Manager Financial Crime Transaction Reporting Governance

Reporting to the Senior Manager Financial Crime Compliance, you will provide independent oversight of Westpac NZ's Financial Crime Reporting and Transaction Monitoring frameworks, ensuring robust governance, effective controls, and compliance with regulatory obligations and Group requirements. You will work closely with stakeholders across Risk, Operations, Technology, Legal, Product and Compliance to drive strong financial crime outcomes while providing expert guidance and challenge on reporting, monitoring, controls, and governance.

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• Provide independent Line2 oversight and challenge of financial crime reporting and transaction monitoring risk management practices.
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• Oversee the design, effectiveness, testing, and continuous improvement of reporting and monitoring control frameworks.
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• Ensure regulatory reporting obligations are met, including oversight of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), Prescribed Transaction Reports (PTRs), and related reporting processes.
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• Review and challenge reporting decisions, governance practices, and transaction monitoring outcomes.
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• Identify, escalate, and support remediation of control weaknesses, data quality issues, and systemic risks.
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• Partner with Line1, Operations, and Technology teams to strengthen systems, data integrity, and reporting processes.
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• Assess financial crime reporting and monitoring impacts for new products, services, and business initiatives.
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• Maintain policies, standards, and procedures in line with regulatory requirements and Group expectations.
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• Monitor emerging regulatory developments, financial crime threats, and industry best practice.
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• Support regulatory engagements, reviews, audits, and assurance activities.
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• 5+ years' experience in financial crime, regulatory reporting, transaction monitoring, compliance, or risk within financial services.
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• Strong understanding of AML/CFT regulatory reporting obligations, including SAR and PTR requirements.
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• Experience in risk management, control design, assurance, testing, or governance frameworks.
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• Knowledge of transaction monitoring processes, controls, and operating environments.
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• Ability to analyse complex issues and provide practical, risk-based recommendations.
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• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
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• Experience within a bank or large financial institution is advantageous.
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• Knowledge of the New Zealand AML/CFT regime and Financial Intelligence Unit reporting expectations.
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• Exposure to financial crime systems, analytics, data governance, or model governance.
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• Experience supporting regulatory reviews, audits, or remediation programmes.
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• 4 weeks standard holiday + 5 additional days of wellbeing leave.
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• Additional purchased leave options up to 4 weeks per year.
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• Banking benefits, insurance discounts and superannuation scheme.
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• Career growth – promotion of internal capability; programmes that recognise star performers.
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• Generous parental leave – top up government paid parental leave.
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• School holiday subsidy.
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• 2 volunteer days per year.
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Westpac is a leading financial institution committed to building a fairer and stronger NewZealand for its people, customers and communities.

We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodiverse, have chronic health conditions or disabilities – your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities.

Applications close on 18July2026.