Senior Financial Crime Analyst

Applications Close: 24/09/2025

With a rich history spanning over 150 years in Aotearoa New Zealand, SBS Bank is making a positive impact on Kiwis' lives by helping them find a place to call home. It's a powerful purpose that drives us every single day! We truly believe that when people achieve their financial goals, their whānau and communities flourish as a result.

To help us with this, we are searching for a Senior Financial Crime Analyst to join our Risk and Compliance Team based at our Head Office in Invercargill on a fixed term basis.

Are you passionate about protecting financial systems and ensuring operational integrity? We're looking for a skilled and curious professional to join our team as a Senior Financial Crime Analyst.

In this role, you'll support the operational management of financial crime activities. You'll provide subject matter expertise, monitor key obligations, and help shape frameworks and policies that safeguard our organisation.

What you'll be busy with:

• Supporting the operational activity to comply with the Bank's AML/CFT Risk Assessment, Risk Programme and policies including FATCA, AEOI and Sanctions.
• Supports the adherence to internal processes, systems, and controls to manage AML/CFT risks and ensure compliance.
• Assisting with the coordination of key compliance activities, conducts monitoring and quality assurance, and contributes to regulatory reporting.
• Assisting in identifying and investigating fraud and mule cases.
• Providing support and guidance to business units to mitigate and reduce risk, using data analysis, consultation, and best practice insights.

What you'll bring:

• Experience in financial services or operational risk.
• Hands-on expertise in AML/CFT, Fraud, and AEOI frameworks.
• Skilled in creating guidance materials and standardised risk processes.
• Strong organisational planning and attention to detail.
• A curious mindset and willingness to seek clarity.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours a week, worked between 8.3am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

This is a fixed term role for 12 months with the possibility to extend for a further period, in order to cover the team during a large programme of work.

About Us:

We're on an exhilarating growth journey, and we need exceptional individuals who are ready to embrace our ambitious goals. We're seeking passionate trailblazers from all walks of life who are eager to shape the future of banking.

As a 100% NZ Member-owned bank, we have the freedom to focus on creating real value for our Members (customers). With no shareholders to please, we can offer market-leading lending and funding rates while giving back to our communities through local sponsorships and support. Every success we achieve directly benefits our Members and the regions we serve.

We foster an inclusive and innovative environment that thrives on challenging the status quo. We actively encourage our people to question conventions, push boundaries, and test our thinking. This mindset paves the way to successfully achieving our growth. When it comes to our culture, we're proud to say that we're more than just colleagues - we're a close-knit, caring, and inclusive whānau. We embrace diversity in all its forms and actively promote an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We invest in your development, well-being, and growth because we believe that when you thrive, we all succeed.

So, if you're ready to be part of a small bank with a big heart, where your unique perspectives and contributions are celebrated, then come on board and join us! Together, we'll help Kiwis find a place to call home.

Apply today to join the Bank with Heart and become part of our SBS whānau