NZ Online AML Compliance Officer

SkyCity; Auckland; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully subsidised health insurance

Life insurance cover

Meals from $2.50 in staff cafeteria

Staff convenience store with discounts

Discounted city car parking

Free entry to Sky Tower

Discounts across site in hotels &餐

Employee resource Groups

Real career opportunity

Job summary

SkyCity, New Zealand's premium hospitality and entertainment group, is building a licensed online casino and seeks an AML Compliance Officer to establish and lead the AML/CFT programme for the NZ Online Casino. You will work with senior leaders to meet licence conditions and regulatory expectations.

Reporting to the Group GM Financial Crime & Host Responsibility, you will oversee customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and reporting, partner with regulators, and shape the compliance

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in financial crime, AML/CFT, compliance, risk, banking, fintech, gaming, or related industry.
• Experience engaging with regulators and managing complex regulatory obligations.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence across all levels of an organisation.
• Experience building and improving risk and compliance frameworks in evolving environments.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining the AML/CFT Compliance Programme.
• Leading enterprise-wide financial crime risk assessments across customers, products, payment methods, technologies, third parties, and jurisdictions.
• Developing governance reporting and delivering meaningful insights to executive leadership, regulators, and Board committees.
• Overseeing customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, and high-risk customer reviews.
• Building strong relationships with regulators including the Department of Internal Affairs and New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit.
• Driving AML/CFT awareness, capability, and culture across the online business.
• Simplifying processes that are customer-centric, while making sound risk decisions.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Regulatory reporting

Education

ACAMS certification

Tertiary qualification

Postgraduate study in Law

Job description

At SkyCity, we're creating unforgettable experiences while upholding the highest standards of integrity, responsibility, and compliance. As part of our Group Risk function, you'll have the opportunity to influence a significant new business venture, partner with senior leaders, and help establish industry-leading financial crime controls in one of New Zealand's most exciting and rapidly evolving sectors.

Join us at the forefront of a new era in gaming.

As New Zealand prepares for regulated online casino gaming, SkyCity is building a best-in-class online business from the ground up. This is a rare opportunity to shape the financial crime framework, compliance culture, and regulatory engagement strategy for a newly licensed online casino operation. The role is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and overseeing the AML/CFT Programme for SkyCity's New Zealand Online Casino and ensuring compliance with all applicable legislation, licence conditions, and regulatory expectations.

Reporting to the Group GM Financial Crime & Host Responsibility, you'll be the designated AML Compliance Officer and trusted advisor to senior leaders, regulators, and governance committees. You'll play a critical role in protecting our customers, communities, and business from money laundering, terrorism financing, sanctions, and broader financial crime risks while helping enable the successful launch and growth of SkyCity's online casino proposition.

This is more than a compliance role. It's an opportunity to build something new, influence strategic outcomes, and create a market-leading AML/CFT framework from the ground up.

You'll provide leadership across all aspects of AML/CFT compliance, including:

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining the AML/CFT Compliance Programme.
• Leading enterprise-wide financial crime risk assessments across customers, products, payment methods, technologies, third parties, and jurisdictions.
• Developing governance reporting and delivering meaningful insights to executive leadership, regulators, and Board committees.
• Overseeing customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, and high-risk customer reviews.
• Building strong relationships with regulators including the Department of Internal Affairs and New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit.
• Driving AML/CFT awareness, capability, and culture across the online business.
• Simplifying processes that are customer-centric, while making sound risk decisions

We're looking for a seasoned financial crime professional who can operate confidently at both strategic and operational levels.

• 10+ years' experience in financial crime, AML/CFT, compliance, risk, banking, fintech, gaming, or a related industry.
• Experience engaging with regulators and managing complex regulatory obligations.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence across all levels of an organisation.
• A track record of building and improving risk and compliance frameworks in evolving environments.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and reporting skills.
• ACAMS certification (or equivalent) and ideally a tertiary qualification, with postgraduate study in Law viewed favourably.
• Experience within online gambling, casino, financial services, fintech, or other highly regulated environments.
• Passionate about financial crime prevention and excited to help shape a new regulated market in NZ.

We provide an opportunity to grow and build a career within SkyCity. We offer a supportive and rewarding work environment where your expertise and contributions will be highly valued. Additionally, we have an array of excellent company benefits including;

• Fully subsidised health insurance
• Life insurance cover
• Meals from $2.50 in our staff cafeteria
• Staff convenience store with heavily discounted bread, butter, eggs etc
• Discounted city car parking
• Free entry to the Sky Tower whenever you like!
• Discounts across site in our hotels & restaurants
• Various Employee resource Groups to support an inclusive culture
• Real career opportunity within a supportive organisation.

If you're ready to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of online gaming compliance in New Zealand, we'd love to hear from you.

At SkyCity, our career opportunities are as diverse as our workforce. We don't just embrace differences; we value and support them. Our hiring is centred on capability and performance, regardless of gender, gender identity, race, origin, age, educational background, disability, or religious beliefs. We're here to empower you to shine. Our willingness to adapt ensures you can chart your path with us! Join us at SkyCity and be extraordinary by being you.

SkyCity takes its commitment to Host Responsibility seriously. Every member of our team, no matter their role, contributes towards SkyCity's culture of customer care.