About the Role
Reporting to the AML/ CFT Analytics Manager, this role will require you to analyse data and use your quantitative skills to deliver reporting and insights which will help detect suspicious activity pertaining to FinCrime.  Fixed Term Contract, 12 months

Duties would include;
• Using your reporting and analytics experience to build and enhance reporting capability to drive actionable insights, and contribute to matters of national importance, such as money laundering, and terrorism financing
• Leading the analysis of identified suspicious activity patterns, industry risks, and any complex or critical issues concerning the trends associated with money laundering and terrorism finance
• Actively promoting improvement in detection/ prevention process within the FCM teams
• Collaborate across the team and enterprise to deliver data, system, analytical initiatives aimed at rebuilding and transforming Westpac’s Financial Crime Management system and data environment

What you’ll need to succeed:
- 2-3 years experience in data driven analytical roles
- Ideally you will have experience in financial industry
- Experience in SQL, SAS, Python and R programming and analysis experience
- Relevant tertiary qualification (Statistics, Data Science or Mathematics)
- Understanding of key financial crime drivers and the dynamics of the Intelligence Cycle (Preferred but not mandatory)
- Previous involvement in large scale technology projects