Senior Advisor Financial Crime

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The consulting environment at KPMG is dynamic and fast-paced, offering diverse opportunities to work on challenging projects with leading organisations across various industries. As a consultant at KPMG, you will be part of a collaborative team that provides strategic insights and innovative solutions to help clients address complex business issues and drive growth. You will work with experienced professionals who are committed to delivering high-quality services and fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development.

The opportunity : We are looking for a

Senior Advisor

to support our Financial Crime team

This role requires a blend of analytical and investigative skills built on compliance / process / control fundamentals and will see you at times being asked to advise on complex and sometimes time sensitive matters.

You'll be exposed to an exciting variety of engagements across financial crime from both compliance reviews (including audits), to involvement in financial crime transformation programmes (such as designing improvements to operating models).

As well as getting the chance to collaborate with different teams across our Consulting division and at times the global KPMG network.

You will have the opportunity to broaden your expertise through a range of interesting projects and with a wide variety of clients.

Day to day you will :

Utilise your knowledge of the financial crime regulatory environment to support our clients

Interpret and analyse policies, procedures and controls across the financial crime domains

Prepare high quality reports and documents used by Management, Boards, and regulators in New Zealand and Overseas

Monitor new regulatory and industry developments to deliver targeted messages relevant to our clients

Contribute to financial services proposals to help ensure that the risk and compliance aspects are covered

Identify and proactively respond to new business opportunities including cross-functional opportunities to provide added value to clients

Build the reputation of KPMG through the quality of your work, expertise and judgement as well as innovative approaches

Work as part of a close-knit, high energy team, which thrives on the variety of work

What you'll bring to our team :

Consulting experience and / or financial services sector experience is preferred

Anti-money laundering compliance experience is essential (preferably from New Zealand), knowledge of other areas of financial crime (i.e. sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud prevention and detection, CRS / FACTA) would be helpful.

An analytical mindset, attention to detail and an ability to challenge data, information and explanations provided

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work at pace whilst delivering pragmatic and high quality outcomes

Strong relationship building skills with clients and with the KPMG team

Positive and flexible attitude and happy to embrace new challenges and opportunities

Recruitment Agencies : The recruitment for this role is being managed directly by the KPMG Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners if we require agency assistance. Thank you for your understanding.

Life at KPMG

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We offer rewarding careers to talented individuals and a holistic range of benefits to support your life balance, whatever your circumstance. We want you to do Work That Matters, Thrive and Grow and know that you Belong here with us, at KPMG.

As a KPMG employee, we will offer you :

— Access to the firm's annual incentive scheme

— Opportunities for local and international secondments

— Hybrid working across a mix of office, client and home hubs to recognise that people have individual circumstances and preferences when it comes to where and how they work

— Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave

— Gender-neutral support for all stages of the parental journey, including access to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents

— A paid professional association membership of your choice

— Digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees

— A wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, banking services, and lifestyle goods and services

— The support, allyship and opportunity to join our many Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Affinity networks, including the Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility and Wahine groups

— The opportunity to participate in Green Team activities, as we work toward reducing the firm's environmental footprint and become carbon zero by 2030

— An invitation to join your local Social club and enjoy events aimed at bringing people together for social, sporting, cultural, family and fundraising activities

— Paid time off for volunteering and involvement in citizenship activities

— An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, subsidised sporting events, free confidential counselling services, additional 5 days of Wellbeing leave to support you and your family's overall health and wellness, access to our Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more!

We believe that diversity of background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, clients and communities. Our goal is to be recognised as an employer of choice for all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, generation, flexible work status, family circumstances, sexual orientation or disability. Further info can be found on our website.