Financial Crime Intelligence and Analytics Specialist

Careers with Impact  

More than one million Australians trust HESTA with their money. HESTA is a top-performing industry super fund working for real-world impact. We use our expertise and influence to deliver strong long-term returns while accelerating our contribution to a more sustainable world.  

HESTA is also an inspiring and rewarding place to work. That’s because what we do makes a difference to the lives of our members. The people who work at HESTA are not only exceptional at what they do, they’re focused on living and creating a strong organisational culture. We’re an industry super fund dedicated to the people who keep our communities going. People who provide some of the best health, education and community services in the world are HESTA members – and we are proud to serve them.  
 
Bring your authentic and passionate self to this exceptional role #careerswithimpact  

Are you an experienced Financial Crime Intelligence and Analytics Specialist ready to pivot your career and make an incredible impact? Join our Financial Crimes Intelligence and Operations team going through an exciting growth phase.

What You’ll Do: 

As the Financial Crime Intelligence and Analytics Specialist, you’ll gather data and intelligence at business, domestic and global levels to identify current/emerging threats/trends in the fraud and financial crime landscape. Leveraging technology and analytics, you will be responsible for designing and reviewing HESTA’s monitoring and detection fraud and financial crime strategies. You will be working closely with our business teams as well as third-parties to ensure regulatory obligations are met, while safeguarding HESTA and our members. 

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the internal and external risk assessments of the financial crime environment to identify current and emerging threats and impacts to the business.
• Provide data, analysis and insights to enable accurate fraud and financial crime risk assessments to be undertaken at a customer, business and channel level including control effectiveness.
• Review financial crime monitoring coverage internally and with third- parties for AML, sanctions, fraud, scams typologies and provide recommendation to improve coverage.
• Monitor third-party performance across the value chain providing expertise to ensure service performance is achieved.
• Provide SME expertise in internal and external industry forums to share key learnings and insights.
• Develop performance reporting including dashboards to demonstrate performance, highlight insights and recommendations into strategies.
• Develop monthly Management and Board reports including key statistics and information critical in the Fraud and Financial Crime environment.
• Provide data and intelligence demonstrating HESTA’s adherence to internal policies and regulatory obligations.

About You: 

You will have extensive experience in a similar role, ideally within financial services. Your breadth of experience spans across data analytics fraud and financial crime technology and emerging technology trends and tools. You are highly analytical with effective communication skills and ability to translate and present complex data, insights and solutions to stakeholders at all levels. 

Tertiary qualifications in a business or technology related discipline with Artificial Intelligence coupled with specialised fraud or financial crime certifications (e.g. ACAMS) will be advantageous.

Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees  

• Leave for those moments that matter, an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few!).  
• Your Professional development matters, up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools.  
• Your health and wellbeing matters, free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7.  
• Your financial wellbeing matters, up to 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options.  

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity.   

We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team careers@hesta.com.au and we’ll call you to discuss.   

Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position.