Senior Associate, Financial Crime Detection

Ko Mātou – About Us

Kia Hanga I Te Ao, E Ora Ai, E Tupu Ai, Te Tangata Me Te Kainga. 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.

Mō te tūranga - About the role

The Senior Associate, Financial Crime Detection will be responsible for assessing and coordinating improvements to financial crime filtering solutions to improve detection capabilities and quality of alerts generated. The role will work closely with other teams in Financial Crime to identify changes to improve detection coverage and design solutions to achieve these improvements based on inputs including typology reports, intelligence findings and risk assessments. In addition, a key responsibility of this role is to uphold BS11 requirements, ensuring that the financial crime detection function can operate independently and maintain critical financial crime capabilities, even in a separation scenario. The Senior Associate, Financial Crime Detection is central to documenting, simplifying, and executing BS11 processes.

• Protect our Customers, Communities and ANZ against financial crime threats.

• Work within the Financial Crime Portfolio to support businesses across the Group in complying with financial crime regulatory obligations.

• Develop and support strategies to utilise customer data and intelligence to detect potentially suspicious activity.

Role Location: Auckland or Wellington

Role Type: Permanent, Full-time

Ka aha tō rā e kite ai? - What will your day look like?

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

• Experience in Financial Crime, Regulatory, Compliance or financial systems, coupled with experience dealing with Auditors, Regulators, or Senior Stakeholders
• A deep understanding and awareness of statistical and data concepts, with experience in application (preferably within a financial crime context)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex issues in a clear and succinct manner that is understandable by all
• Ability to manage priorities and conflicting issues in a professional manner, including strong influencing skills
• Advanced data management & manipulation skills – Excel, SQL, SAS, Python, Machine Learning
• Experience in technology and process governance requirements when deploying technology solutions

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

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

• Experience in Financial Crime, Regulatory, Compliance or financial systems, coupled with experience dealing with Auditors, Regulators, or Senior Stakeholders
• A deep understanding and awareness of statistical and data concepts, with experience in application (preferably within a financial crime context)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex issues in a clear and succinct manner that is understandable by all
• Ability to manage priorities and conflicting issues in a professional manner, including strong influencing skills
• Advanced data management & manipulation skills – Excel, SQL, SAS, Python, Machine Learning
• Experience in technology and process governance requirements when deploying technology solutions

He aha te take e uru ai koe ki a mātou? - So, why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be part of a work whānau striving towards a common purpose: shaping a world where 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 community you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse community 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 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 Aotearoa New Zealand's communities and this is one of the reasons that has inspired us to develop a multi-year Te Ao Māori Strategy called Tākiri-Ā-Rangi. This includes increasing representation of Māori and Pasifika people at ANZ. Join us and get involved in one of our affinity networks which help us to better understand and meet the needs and interests of our increasingly diverse workforce.

Kua wātea te katoa ki te tono. 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 are a candidate with an access requirement or disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ visit https://www.anz.co.nz/careers/.You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 127751.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

24/11/2026, 11.59pm