Senior Manager - Financial Crime Compliance - Financial Services

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.    We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.    Join EY and help to build a better working world.         Senior Manager – Financial Crime Compliance - Financial Services     Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi    With your contribution and my contribution, together we will thrive.     Hei Oranga Iwi | The opportunity    As a Senior Manager within our Financial Services Risk Management team, you will play a leading role in helping New Zealand's largest banks, insurers and financial institutions strengthen their financial crime compliance governance, risk and control environments. You will work directly with senior risk and compliance stakeholders to provide advice, independent assurance and practical insights on some of the industry’s most significant risk, regulatory and transformation challenges.    You’ll join a collaborative and dynamic team that combines internal audit, risk and controls, project management and delivery and technology expertise, meaning you will get exposure across a broad range of domains.   This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced internal auditor, risk professional or consultant looking to accelerate their career, lead complex engagements and build trusted advisor relationships with senior client stakeholders.     Ko Tō Rourou | Your key responsibilities     As a Financial Crime Compliance Senior Manager in our Financial Services Risk Management team, you will:

Lead the planning, execution and reporting of various financial crime compliance advisory and assurance engagements across banking, insurance and wealth management. Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and risk leaders. Identify emerging risks, control weaknesses and improvement opportunities, translating technical findings into practical business outcomes. Evaluate governance, risk management and control frameworks across financial crime and technology risk environments. Apply data analytics and technology-enabled audit techniques to provide deeper insights and more efficient assurance outcomes. Lead engagement teams, coaching and developing junior team members to deliver high-quality client outcomes. Manage multiple client engagements simultaneously, maintaining quality, commercial performance and delivery deadlines. Lead business development activities, proposals and thought leadership initiatives across the Financial Services market, building a strong network of clients. Support clients through major regulatory, risk transformation and control uplift programmes.

What’s in it for you?

Work with New Zealand's leading financial institutions on complex and high-profile assurance, risk and transformation initiatives. Accelerate your professional development through direct exposure to senior client stakeholders and executive decision-making. Access EY's global methodologies, market-leading technology and extensive Financial Services network. Benefit from structured career progression, coaching and leadership development opportunities. Flexible and hybrid ways of working that support both career growth and personal wellbeing.

Ngā Pūkenga | Skills and attributes for success   Here’s our ‘wish list’—but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box. We’re interested in your strengths, what you want to learn, and how far you want to go.

5 - 8 years’ Financial Crime Compliance experience within Financial Services, with a strong understanding of industry-specific risk and control environments. Experience within banking, insurance, wealth management, financial services consulting or a financial services regulator. Strong understanding of risk management, controls, governance and assurance frameworks. Ability to build credibility with