Senior Investigator
Westpac Group
Date: 11 hours ago
City: Parramatta, New South Wales
Contract type: Full time

Job Description
Create your best future and join Westpac as a Senior Investigator, Financial Crime Surveillance
As a Senior Investigator, you will play a crucial role in safeguarding the Westpac Group against financial crimes, including money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit activities. Your primary responsibility will be to conduct comprehensive customer due diligence activities across the Group’s customer base, focusing on Institutional Banking customers, ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and industry standards. You will work closely with internal teams and external partners to identify and mitigate financial crime risks.
This role will provide operational support to managers through reporting, insights, and stakeholder engagement. Monitoring financial transactions to detect suspicious activity, conduct investigations into potential financial crimes such as money laundering and terrorism financing, and escalate matters in accordance with Westpac Group policies and procedures.
What do I need?
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:
To get started, simply click on the APPLY or APPLY NOW button
We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.
If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find out more information and additional contact details by visiting the "People with Disability and/or needing Accessibility Requirements" page on our website .
Create your best future and join Westpac as a Senior Investigator, Financial Crime Surveillance
- Permanent role
- Sydney-wide based – flexible working options
- Excellent opportunity to join Westpac’s Financial Crime Surveillance team
As a Senior Investigator, you will play a crucial role in safeguarding the Westpac Group against financial crimes, including money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit activities. Your primary responsibility will be to conduct comprehensive customer due diligence activities across the Group’s customer base, focusing on Institutional Banking customers, ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and industry standards. You will work closely with internal teams and external partners to identify and mitigate financial crime risks.
This role will provide operational support to managers through reporting, insights, and stakeholder engagement. Monitoring financial transactions to detect suspicious activity, conduct investigations into potential financial crimes such as money laundering and terrorism financing, and escalate matters in accordance with Westpac Group policies and procedures.
What do I need?
- Experience in Institutional Banking, with strong knowledge of Corporate and Institutional Banking products.
- Knowledge of financial crime typologies for institutional banking products and services, i.e. trade finance, foreign exchange markets, corporate lending facilities, etc
- Demonstrated experience in relationship building and management for internal stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to risk management.
- High level of integrity and attention to detail.
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
To get started, simply click on the APPLY or APPLY NOW button
We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.
If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find out more information and additional contact details by visiting the "People with Disability and/or needing Accessibility Requirements" page on our website .
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