Senior Financial Crime Risk Analyst – AML & Sanctions

ASB Bank; Auckland; On-site; NZD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ASB Bank is seeking a proactive Financial Crime Risk Senior Analyst for our BB & CB risk team in North Wharf, Auckland. You will investigate customer activity, assess evolving financial crime risks, and provide specialist insights to support risk-based decisions across Business Banking and Corporate Banking.

You will partner with BB & CB stakeholders to identify control gaps, strengthen processes, and drive risk-management improvements while maintaining regulatory compliance and a strong risk

Qualifications

• Proven experience within Financial Crime, AML/CFT, sanctions, compliance, risk, or banking environments.
• Strong knowledge of financial crime compliance, AML/CFT, and sanctions risk.
• ACAMS, ICTA, ACFC qualification, or a willingness to obtain one.
• Exposure to SQL or similar data analytics tools would be advantageous.
• Proactive approach, with ability to quickly upskill and adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Investigate alerts, exceptions, and unusual customer activity to identify financial crime risks.
• Provide high-quality analysis, recommendations, and technical support to business initiatives.
• Identify control gaps, emerging risks, and opportunities for enhanced risk management practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of controls, procedures, guidance, and team processes.
• Deliver meaningful insights, metrics and intelligence to support decision making.
• Promote a strong risk culture through ownership and timely escalation.

Skills

Financial Crime

AML/CFT

Sanctions

Compliance

Risk management

Analytical skills

Stakeholder communication

SQL

Tools

SQL

Job description

ASB Bank is seeking a proactive Financial Crime Risk Senior Analyst for our BB & CB risk team in North Wharf, Auckland. You will investigate customer activity, assess evolving financial crime risks, and provide specialist insights to support risk-based decisions across Business Banking and Corporate Banking.

You will partner with BB & CB stakeholders to identify control gaps, strengthen processes, and drive risk-management improvements while maintaining regulatory compliance and a strong risk