We’ve never been ‘just a bank’. Just like you should never be ‘just an employee’. We’re united in our belief that in banking, better can be bigger, and together we’re making it happen.

It starts here. With Bendigo Bank… and you.

Come and be part of our specialist Financial Crime Risk team. As we continue to enhance our capabilities, this is a unique opportunity to provide critical expertise, leadership, and effective challenge to uplift the bank’s resilience against financial crime. We are currently recruiting a driven and experienced professional to join our Group Risk function.

As a Manager in our Financial Crime Risk team, you’ll make an impact by

• Leading a dedicated team to provide expert advice and oversight across the business on AML/CTF, Sanctions, Fraud, and Anti-Bribery & Corruption.
• Translating complex legislative requirements into clear, practical, and actionable advice that enables the business to operate safely and effectively.
• Delivering critical oversight and challenge of the Group’s financial crime control environment to ensure our defences are robust and fit-for-purpose.
• Collaborating across the business to embed a proactive and intelligent approach to identifying and managing financial crime risk, fostering a strong risk culture through education and awareness.

About the role

The Manager, FCR Advisory reports to the Senior Manager, FCR Governance & Advisory. In this pivotal leadership role, you will be at the forefront of protecting the Bank, our customers, and the community from the impacts of financial crime. You will manage a team to deliver crucial oversight, challenge, and advisory services, ensuring the Group’s financial crime control environment remains effective. A key focus will be to support the business by providing expert advice on policy and legislative requirements and delivering insights to stakeholders and risk committees.

Key accountabilities include

• Financial Crime Advisory: Lead the delivery of timely, accurate, and effective Financial Crime Risk advice to the business, including the interpretation of legislative requirements and performance of risk assessments.
• Financial Crime Oversight: Support the oversight and challenge of the Group’s financial crime control environment, including control testing, change risk assessments, and the escalation of identified issues.
• Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement: Manage and develop a high-performing team. Build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues in first and second-line risk, product teams, and customer-facing teams to drive effective outcomes.
• Reporting & Governance: Support the delivery of financial crime management information and other reporting for committees, and assist with regulator liaison and the management of findings.

What you’ll bring to the role

Essential

• Solid knowledge and demonstrated experience in a second-line of defence operational risk, regulatory, advisory, or financial crime governance role.
• Excellent knowledge of legislative requirements, including the Australian AML/CTF Act.
• Highly developed communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively to drive team outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience in building strong stakeholder relationships to deliver outcomes.

Highly desirable

• A tertiary qualification in business, law, finance, risk, or a related field.
• A financial crime industry qualification (e.g., ACAMs, AFCS).
• Experience supporting the delivery of financial crime reviews and reporting for committees.

This is a permanent full-time position located in Melbourne, Bendigo, Adelaide, Sydney or Brisbane. We offer flexible work options that put our people first, working in a hybrid model with a minimum local Head Office attendance requirement determined by your Leader, to find a rhythm that works best for you and your team.

Internal Applications

Please note, all internal candidates are required to notify their immediate leader when applying for a new career opportunity and you will be asked to acknowledge they have done so upon submission of your application.

For more information, check out the Application Process for Internal Candidates page.

So, why work for us?

Want big impact that matters? Here, you’ll know your work directly benefits the customers and communities we all serve. You’ll also get access to a great range of benefits, including:

• Flexibility means different things for different people. Whether it’s hybrid work, flexible hours, a compressed work week, job-sharing or something different, our flexible work options are designed to put people first.
• Health and wellbeing support, including discounted gym memberships, private health insurance options, and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your immediate family members.
• Opportunities to take your learning to the next level through our corporate university ‘BEN U’ or at an external provider of your choice.

We believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success and we actively encourage applications from those who bring diversity of thought to our business. We support candidate requests for adjustment to accommodate an illness, injury, or disability to equitably participate in the selection process.

Still in two minds?

Research suggests 60% of women and underrepresented groups might stop here, even after getting as far as drafting an application. We believe that diversity makes every team stronger, so even if you don’t tick every box, we still want to see your application!

We’re making better, bigger. And we’ll get there with you.

Now’s the time to set your sights even higher – on the future you and the future career you deserve.