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Are you an experienced Financial Crime Risk professional looking for an opportunity to influence and strengthen risk outcomes within one of New Zealand’s leading financial services environments? We are seeking a Senior Compliance Manager to play a key role in providing expert oversight, advice, and challenge across a complex and evolving financial crime risk landscape.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an individual who combines deep financial crime expertise with strong stakeholder engagement skills and a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach to risk management.

The Opportunity As the Senior Compliance Manager – Financial Crime Risk, you will provide Line 2 oversight and challenge across key financial crime risk disciplines, ensuring that frameworks, controls, and risk management practices remain effective and fit for purpose.
Working closely with senior executives and business leaders, you will help shape risk strategy, support regulatory compliance, and provide expert guidance on emerging financial crime risk issues. You will play a critical role in maintaining robust risk governance while partnering with the business to achieve sustainable and customer-focused outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice and oversight across financial crime risk management.
• Deliver effective Line 2 review, challenge, and assurance activities.
• Monitor regulatory developments and assess impacts on the organisation’s risk framework.
• Support the ongoing enhancement of financial crime controls, policies, and standards.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the business.
• Contribute to risk reporting, governance forums, and executive decision-making.
• Assist in identifying emerging risks and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Promote a strong risk culture through coaching, guidance, and constructive challenge.

About You To be successful, you will bring:

• Extensive experience within Financial Crime Risk, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, and broader financial crime risk frameworks.
• Experience operating in complex, highly regulated environments.
• Proven ability to provide independent challenge and influence senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
• The ability to balance regulatory compliance with commercial and customer considerations.
• Experience within large banking, financial services, insurance, or similarly regulated private sector organisations.

Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to join a highly respected organisation where risk management is viewed as a strategic enabler. You will work alongside experienced leaders, contribute to meaningful risk outcomes, and play a key role in helping shape the future direction of financial crime risk management.
In return, you’ll enjoy:

• A collaborative and high-performing culture.
• Significant exposure to senior leadership and strategic initiatives.
• Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Competitive remuneration and benefits.

To apply for this position, please visit www.h2r.co.nz and refer to reference number . For further information please contact Chavvah on 09 368 7300. All applications will be acknowledged by email.