Senior Manager, Sanctions Operations – Lead & Elevate

Bendigo Bank; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Health & wellbeing support

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Bendigo Bank is seeking a Senior Manager, Sanctions Operations to lead the Sanctions Operations team and oversee screening, investigations and risk management to protect the bank from regulatory and reputational risk. This is a permanent full-time role, ideally Melbourne or Adelaide, with flexibility for other locations.

You will drive operational excellence, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement, delivering strong risk outcomes and effective controls across the sanctions program.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in sanctions screening, AML operations or financial crime operations within financial services.
• Demonstrated experience managing operational teams responsible for sanctions screening and investigations.
• Strong knowledge of sanctions regulations, screening processes and sanctions risk management with an understanding of customer and payment screening systems and sanction typologies
• Excellent analytical and investigation skills with the ability to assess complex financial crime activity
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability across senior business and risk stakeholders.
• Tertiary qualification in a relevant field with Financial Crime Industry qualification such as ACAMS, AFCS highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Sanctions Operations team to ensure customer and payment screening alerts are reviewed, investigated and escalated in a timely, risk based and consistent manner in accordance with BEN's AML/CTF Program and sanctions regulatory obligations.
• Drive operational excellence across sanctions screening and investigation processes, ensuring activities are performed efficiently, consistently and in line with BEN's financial crime frameworks and service expectations.
• Support the delivery of the AML/CTF & Sanctions Operations strategy by developing and executing plans that strengthen BEN's sanctions screening and investigation capability.
• Build and lead a high performing team, fostering a culture of accountability, operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• Lead the management of sanctions risks through effective screening, investigation and decision making, ensuring compliance with applicable sanctions obligations and regulatory expectations.
• Identify emerging sanctions risks, trends and themes and support the implementation of effective controls and mitigation strategies across the Sanctions Operations function.
• Lead and support change initiatives impacting the Sanctions Operation function, ensuring successful implementation and adoption across the team.

Skills

Sanctions screening

AML operations

Investigations

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

ACAMS/AFCS desirable

Education

Tertiary qualification in a relevant field

ACAMS AFCS desirable

Tools

Sanctions screening systems

Job description

Bendigo Bank is seeking a Senior Manager, Sanctions Operations to lead the Sanctions Operations team and oversee screening, investigations and risk management to protect the bank from regulatory and reputational risk. This is a permanent full-time role, ideally Melbourne or Adelaide, with flexibility for other locations.

You will drive operational excellence, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement, delivering strong risk outcomes and effective controls across the sanctions program.