Senior Economic Crime Assurance Lead

Narooma; Australia; Remote; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

CommBank seeks an Economic Crime Risk Assurance Lead to shape assurance across AML/CTF, scams and fraud, while guiding strategy, planning and delivery for risk controls. This enterprise role partners with senior stakeholders to ensure robust assurance coverage and disciplined reform delivery.

You will lead reviews of risk and control environments, drive data-enabled assurance practices, and report findings to leadership forums, helping maintain a strong risk culture across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience leading assurance, risk oversight, audit or controls functions within a large, complex and highly regulated organisation.
• Deep understanding of Fraud, Scams and Financial Crime Compliance, including AML/CTF obligations and the Scams Prevention Framework.
• Ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders with clear risk and control commentary.
• Data-led thinking to identify root causes and opportunities for improvement.
• Independent review and challenge of risk and control environments, including RCSA and controls testing.
• Experience delivering assurance over large-scale regulatory reform or transformation programs.
• Development of data-enabled assurance practices using analytics and technology.

Responsibilities

• Shape the ECR assurance strategy, priorities and annual plan across AML/CTF, the Scam Prevention Framework and broader obligations.
• Provide second-line review and challenge of Risk and Control Self-Assessments, identifying material risks and control weaknesses.
• Lead assurance reviews over key financial crime and scams controls, including design and operating effectiveness.
• Partner to deliver coordinated assurance over enterprise-wide regulatory reform programs.
• Lead transition to a data-enabled assurance model with analytics and automation.
• Provide reporting and assurance opinions to leadership teams and governance forums.
• Build and develop a high-performing assurance team with strong risk-based testing and analytics.

Job description

CommBank seeks an Economic Crime Risk Assurance Lead to shape assurance across AML/CTF, scams and fraud, while guiding strategy, planning and delivery for risk controls. This enterprise role partners with senior stakeholders to ensure robust assurance coverage and disciplined reform delivery.

You will lead reviews of risk and control environments, drive data-enabled assurance practices, and report findings to leadership forums, helping maintain a strong risk culture across the organisation.