Senior Associate- Financial Crime Investigations

Role purpose

Lead investigations to protect against reputational, regulatory, and financial crime risks; support controls; feed intelligence back into the business.

Core accountabilities

Deliver responses to financial-crime threats incl. geo-political; lead multiple complex/high-profile investigations (incl. data leak cases); transactional analysis; case governance & reporting; develop complex intelligence (reactive/proactive); fulfil POCA/TA disclosure incl. SAR/DAML; disseminate intelligence; ad-hoc projects.

Stakeholder engagement

Compliance Services; Business Oversight Compliance; Legal; Audit; 1LOD Financial Crime teams; Financial Crime Operations; Chief Security Office; Fraud.

Technical/analytical expectations

Leadership and technical depth in complex investigations; research & big-data analytics (extract, cleanse, interrogate, manipulate complex datasets).

Governance & management

Manage caseloads independently; support leadership; ensure compliance; supervise/mentor and develop others.

Legal/compliance obligations

Fulfil disclosure obligations under POCA 2002 and TA 2000 (incl. SAR/DAML).

Communication

Draft high-quality investigation reports; communicate complex findings clearly.

Preferred qualifications/skills

Diploma-level qualification in Financial Crime (desirable); experience with data analytics tools (SQL, Python, Tableau or similar).