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Passionate about making a positive impact defending New Zealand against money laundering and other financial crimes? Join Deloitte's Forensic team as a Contractor in our Auckland office as a Senior Consultant.  

About the team: 

Work alongside the largest Forensic team in New Zealand where we turn challenges into opportunities, creating enduring success for business, communities, and the planet. We provide clients with services that help them confidently face off against threats and respond to incidents.  The client challenges range from ensuring they meet their AML/CFT and sanctions compliance obligations, manage down their fraud and corruption risks and investigate issues that arise.  If this sounds like something you’re passionate about, this one could be for you. 

About the role: 

We are currently on the lookout for a Senior Consultant Contractor, who specialises in financial crime, to join our team in Auckland. The focus for the first 6 months will see you leading a small team of Financial Crime Analysts working with a key bank client to ensure enhanced customer due diligence is conducted on the Bank’s higher-risk customers.  You and the small team you lead will provide flexible financial crime-related support to the Bank, after the initial assignment you may be required to lead the team in performing other financial crime-related operational functions.  

Your typical day will include: 

• Team Leadership: Inspire and lead a talented team to deliver timely and high-quality outcomes for the client, while promoting a culture of continuous improvement.  
• Risk Management:  Support the Manager to ensure the team meets legislative AML/CFT requirements, adheres to the client’s internal procedures and Deloitte’s risk management policies through the timely and accurate assessment, investigation/requests and review of information, and resolution of complex financial crime cases & alerts.  
• Workload management: Ensure the team are utilised on productive work by managing workloads and case assignments for the team and ensuring analysts have the requisite system access and training to perform the required process steps.   
• Manage customer expectations: Support the team in managing the more complex customer enquiries, being alert to the needs of the clients’ customers.  
• SME input & Escalation: Support the team with subject matter expertise guidance to resolve the more complex cases and facilitate robust decisioning on escalation of cases back to the client, in line with the clients’ internal procedures, where required.  
• Performance Improvement: Apply a risk lens to enhance performance and operating efficiency of the team, sharing insights with the Manager to support in the provision of expert advice tailored to the client. 
• Eye for Detail & Quality: Oversee the team in meeting the quality expectations of the client & Deloitte by analysing quality check results, identifying team members requiring further support/training and taking actions to support their development. Ability to undertake ‘escalated’ conversations with customers.
• Client Relationships: Develop deep client relationships through the provision of high-quality outcomes.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you. You are someone who demonstrates strong: 

• Experience: 3 plus years in a financial crime banking environment, ideally with customer facing experience. AML/CFT and Sanctions legislation, policy and frameworks experience is preferred. 
• Leadership: Passion for developing and mentoring diverse teams. Ideally, experience in a Team Lead position.  
• Communication: Strong stakeholder engagement experience with the ability to convey complex ideas concisely and adjust communication style to the audience in a positive manner.  
• Organisation: Ability to organise and prioritise multiple tasks, as well as adapting to business needs. 
• Customer Experience: Takes pride and commitment in quality customer service. 

So, who is Deloitte in Aotearoa?  

We are driven to create an impact that matters at every opportunity. Supported by a strong leadership team and member firms from over 150 countries across the globe, Deloitte New Zealand is in the business of solving complex problems.   

Over our 175-year history, we have built a reputation for impactful delivery across audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax, and technology services.   

Deloitte in Aotearoa recognises the uniqueness of our country identified in our founding document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi.  We uphold our responsibility(s) to the founding document and acknowledge Māori as the Tangata Whenua/Indigenous people.   

Our workplace and culture 

We are driven by our desire to create positive outcomes for our clients, communities, and people.  Our purpose is to make an impact that matters. Everything we do is with intent - the intent to make a meaningful difference. 

Our shared values are at the heart of everything we do. Living these values, including ‘taking care of each other’ and ‘fostering inclusion’, is essential to ensuring everyone feels included at work and able to reach their full potential.  

For us to succeed and thrive as an organisation, we understand the importance of creating a culture where diverse perspectives matter and where everyone is given an equal opportunity to grow and develop. 

Does this sound like the sort of role and organisation for you? Then apply now! We’d love to hear from you. 

We believe the strongest teams are made up of diverse individuals and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognise that women and individuals from under-represented backgrounds may hesitate to apply if they don't meet all criteria. If you're passionate about this role and believe you have the skills, we encourage you to apply, even if your experience, ideal working hours or qualifications aren't a perfect match.

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