Financial Crime Risk Senior Analyst - BB & CB - North Wharf

Financial Crime Risk Senior Analyst

Business Banking \& Corporate Banking (BB \& CB)

At ASB, our purpose is to accelerate progress for all New Zealanders. We're looking for a proactive and commercially minded Financial Crime Risk Senior Analyst to join our Business Banking and Corporate Banking Financial Crime Risk team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in protecting ASB and our customers from financial crime by investigating, assessing, and managing financial crime risks while supporting strong regulatory compliance and risk management practices.

Te Tūranga \| The role

Reporting to the Senior Compliance Manager (BB \& CB), you will be responsible for monitoring and investigating customer activity, identifying emerging financial crime risks, and providing specialist analysis and insights to support risk-based decision making across the business.

You'll work closely with stakeholders across Business Banking, Corporate Banking, and wider ASB teams to:

• Investigate alerts, exceptions, and unusual customer activity to identify potential financial crime risks.
• Provide high-quality analysis, recommendations, and technical support to business initiatives.
• Identify control gaps, emerging risks, and opportunities for enhanced risk management practices.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of controls, procedures, guidance, and team processes.
• Deliver meaningful insights, metrics, and intelligence that support effective decision making.
• Promote a strong risk culture through ownership, constructive challenge, and timely escalation.

Ō pūkenga \| About you

We're looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys solving complex problems while collaborating with others.

You will bring:

• Proven experience within Financial Crime, AML/CFT, sanctions, compliance, risk, or banking environments.
• Strong knowledge of financial crime compliance, AML/CFT, and sanctions risk.
• A proactive approach, with the ability to quickly upskill, adapt to changing priorities, and work at pace.
• Excellent analytical, investigation, and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail.
• The ability to communicate confidently with a wide range of stakeholders.
• A passion for sharing insights, lessons learned, and best practices to strengthen team capability.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with a desire to simplify processes, enhance controls, and improve the way we work.
• Exposure to SQL or similar data analytics tools would be advantageous.
• ACAMS, ICTA, ACFC qualification, or a willingness to obtain one.

Te mahi ki ASB \| Working for ASB:

At ASB, we live our values of Care, Courage, and Curiosity every day. We offer flexibility, career development opportunities, and the chance to contribute to meaningful work that impacts customers across New Zealand.

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in one of New Zealand's leading banks, working alongside experienced risk professionals who are passionate about protecting customers and strengthening ASB's financial crime risk framework.

Me pēhea te tono \| How to apply

If you're naturally curious, enjoy uncovering insights, and are motivated by continuous improvement and learning, we'd love to hear from you.

Successful candidates will be required to undertake several pre-employment checks which will include but are not limited to; Police Check, Credit Check, AML Compliance, Verification of your qualifications and may include checks both here in New Zealand and overseas.

Job details

Reference # SO165633

Posted on 24 Sep 2026

Location(s) North Wharf Show all

Expertise Analytics Show all

Work type(s) Full Time

Application closes on 08 Oct 2026 23:59