• Strong negotiation capability with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, supported by strong interpersonal capability.

About ANZ

Our purpose is to shape a world where people and communities thrive. That's why we strive to create a balanced, sustainable economy in which everyone can take part and build a better life. By helping people make the most of what they have, we transform ideas, hard work and ambition into reality.

Career development means different things to different people. It may simply mean developing a skill, broadening your experience by moving sideways or stretching yourself by moving to a different business. How you manage and develop your career is up to you. ANZ is committed to helping you do this by providing you with the support, tools and resources you need to take the next big step in your career, towards even bigger things in the future.

We work flexibly at ANZ and encourage you to talk to us about how this role can be flexible for you and any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

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Job Posting End Date

01/02/2026 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)