Senior Manager - Financial Crimes Intelligence Hub

BOQ Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangement

Discounted financial products

Salary sacrificing options

Paid parental leave

Purchase additional annual leave

Discounted private health insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Access to employee network groups

Pride in Diversity membership

Job summary

BOQ Group is seeking a Senior Manager for the Financial Crimes Intelligence Hub in Sydney. You will lead a cross-disciplinary team to understand evolving threats across AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud and scams, turning intelligence into actionable controls and decisions.

You will collaborate with executives, regulators and industry partners to shape detection capabilities, uplift initiatives and protect customers and the business.

Qualifications

• Experience leading specialist teams in regulated environments.
• Ability to convert data, intelligence and signals into practical actions.
• Strong analytical and communication skills for varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Financial Crimes Intelligence Hub and define the threat landscape.
• Perform strategic threat assessments and shape future detection capabilities.
• Collaborate with risk, compliance, technology, data and governance stakeholders.
• Influence senior leaders and regulators with evidence-based recommendations.

Skills

Financial crime leadership

Intelligence

Investigations

AML/CTF

Sanctions

Fraud

Scams

Job description

Senior Manager - Financial Crimes Intelligence Hub

As our Senior Manager, Financial Crimes Intelligence Hub, you'll lead BOQ Group's internal intelligence capability, helping us identify emerging, hidden and evolving financial crime risks across AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud and scams. This is a unique opportunity to build and lead a centre of excellence focused on understanding the threat landscape, assessing our exposure and turning intelligence into meaningful action that protects our customers, colleagues and business.

Working at the intersection of intelligence, analytics, risk and strategy, you'll lead a team responsible for uncovering risks that traditional controls may not yet detect. You'll bring together data, operational insights, industry intelligence and emerging typologies to help BOQ Group stay ahead of financial crime threats and strengthen our prevention, detection and response capabilities.

You'll collaborate with senior leaders across Financial Crime, Risk, Compliance, Technology, Data and Operations, while also engaging with industry bodies, regulators and intelligence partners. From leading strategic threat assessments and complex investigations to shaping future detection capabilities and capability uplift initiatives, your work will directly influence key risk and investment decisions across the Group.

What makes this role particularly exciting is the opportunity to help shape a growing capability within an organisation that is small enough to care and large enough to make a difference. If you're energised by solving complex problems, uncovering hidden risks and influencing enterprise-wide outcomes, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact.

About you

You're an experienced intelligence, financial crime or risk leader who knows that the best insights often come from asking the questions nobody else has thought to ask.

You bring deep expertise across financial crime, intelligence, investigations, AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud, scams or related disciplines and have experience leading specialist teams in complex regulated environments. You know how to convert data, intelligence and emerging signals into practical actions that strengthen controls, reduce risk and improve outcomes.

You're naturally curious and thrive in ambiguity. Whether you're conducting threat assessments, developing new typologies, testing hypotheses or influencing senior stakeholders, you're comfortable working with incomplete information and applying sound judgement to build evidence-based recommendations.

You combine strong analytical capability with exceptional communication skills, allowing you to simplify complex issues and influence audiences ranging from operational teams through to executives and governance forums. You're equally comfortable diving into detailed analysis as you are presenting strategic insights and future risks.

Most importantly, you're a collaborative leader who develops people, encourages professional challenge and creates an environment where diverse perspectives are valued. You lead with integrity, curiosity and accountability, and you're passionate about helping organisations stay ahead of emerging threats while continuing to deliver great outcomes for customers.

About us

BOQ Group is a truly unique group of challenger brands with a purpose – to provide a genuine alternative to Australian financial services for customers and employees.

Our family of brands (Bank of Queensland (BOQ), ME Bank, Virgin Money Australia, BOQ Specialist), each come with their own defined customer audience and brand personality, but share one goal – to build social capital through banking. That’s creating trust with customers, exploring staff potential and believing that tiny gestures and big ideas can change the world for communities.

BOQ Group’s inclusive vision is to foster a workspace that values and leverages difference and creates new possibilities, a place where our people feel confident to bring their best selves to work every day. We embrace difference and believe that our workforce should reflect the customers and communities that we serve.

In 2023, we successfully implemented an innovative Reconciliation Plan, driving positive change and promoting inclusivity across BOQ Group.

Our perks

• Flexible working arrangement - Balance your work and personal life with ease.
• Discounted financial products - Enjoy exclusive rates on our financial services across the Group.
• Salary sacrificing options - Maximise your take-home pay with our salary packaging options.
• Paid parental leave with no minimum requirements - Spend quality time with your new family member without any worries.
• Purchase additional annual leave - Need more time off? You can buy extra leave days.
• Discounted private health insurance plan - Take care of your health with our special rates.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Access confidential support for personal and professional challenges for you and your family
• Access to employee network groups - Connect with peers through our First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, Multicultural, Gender, Early Careers, and accessibility groups.
• Pride in Diversity membership: We are proud members of Pride in Diversity and actively participate in the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. Join us and be part of a company that truly cares about its people and community!

BOQ Group is committed to diversity and an inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply.

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. When you apply, you are welcome to tell us the pronouns you use and please let us know any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

If you are successful for a role with BOQ Group, it is a condition of employment that background screening is completed to ensure that the Bank complies with its obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act. These checks may include, but are not limited to identity, verification, reference checks, criminal background checks, immigration checks, verification of academic qualifications, bankruptcy checks.

Please no agency applications.

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