Senior Manager Financial Crime
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Skills
About the role
- Hybrid office/work-from-home environment
- Join a high performing and collaborative
- Can be based from our Sydney or Melbourne office
Perpetual Wealth
The wealth management business comprises three distinct brands in addition to Perpetual Private - Fordham, Jacaranda Financial Planning and Priority Life - providing a differentiated suite of wealth management, advice, investment management and product promotion services. Through these brands, we support clients with strategic financial advice, superannuation and retirement planning, investment solutions, insurance, tax-effective wealth structuring, estate and succession planning, aged care advice, social security support and philanthropic initiatives. As both an investment manager and product promoter, we design, oversee and distribute investment solutions to help clients achieve their financial objectives. Our clients include individuals, families, businesses, not-for-profit organisations and Indigenous communities across Australia.
As part of an exciting new chapter, Perpetual Wealth will soon become a standalone business as part of the recently announced acquisition by Bain Capital. This creates a unique opportunity to join a business focused on growth, innovation, and delivering exceptional outcomes for clients.
About the Role
Join our dynamic team at Perpetual Wealth. As Senior Manager Financial Crime you will:
- Own, maintain and continuously improve the Line 2 AML/CTF compliance framework, program, policies, standards and supporting governance, subject to AMLCO approval and oversight
- Lead independent Line 2 oversight of money laundering and terrorism financing risk, sanctions, fraud, scams, bribery and corruption, and other financial crime risks within the agreed role perimeter
- Own and maintain the Line 2 FATCA and CRS governance framework, policies and standards
- Oversee enterprise, legal-entity, product and thematic financial crime risk assessments, and provide independent challenge on the adequacy and effectiveness of controls
- Provide authoritative advice and constructive challenge on customers, products, services, channels, jurisdictions, transactions, projects and business change
About You
We’re looking for someone with:
- Tertiary qualification in law, finance, accounting, business, risk, compliance or a related discipline
- Relevant postgraduate qualification or professional certification, such as ACAMS, ICA or an equivalent credential, is desirable
- Typically 8 to 10+ years of relevant experience across financial crime, regulatory compliance, enterprise risk, privacy or related disciplines, including substantial experience in financial services
- Demonstrated experience owning, leading or materially uplifting compliance frameworks and policies in a Line 2 environment
- Strong working knowledge of AML/CTF obligations, AUSTRAC expectations and regulatory reporting governance
- Experience with FATCA and CRS governance, due diligence and reporting oversight
- Demonstrated privacy governance capability, including privacy advice, impact assessment, incident oversight, complaints and regulatory engagement
- Experience engaging with senior governance forums, regulators, auditors and external advisers
- Experience in wealth management, corporate trustee, funds management or a comparable financial services environment is highly desirable