Senior Manager, Financial Crime Compliance (MLRO)（12-month fixed-term）

The role

This person will monitor the financial crime and compliance program for Australia and New Zealand entities. They will act as the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and provide compliance advice to local, regional, and global teams.

What you will do

• Provide oversight and compliance advice to local, regional and global teams
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of policies and procedures
• Develop and perform annual country specific AML/CTF/PF and other risk assessments
• Maintain oversight of regulatory compliance requirements for Australia and New Zealand
• Act as the lead point of contact for financial regulators in Australia and New Zealand
• Investigate alerts reported to Compliance and draft SARs/notifications
• Assess high-risk clients and ensure they are monitored
• Provide advisory to internal stakeholders
• Participate in Group projects as needed
• Investigate and call out major compliance concerns to Management

Required qualifications

• Recent experience as Compliance Lead and/or MLRO for an AUSTRAC-registered financial institution in Australia
• Recent experience as Compliance Lead and/or MLRO for a registered financial service provider and a reporting entity under the AML/CFT Act in New Zealand
• Recent experience as compliance officer in an Australian Financial Service Licensee (AFSL) licensed for dealing in non-cash payment facilities
• Experience interacting with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

Nice to have

• Independent Remittance Dealer knowledge
• Previous experience as an approved responsible manager of an AFSL licensed for dealing in non-cash payment facilities

About the company

Checkout.com enables over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers. The company has 20 offices across six continents with London as its HQ.