Senior Manager – Financial Crime

KPMG New Zealand

Senior Manager in KPMG's Financial Crime team assisting clients in detecting and preventing financial crimes. Engaging with innovative solutions and regulatory compliance in a hybrid work setting.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeAuckland • 🇳🇿 New ZealandSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide financial crime insights to our clients and colleagues based on local and global expertise and trends within the market.
Interpret and analyse, policies, procedures and controls to identify gaps or opportunities for improvement as well as providing credible and pragmatic advice on how these can be addressed
Prepare high quality reports and documents used by Management, Boards, legal advisors and sometimes in legal proceedings
Monitor new regulatory and industry developments to deliver targeted messages relevant to our clients
Identify and proactively respond to new business opportunities including cross-functional opportunities to provide added value to clients
Build the reputation of KPMG through the quality of your work, expertise and judgement as well as innovative approaches

Requirements

What you’ll need

Consulting experience either in New Zealand or overseas
More than 6 years of professional work experience, preferably within the financial services sector as a consultant within financial crime, fraud or related role.
At least 3 years experience in leading or managing teams.
Relevant tertiary qualification.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Experience in understanding New Zealand’s anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism legislation (but if you don’t have strong experience in this, we’re keen on understanding what exposure you have and how you will learn).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Access to the firm's annual incentive scheme
Opportunities for local and international secondments
Hybrid working across a mix of office, client and home hubs to recognise that people have individual circumstances and preferences when it comes to where and how they work
The ability to work from overseas and extend time connecting with friends and family outside New Zealand
Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave
Gender-neutral support for all stages of the parental journey, including access to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents
A paid professional association membership of your choice
Digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees
A wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, banking services, and lifestyle goods and services
The support, allyship and opportunity to join our many Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Affinity networks, including the Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility and Wahine groups
The opportunity to participate in Green Team activities, as we work toward reducing the firm’s environmental footprint and become carbon zero by 2030
An invitation to join your local Social club and enjoy events aimed at bringing people together for social, sporting, cultural, family and fundraising activities
Paid time off for volunteering and involvement in citizenship activities
An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, subsidised sporting events, free confidential counselling services, additional 5 days of Wellbeing leave to support you and your family's overall health and wellness, access to our Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial crime analysispolicy interpretationreport preparationregulatory monitoringbusiness opportunity identificationteam leadershipconsultinganti-money launderingcountering financing of terrorism

Soft Skills

communicationjudgementinnovationclient relationship management

Certifications

tertiary qualification