Senior Analyst, Financial Crime Business Acceptance
King & Wood Mallesons
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Sydney • Australia
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About the role
- Responsible for playing a key role in preventing, detecting, and mitigating financial crimes within the Firm.
- Collaborate with subject-matter experts to help the Firm comply with Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF), and financial crime regulations.
- Managing risks from the Firm’s New Business Intake (NBI) and throughout the client lifecycle.
- Supporting compliance related to employees and procurement.
- Conduct client and matter due diligence checks to ensure AML, CTF, and sanctions compliance.
- Help identify and manage regulatory, reputational, and strategic risks.
- Support efforts to enhance the Firm’s global NBI systems, processes, and governance related to financial crime compliance.
Requirements
- Experience in financial crime compliance, anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CTF), or similar regulatory environments (preferably in legal, banking, or professional services).
- Familiarity with due diligence—knowing how to research and verify client info using databases and public records.
- Understanding of risk management in client onboarding or business intake processes.
- Strong attention to detail, as you’ll be working with sensitive legal and financial information.
- Analytical and investigative skills—you need to spot red flags and decide when to dig deeper.
- Communication skills—you’ll work with internal stakeholders and need to explain your findings clearly.
- Ability to manage workload independently, staying on top of tasks and escalations.
- Relevant professional certification from ACAMS, ICA or other.
- A bachelor's degree in law, finance or business administration.
- A high level of experience relating to onboarding and periodic reviews of corporate clients.
- Strong knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regulations in Australia and Singapore.
- Have a good understanding of red flags in a professional services environment.
- Previous experience in a Client Due Diligence role (2-3+ years).
Benefits
- Access to a suite of wellbeing initiatives, benefits, policies and processes that will support you to achieve your career goals
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial crime complianceanti-money laundering (AML)counter-terrorism financing (CTF)due diligencerisk managementclient onboardinginvestigative skillsanalytical skillsclient lifecycle managementregulatory compliance
Soft Skills
attention to detailcommunication skillsindependent workload managementstakeholder collaborationproblem-solving
Certifications
ACAMSICA