Manager TM Product Management

Westpac Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Westpac is hiring a Manager, Transactional Monitoring Product Management in Sydney. You will strengthen detection capabilities, advise on monitoring rules, and collaborate with Compliance, Operations, Risk and project teams to ensure regulatory alignment.

This 24-month fixed-term role is based in Sydney with flexible arrangements. You will lead governance, review controls, and drive improvements across the monitoring program while engaging multiple stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of transaction monitoring, AML/CTF obligations and emerging financial crime risks.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess rules, risk indicators and changes.
• Experience developing or improving operational processes, controls, governance documents and workflows.
• Clear communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with banking products and data analysis tools such as SQL, SAS or Excel is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Design and refine transaction monitoring rules and indicators.
• Assess the impact of proposed changes and maintain governance documentation.
• Support governance of the Transaction Monitoring Program with registers and workflows.
• Lead cross-functional reviews to implement controls from development to production.
• Provide specialist advice to stakeholders on transaction monitoring.

Skills

Transaction monitoring

AML/CTF knowledge

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder mgmt

SQL / SAS / Excel

Tools

SQL

SAS

Excel

Job description

Create your best future and join as a Manager, Transactional Monitoring Product Management

What’s the role?

You’ll join Westpac’s Transaction Monitoring & Analytics team, helping strengthen the way we identify and respond to financial crime risks.

You’ll provide specialist advice on transaction monitoring and work closely with Financial Crime Compliance, Operations, Risk and project teams to keep our detection capabilities effective and aligned with regulatory obligations.

In this role, you’ll help design and refine transaction monitoring rules, assess new financial crime risk indicators and review the impact of proposed changes. You’ll also support the governance of the Transaction Monitoring Program by maintaining clear documentation, registers and workflows.

You’ll bring teams together to review controls, identify practical improvements and support changes from development through to implementation.

This is an opportunity to use your financial crime knowledge, analytical thinking and stakeholder skills to make a meaningful contribution to how Westpac protects its customers and the wider community.

This full-time, 24-month fixed term role is preferably based in Sydney, with Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra also considered. Flexible working arrangements are available.

What do I need?

You’ll bring practical transaction monitoring experience, sound judgement and the confidence to work through complex financial crime matters with a range of stakeholders.

• Strong knowledge of transaction monitoring, AML/CTF obligations and emerging financial crime risks.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess rules, controls, risk indicators and proposed changes.
• Experience developing or improving operational processes, controls, governance documents and workflows.
• Clear communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to provide practical specialist advice.
• Familiarity with banking products and data analysis tools such as SQL, SAS or Excel would be beneficial but isn’t essential.

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find more information and contact details on our FAQs and how to contact us page , under the ‘Diversity, sustainability and flexibility’ section.

We may close this job advertisement earlier than the advertised closing date if suitable candidates are identified. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.