AML Operations Analyst

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Department: Risk Group Compliance - Financial Crime

Division: Risk

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

As an AML Operations Analyst in our Financial Crime Risk team, you'll play a key role in helping keep the bank, its customers, and the community safe. You will join an experienced team responsible for ensuring ANZ's compliance with financial crime regulations, including those related to money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions, bribery, corruption, fraud, and investigations.

The role involves conducting investigations into customer behavior and transactional activity to prevent money launderers, terrorists, and sanctioned individuals or entities from using our products and services for criminal purposes. This position reports to the AML Operations Team Lead.

Banking is changing and we're changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you'll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Type:Permanent, Full-time
Role Location:Solaris One, Makati City / MDC 100 Building, Libis, QC
Work Hours:Day Shift, M-F, 50/50 Hybrid Work Set-up after the training

As an AML Operations Analyst, you will be accountable for:

• Ensuring the timely and accurate processing of potential Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (ML/TF) alerts generated from Transaction Monitoring Systems (TMS) and Watch List Management (WLM)
• Investigating and reviewing WLM alerts to de-identify potential Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
• Providing clear rationale for the generation of ML/TF and PEP cases
• Closing and justifying false positive ML/TF and WLM alerts that can be confidently de-identified

To grow and succeed in this role, you will ideally bring:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders
• The ability to create clarity for yourself and others in uncertain situations
• Strong capability to translate complex information and offer practical solutions to problems
• A self-motivated, responsible, and collaborative mindset, with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) principles (preferred)
• Experience in financial crime, risk, or compliance environments (preferred)
• Broad understanding of banking and financial services products and procedures
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

You're not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we'd love to hear from you.

ANZ provides banking and financial services and operates across more than 30 markets. We are among the top 4 banks in Australia, the largest banking group in New Zealand and Pacific, and among the top 50 banks in the world. With more than 2,000 people, our team in Manila plays a critical role in executing our strategy and delivering what matters most to our customers and the bank. We continue to grow our professional services capabilities to support our customers around the world. Our expertise and services make us a bank, and our people, purpose, and culture makes us ANZ. We're proud of the inclusive culture we're renowned for where 90 percent of our people feel they belong.

We provide our people with a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services. We also have flexible working options so that our people can 'make work, work for them'.

We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ visit https://www.anz.com/careers/ . You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 103042.