Senior Analyst, Transaction Monitoring & Analytics

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Senior Analyst TM and Analytics.

What’s the role?

As a Senior Analyst – Transaction Monitoring (TM) & Analytics, you’ll play a key role in strengthening Westpac’s financial crime detection capability through advanced analytics and continuous optimisation of transaction monitoring systems.

You’ll work in a highly collaborative team focused on improving detection rules, data quality, and analytics pipelines across the TM environment. This role combines hands‑on analytical work with strong stakeholder engagement, translating business needs into effective, risk‑based analytics solutions that support financial crime prevention outcomes.

You’ll also contribute to capability uplift initiatives, support continuous improvement of TM data processes, and help embed best‑practice analytics across the Financial Crime Detection function.

This is a permanent, full‑time role based in Sydney, operating under a hybrid working model with two days per week in the office (Wednesday and Friday).

What do I need?

• Proven experience working with data analytics tools across large, complex datasets, including SAS, SQL, Python and Teradata
• Strong analytical and programming capability, with experience improving or supporting detection rules or data pipelines
• Exposure to financial crime, transaction monitoring, or risk management within financial services
• Experience providing technical insights to business stakeholders and supporting data‑driven decision‑making
• Experience working in collaborative, cross‑functional environments, managing multiple stakeholders
• A solution‑oriented mindset with strong communication skills and accountability for delivery

Why join us?

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

Create your future today

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