Associate Director | Financial Crime Risk, Institutional Advisory

at  Macquarie Group Limited

Join our Global Financial Crime Risk team based in Sydney, who play a key role in driving a high and consistent level of compliance and help advance Macquarie’s Financial Crime Risk Management frameworks for the institutional businesses across Australia and New Zealand.
At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 34 markets and with 55 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.
What role will you play?
As an Associate Director, you will support the Head of Institutional Financial Crime with managing day-to-day activities of the team. You will play a key role in fostering an outcome focused, customer responsive and risk aware compliance culture to increase visibility of Money Laundering/Terrorism Financing, Bribery and Corruptions and Sanctions Risks.
You will advise our Institutional Businesses on Financial Crime risks on areas such as commodities trading, global markets, asset management, asset finance, equity capital markets, debt capital markets and corporate advisory. You will lead reviews to strengthen the risk management frameworks in respect to Anti-Money Laundering / Counter Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF), Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) and Sanctions operations, including policy and guidance review and management as well as business risk assessments.
In addition, you will lead and provide oversight over key Financial Crime activities such as enhanced due diligence on clients, counterparties, transactions and prospects to ensure risks are identified and managed appropriately.

What you offer

• Demonstrable AML/CTF, AB&C and/or Sanctions control experience from within a large banking organisation with international exposure across multiple institutional products
• Effective stakeholder management capabilities with demonstrated ability to influence key stakeholders including the Board.

• Strong people management skills, with the ability to coach and create opportunities for team members to develop and refine their skillsetExcellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills

• We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you’re excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.
  About the Risk Management Group
  Our Risk Management Group works as an independent, and centralised function, responsible for independent and objective review and challenge, oversight, monitoring and reporting in relation to Macquarie’s material risks. We are a global team that aims to manage the risks of today and anticipate the risks of tomorrow. Our divisions include compliance, credit, financial crime risk, internal audit, market risk, operational risk, aggregate risk and prudential, and central.
  Benefits

Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria, include:

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• One wellbeing leave day per year and up to five additional days leave based on length of service
• Up to 20 weeks paid parental leave as well as benefits to support you as you transition to life as a working parent
• Paid volunteer leave and donation matching
• Range of benefits to support your physical, psychological and financial wellbeing
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for a role regardless of their identity, including gender, race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status, marital or family status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disabilities, or socio-economic background.
If you require adjustments to your working arrangements or the recruitment process, please let us know when applying

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