Executive Manager, Financial Crime Compliance Coverage & Assurance

See yourself in our team

Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) sits within CBA’s Group Risk Function and is responsible for the design, implementation and governance of the Group’s financial crime compliance program.

Within FCC, the Coverage & Assurance team plays a critical role in ensuring the Group’s financial crime detection capabilities are clearly defined, consistently documented and defensible. This spans Transaction Monitoring, Customer Risk Assessment (one.CRA), Sanctions and Customer Screening frameworks.

As financial crime detection continues to evolve — including the shift towards perpetual KYC and increasingly sophisticated, model-driven approaches — the need for robust, end-to-end methodology documentation and coverage frameworks is critical to demonstrating effectiveness and meeting regulatory expectations.

What your role will involve

As an Executive Manager, you will be a senior leader reporting to the General Manager, Financial Crime Compliance Detection. You will lead a team of experienced managers and specialists and be accountable for the development, maintenance and governance of methodology and coverage documentation across FCC detection capabilities.

This includes ownership of methodology documents for Transaction Monitoring, Customer Risk Assessment (including one.CRA and its evolution to perpetual KYC), Sanctions and Customer Screening, as well as oversight of coverage assessments across products and financial crime typologies.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring you to uplift existing documentation and frameworks, while ensuring ongoing delivery of high-quality, consistent and audit-ready outputs.

You will play a key role in shaping how the Group articulates and evidences its detection capability, particularly as we move towards more complex analytics and model-driven solutions.

On any given day, you will

• Lead and uplift a team of managers and specialists, providing hands-on technical leadership across methodology, documentation and coverage activities

• Own and maintain end-to-end methodology documentation across Transaction Monitoring, Customer Risk Assessment (one.CRA / perpetual KYC), Sanctions and Customer Screening

• Ensure all detection methodologies are clearly articulated, consistent and defensible to regulators, audit and internal stakeholders

• Oversee coverage assessments across products and crime typologies, ensuring they are completed, refreshed and aligned to evolving regulatory expectations

• Drive improvements in how complex detection approaches — including models — are documented, explained and evidenced

• Own and maintain FCC detection policies, standards and supporting resources, ensuring they are current and successfully progressed through governance and approval forums

• Translate regulatory guidance and industry developments into impacts on methodology, documentation and detection coverage

• Lead preparation for regulatory engagements, deep dives and compliance reviews, acting as a key representative for FCC detection frameworks

• Partner with analytics, technology and operations teams to ensure documentation accurately reflects how detection capabilities operate in practice

• Support internal audit and Line 3 assurance activity, ensuring all outputs are high quality, consistent and audit-ready
   

We’re interested in hearing from people who have

• Significant experience in Financial Crime Compliance, Detection or Assurance, with strong exposure to Transaction Monitoring and broader detection frameworks

• Deep understanding of methodology development, documentation and regulatory expectations, particularly within AML/CTF

• Experience documenting or governing complex detection approaches, including models, rules and hybrid frameworks

• Strong capability in framework uplift, documentation and governance, with a focus on producing high-quality, regulator-ready outputs

• Proven leadership experience managing managers and senior professionals, with a track record of uplifting capability and driving performance

• Ability to translate complex technical or analytical concepts into clear, structured and defensible documentation

• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including experience working with regulators, audit and senior executives

• Sound judgement and the ability to operate effectively in complex, evolving risk environments
   

From here, the opportunities are endless

This is a highly visible and impactful leadership role at the centre of the Group’s financial crime detection capability. You will play a pivotal role in shaping how CBA documents, governs and defends its detection frameworks, across Transaction Monitoring, Customer Risk Assessment, Sanctions and Screening — particularly as the organisation evolves towards more sophisticated, model-driven approaches.

The role offers significant exposure to senior stakeholders and regulators, and the opportunity to drive meaningful uplift in how financial crime risk is managed, evidenced and continuously improved across the Group.

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