About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

About The Role

As a Senior Intelligence Specialist within the Intelligence and Threat Assessment (ITA) team, you will play a key role in responding to current and emerging criminal threats and assessing how best to implement coverage uplift where required. The team focuses on obtaining and analysing intelligence from a wide range of sources, providing unique intelligence collection and assessment capabilities. These capabilities enable ITA to deliver critical insights that inform operations and strategic initiatives aimed at combating serious crime.

The Senior Intelligence Analyst is instrumental in maintaining and strengthening ANZ's ability to respond to evolving threats. This includes conducting threat assessments and delivering strategic and thematic reviews to identify potential risks. You will provide control recommendations through effective ongoing monitoring and business process improvements.

Working as part of a cross-functional team, you will contribute to the detection, investigation, and disruption of criminal threats impacting ANZ. This role requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to operate effectively in a dynamic and complex environment.

Banking is changing and we're changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you'll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Type: Permanent, Full-time

Role Location: Melbourne

What will your day look like

As a Senior Intelligence Specialist, you will be accountable for:

Delivering service offerings effectively and efficiently, ensuring alignment with policy and governance requirements
Providing analysis and actionable insights to support ANZ's risk management decisions, driving operational efficiency and value
Offering expert advice on financial crime matters to stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making
Conducting in-depth threat assessments using established financial crime risk indicators
Performing strategic reviews to identify potential risks and control gaps, and recommending appropriate mitigation strategies
Analysing financial, behavioural, and social network data to detect patterns associated with serious and organised financial crime, including money laundering and terrorism financing
Interrogating source systems and data repositories to uncover and assess patterns of criminal behaviour
Applying analytical tools and intelligence techniques to test hypotheses, identify leading indicators, and recommend enhancements to transaction monitoring rules and internal controls
Fostering collaboration across teams, functions, and regions by leveraging strong influencing and negotiation skills to build effective partnerships
Managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders (including regulators and law enforcement), ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements for information sharing
Providing leadership and direction to direct and indirect reports (where applicable), including coaching, mentoring, and succession planning
Driving improvements in operational risk and compliance data quality across ANZ
Ensuring adherence to ANZ policies, processes, and all relevant regulatory and legislative requirements
Upholding ANZ's core values when engaging with colleagues, stakeholders, and customers

What will you bring

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

Proven experience in report writing for both technical and non-technical audiences
A strong ability to develop innovative solutions to address financial crime challenges
The ability to work both independently and collaboratively to deliver initiatives in an agile environment
A solid understanding of intelligence concepts and practices, ideally within a financial crime context
Sound knowledge of compliance and operational risk frameworks
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex topics to both technical and business stakeholders
Excellent organisational and time management skills
Experience in non-financial risk and financial crime (preferred)
Experience within the financial services industry (advantageous)

You're not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we'd love to hear from you.

So why join us

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can make work, work for them. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 115941 .

Job Posting End Date

28/05/2026 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)