NZ Online Casino AML Compliance Leader

Skycitycareers; 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

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