Group Financial Crime Compliance Policy & Procedure Lead

This role is responsible for the design, development and implementation of AML/CTF, sanctions and broader financial crime documentation across the Group. This includes establishing and maintaining a consistent, risk based AML/CTF and sanctions policy and procedural framework across multiple jurisdictions, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Jersey, Guernsey, Ireland, India and other applicable MPMS entities.

The role requires deep technical expertise in AML/CTF and sanctions compliance, with a focus on translating complex regulatory requirements into clear, practical and operationally effective policies, standards and procedures.

Reporting to the General Manager, Financial Crime Compliance, the role works closely with compliance, legal, risk, operations, technology and business stakeholders to deliver and maintain a comprehensive suite of financial crime frameworks and supporting documentation.

 

Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities

Strategic Focus

• Lead the design and development of MPMS’s AML/CTF and Sanctions framework across multiple jurisdictions. 
• Establish a consistent framework structure while ensuring jurisdiction specific regulatory requirements are appropriately addressed. 
• Translate legislative and regulatory obligations into practical and operationally effective requirements. 
• Assess regulatory developments and identify impacts on existing frameworks and controls. 
• Support alignment between local regulatory obligations and group standards.

Operational Management

• Develop and maintain policies, standards, procedures, guidance documents and control frameworks. 
• Draft end to end AML/CTF and sanctions documentation covering key financial crime risk areas (CDD/KYC, EDD, CRAs, PEPs, TM, SMRs, PDD, ABAC, Fraud and Scams). 
• Review and rationalise existing documentation to identify gaps, duplication and improvement opportunities. 
• Ensure policies and procedures are clear, practical, auditable and aligned to business operations. 
• Develop supporting templates, guidance materials and control documentation. 
• Interpret regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions (Australia, UK, Jersey, Guernsey, Ireland, India and others). 
• Conduct regulatory gap assessments and map requirements to framework obligations. 
• Maintain document inventories, development plans and delivery schedules. 
• Ensure all documentation is completed to a high standard and within agreed timeframes.

People Leadership

• Facilitate workshops to document current and future state operating models. 
• Support stakeholders through adoption of new frameworks, policies and procedures. 
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and capability uplift across compliance and business teams.

Governance & Risk

• Partner with compliance, risk, legal, operations and business teams to capture requirements and validate procedures. 
• Work with external legal advisers and subject matter experts where required. 
• Support governance forums through preparation of papers, reports and recommendations. 
• Support implementation activities including communications, training and procedural adoption.

Experience & Personal Attributes

Essential

• 10+ years' experience in AML/CTF, sanctions or financial crime compliance.
• Demonstrated experience designing and drafting AML/CTF and sanctions policies, procedures and control frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of AML/CTF and sanctions regulatory requirements within Australia or UK.
• Proven experience supporting regulatory reform, financial crime transformation programmes.
• Exceptional technical writing and documentation skills.
• Ability to interpret complex legislative and regulatory requirements and translate them into practical business requirements.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills.
• Ability to operate independently and manage competing priorities within a dynamic environment. 

Desirable

• Experience working within multinational financial services organisations.
• Experience engaging with regulators, external legal advisers or internal audit functions.
• ACAMS, ICA, CGSS or equivalent financial crime qualification.
• Experience across AML/CTF, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud or broader financial crime frameworks.

This role will be offered as a 12-Month Fixed Term Contract with potential for extension or convert to permanent. 

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