About The Role
Reporting to the Senior Manager - Financial Crime Risk this role will be a key player in helping Sportsbet achieve its vision to Be a world-class betting and wagering business; trusted by our customers colleagues and partners.
As the AML Risk and Assurance Manager youll work closely with the Financial Crime Oversight team to ensure Sportsbet manages its financial crime risk profile and implements controls to manage the relevant risks and compliance obligations effectiveness and efficiently in accordance with pragmatic policies frameworks and processes. These extend to the policies and frameworks of the Flutter Entertainment Group.
Responsibilities include the following:
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to build risk awareness of financial crime risk management across the business.
- Facilitate the ongoing maintenance and evolution of Sportsbets strategic and departmental operational risk profiles as they relate to financial crime risks in collaboration with the Leadership Team.
- Together with Legal and Regulatory SMEs and the GM Financial Crime Oversight assist with impact assessments of proposed changes in financial crime laws regulations and industry codes and determine the implications for risk and compliance management practices across the business.
- Support the design and implementation of enhanced or new controls to further manage financial crime risk where existing controls are not effective or scalable as the business evolves and grows.
- Assist in building out a comprehensive end-to-end financial crime oversight program covering key financial crime risks and emerging themes to ensure Sportsbet can confidently execute on its strategy.
- Conduct regular assurance reviews across all aspects of the AML Program and prepare formal reporting to relevant stakeholders including Senior Management.
- Ensure senior staff in the first line are suitably equipped to cope with the growing complexity of financial crime risk and compliance landscape across the business.
- Monitor the progress of financial crime-related risk management processes as they relate to existing and new projects/activities undertaken by the business.
- Support the reporting to senior executives regarding overall progress and effectiveness of financial crime-related risk and compliance management and the risk profile of the business.
About You
- Ability to work closely with and communicate with and influence department managers and senior executives.
- Ability to articulate and drive transformational change and uplift across the business.
- Excellent analytical skills including identifying potential issues and scenarios.
- Flexibility adaptability and ability to manage and execute continual improvement and transformational change.
- Practical understanding and experience operating across several strategic and operational risk domains including technology product marketing HR and data.
- Practical understanding and experience operating in consumer facing regulatory environments including advertising and privacy.
- Proven experience in improving Risk and Compliance capabilities processes and policies.
- Strong knowledge of AML regulation in Australia.
- Experience in influencing outcomes and driving change and transformation across direct reports and businesses more broadly.
- Knowledge of relevant policies and best practices related to AML Sanctions Anti-Bribery and Corruption.
Required Experience:
Manager