Closing date: Wednesday 10 June 2026

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 a landmark transformation of our Financial Crime Risk (FCR) function. As we build a best-in-class financial crime second line of accountability, this is a unique opportunity to provide critical oversight, strategic direction, and effective challenge, to detect, deter and disrupt all types of financial crime and help protect our bank, our customers, and our communities. We are currently recruiting multiple driven and experienced leaders to join this enhanced function.

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

•          Developing and implementing the strategic direction for financial crime risk management.
•          Providing expert advice and effective challenge to the first line of accountability to uplift our overall financial crime risk management maturity.
•          Leading, mentoring, and inspiring a team of dedicated risk professionals.
•          Driving a culture of continuous improvement and proactive risk identification.

About the role

The Senior Manager Financial Crime Training will report directly to the Head of Financial Crime Advisory and Training.

You will own the end-to-end training strategy for the entire suite of financial crime risks. Your purpose is to ensure every relevant employee has the knowledge and capability required to protect the bank from regulatory risk and financial crime, including fraud and scams. This role moves beyond simple compliance, building a genuine and sustainable risk culture. You will lead the entire training lifecycle, from conducting continuous needs analysis to designing and delivering a curriculum with engaging content tailored to different audiences. By translating complex policies into practical actions, you will empower our people to become the first and most effective line of defence against financial crime.

Key accountabilities include:

• Training Strategy & Curriculum Design: Designing and maintaining a single, enterprise-wide financial crime training strategy and curriculum.
• Content Development and Delivery: Creating and delivering all financial crime training content, from general awareness e-learning to specialist workshops for high-risk roles.
• Training Needs Analysis: Partnering with business units and subject matter experts to conduct regular training need analysis and identify knowledge gaps.
• Measuring Training Effectiveness: Establishing and reporting on metrics to measure the effectiveness of training programs and their impact on the bank’s risk posture.
  
  

What you’ll bring to the role

Essential

• Deep domain knowledge across a broad range of financial crime categories (AML, CTF, Sanctions, ABC, Fraud).
• A robust understanding of learning principles and modern instructional design techniques for both digital and face-to-face delivery.
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering a full suite of training programs, from broad-based awareness to deep technical skills.
• Ability to explain complex topics in a simple, engaging, and memorable way.
  
  

Highly desirable

• A tertiary qualification in a relevant field.
• Financial Crime industry qualifications such as ACAMs or AFCS.

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. We believe that coming into the office some of the time is the best way to learn, stay connected and collaborate effectively, especially for key activities like team days, 1:1s, and town halls.

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.