BDO in Australia provides audit, tax, and advisory services as part of a global network of independent member firms. Its teams work with organizations across industries including consulting, healthcare, and legal services, helping clients understand financial performance, manage business challenges, and respond to their broader impact. The firm emphasizes trusted collaboration and practical, tailored advice for businesses of different sizes, with a focus on supporting sustainable growth.
Senior AML Consultant - Brisbane
Lead AML/CTF compliance reviews for BDO in Australia, with a focus on customer due diligence, control effectiveness and regulatory obligations. Help strengthen AML operations across a large recurring client base.
Description
- Conduct in-depth reviews of customer due diligence activities
- Find practical ways to improve AML processes
- Offer specialist guidance on AML matters
- Help deliver AML obligations across approximately 30,000 recurring client engagements
- Assess AML customer due diligence files against legislation and internal policies
- Evaluate control weaknesses, interpret findings and propose workable improvements
- Create operational guidance, templates, decision trees and training materials
- Contribute to remediation work and ongoing improvement programs
- Advise AML Administrators conducting customer due diligence
- Track the quality, consistency and timeliness of AML processing
- Handle complex due diligence cases, escalations and stakeholder questions
- Assist with workflow coordination, workforce planning and operational improvements
- Develop firm-wide stakeholder relationships that support effective AML compliance
Requirements
- Proven experience in AML/CTF compliance, customer due diligence and financial crime compliance
- Sound knowledge of Australian AML/CTF laws and regulatory expectations
- Background reviewing due diligence files using a risk-based methodology
- Ability to spot compliance weaknesses and develop practical corrective actions
- Experience preparing policies, procedures, guidance, templates or training content
- Strong analytical, investigative and problem-solving skills
- Clear written and verbal communicator who can work with stakeholders at all levels
- Highly organised, with the ability to balance competing priorities and deadlines
- Experience with FirstAML is advantageous but not required
Benefits
- Health, wellbeing, social, financial and professional development support
- Fitness challenges
- BWell discounts for corporate health insurance, gyms and wellness facilities
- Travel discounts and other perks
- Retail savings
- Employee referral rewards
- Support for study and professional development
- Enhanced family support leave
- Cultural and religious leave
- Ability to purchase additional leave
- Community involvement through the BCaring program
- Practical on-the-job training
- Structured development programs
- Access to Partners and professional mentors