Team Leader AML

BOQ Group; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Discounted financial products

Salary packaging

Paid parental leave

Additional leave

Private health insurance

EAP

Employee networks

Pride in Diversity

Job summary

BOQ Group is seeking an experienced Financial Crime professional to join as a Team Leader within AML. This hands-on leadership role blends technical AML expertise with people leadership, guiding analysts, mentoring on investigations, and ensuring compliant, high-quality outcomes.

You will shape continuous improvement initiatives, support operational transformation, and contribute to the future direction of AML Operations while working with a collaborative, experienced team.

Qualifications

• Strong Financial Crime experience and SME in AML/CTF operations, investigations, or risk management.
• Leadership capability through mentoring, coaching or training others is valued.
• Ability to apply risk-based judgement in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of AML analysts and navigate investigations.
• Provide guidance on complex AML matters and respond to technical queries.
• Support capability uplift and drive continuous improvement in processes and outcomes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure regulatory obligations are met and risk controls are effective.

Skills

Financial Crime expertise

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Financial Crime professional to join BOQ Group as a Team Leader within AML.

This is a hands-on leadership role that combines technical expertise with people leadership. While you'll be responsible for leading, coaching and developing a team of analysts, we're looking for someone who enjoys staying close to the work and acting as a trusted subject matter expert across AML operations.

You'll provide guidance on complex matters, support the team with technical queries, help maintain strong risk and compliance outcomes, and contribute to the ongoing success of the function. Whether you're helping analysts navigate investigations, supporting capability uplift, or identifying opportunities to improve processes, you'll play an important role in ensuring the team delivers high-quality outcomes while meeting regulatory obligations.

Joining the team at an exciting time of change and evolution, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, support operational transformation, and help shape the future direction of AML Operations. This is a role where you'll be able to make a genuine impact while working alongside a collaborative and highly experienced team

About you

You – our preferred candidate will have strong Financial Crime experience and are recognised as a trusted subject matter expert within the field. You've built your career across areas such as AML/CTF operations, transaction monitoring, investigations, sanctions screening, customer due diligence, regulatory reporting or broader Financial Crime risk management, and you're confident applying risk-based judgement in a fast-paced environment.

While previous leadership experience would be highly regarded, it's not essential. We would also love to hear from experienced Senior Analysts who have demonstrated leadership capability through mentoring, coaching, training and supporting the development of others. You're someone colleagues naturally turn to for guidance, and you enjoy sharing your knowledge to help lift capability across a team.

You balance attention to detail with a practical mindset, communicate confidently with a range of stakeholders, and are always looking for opportunities to improve the way work gets done.

If you're looking for an opportunity where your Financial Crime expertise will genuinely be valued and where you can make a meaningful impact while supporting others to grow, we'd love to hear from you!

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.

At BOQ Group, we are passionate about creating an exceptional work environment that nurtures both your professional and personal growth.

Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to enhance your well-being, provide financial security, and foster a sense of community and inclusion. Here are just some of the fantastic perks you can enjoy as part of our team:

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.