About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

About the Role

As a Sanctions Control Manager, you will play a key role within Financial Crime Threat Management to help the bank manage the sanctions risks. In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Identifying sanctions risks posed by the customers to ANZ through several trigger events such as payments declined to be processed by ANZ or other financial institutions, red flag activities, involvement in high-risk industries, and regulatory enforcement alerts 
• Where such risks have been identified, conducting sanctions enhanced due diligence (SEDD) on both customer transaction activities and their business and jurisdictional profiles 
• Recommending the appropriate controls to be maintained throughout the customer’s relationship with ANZ to ensure that the sanctions risks identified remain within the appetite

Role Location: Melbourne or Brisbane
Role Type: Permanent, Full Time 

What will your day look like?

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Ensuring sanctions enhanced due diligence is conducted in a timely manner and in compliance with the ANZ Sanctions Policy and Standard
• Building collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across the first-line business units primarily Australia Retail and Commercial and Pacific as well as other Financial Crime teams to achieve the objectives of completing a comprehensive Sanctions Enhanced Due Diligence (SEDD)
• Ensuring that the controls recommended as part of the sanctions enhanced due diligence are embedded or executed by the relevant teams 
• Reporting on the key metrics relating to the SEDD as tracked in various forums and providing insights 

What will you bring?

To be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• Financial Crime investigation experience
• Understanding of customer behaviour, counterparty risks, and jurisdictional risks
• Strong decision-making skills
• Time management and planning skills
• Product knowledge, particularly cross-border trade and payments
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships 

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you. 

So why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 97122 .
 

Job Posting End Date

16/06/2025 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)