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More than one million Australians trust us with their money, and that trust shapes how we work every day. Our members sit at the centre of everything we do, guiding our decisions and the impact we strive to make.
We’re looking for people who are purpose-driven and accountable, who value inclusion and collaboration, and who are proactive in managing risk to protect our members’ long-term outcomes. In return, you’ll be part of an organisation where your work contributes to strong returns, real-world impact, and a culture that reflects the communities our members serve.
As Financial Crime Risk Manager, you’ll play a critical role in strengthening our first-line risk capability and helping safeguard our members from fraud, scams and financial crime threats. Reporting to the Senior Financial Crime Strategy & Operations Lead, you’ll lead the implementation and ongoing enhancement of HESTA’s Financial Crime Governance and Management Framework, ensuring robust risk management practices are embedded across Financial Crime Strategy & Operations. You’ll partner closely with business leaders, Risk Enablement, Compliance, Information Security and Data Governance teams to proactively identify, assess and manage emerging financial crime risks and regulatory obligations.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and embed first-line financial crime risk management frameworks, policies and controls.
- Drive risk identification, assessment and treatment activities across fraud, scams, AML/CTF and operational resilience obligations.
- Develop, uplift and embed meaningful controls to address risks and obligations
- Support the operationalisation of AML reforms and evolving regulatory requirements.
- Develop meaningful risk reporting, dashboards, KRIs and insights to support effective decision-making and risk appetite monitoring.
- Lead Delivered Risk Assessments (DRAs) for new initiatives, products and business changes.
- Coordinate assurance activities, audits and compliance reviews, ensuring timely remediation of findings.
- Manage financial crime risk oversight of third-party providers and administrator, driving accountability and continuous improvement.
- Act as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, fostering a strong risk-aware culture across the business.
What You’ll Bring
- Extensive experience in fraud, scams and/or AML/CTF risk management within superannuation or financial services.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory obligations and prudential standards, including AML/CTF, Sanctions, AUSTRAC guidance, CPS 220 and CPS 230.
- Demonstrated experience developing risk frameworks, controls, KRIs, risk assessments and remediation programs.
- Experience managing third-party service providers and monitoring operational performance and risk outcomes.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into meaningful insights and recommendations.
- Proven stakeholder engagement capability, with experience partnering effectively across business and risk functions.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to challenge constructively and build trusted relationships.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in business, finance, risk, accounting or a related discipline.
- Professional qualifications such as ACAMS or other Financial Crime/Risk certifications will be highly regarded.
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Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees
- Leave for those moments that matter, an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few).
- Your professional development matters, up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools.
- Your health and wellbeing matters, free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7.
- Your financial wellbeing matters, up to 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options.
We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity.
We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team [email protected] and we’ll call you to discuss.
Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position
