Senior Analyst Data Analytics and AI in Sydney

Business Unit: Compliance & Financial Crime Risk

Employment Type: Permanent

Employee Class: Full Time

We’ve never been ‘just a bank’. Just like you should never be ‘just an employee’. We’re united in our belief that in banking, better can be bigger, and together we’re making it happen. It starts here. With Bendigo Bank… and you. Come and be part of our specialist Financial Crime Risk team. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your expertise in a critical area of risk management, helping to protect the bank and our customers from financial crime.

We are currently recruiting a creative and data-driven professional to join our Group Risk function. As a Senior Analyst in our specialist Financial Crime Data Analytics & AI team, you’ll make an impact by:

• Driving Innovation: You won’t just be coding, you’ll help shape the strategic direction of financial crime prevention by using emerging technologies, advanced analytics, and AI.
• Creating Advanced Solutions: Design, develop, and embed new detection scenarios, machine learning models, and data-based solutions to identify and mitigate financial crime threats.
• Uncovering Critical Insights: Mine vast and complex data sets to identify emerging patterns and trends, translating your findings into actionable strategies for the business.
• Collaborating for Impact: Partner with experts across Financial Crime, Technology, and Operations to enhance our detection capabilities and embed robust, data-driven solutions.

About the role:

The Senior Analyst, Financial Crime Data Analytics & AI reports to the Senior Manager, AML/CTF Data, Analytics & AI. In this key specialist role, you will be instrumental in safeguarding the bank by designing and implementing the data, analytics and AI solutions used to detect and prevent financial crime. You will go beyond just responding to requests by actively shaping how we innovate and improve our capabilities. By turning data into intelligence, you will help protect our customers and the community from the significant harm caused by financial crime.

Key accountabilities include:

• Detection Enhancement: Analyse all available data to develop and improve solutions that detect, prevent, and mitigate financial crime threats and typologies.
• Analytics & Innovation: Utilise emerging technologies like AI to enhance detection, perform data mining to identify trends, and produce insights for proactive prevention strategies.
• Governance: Partner with Line 1 to develop and maintain frameworks that ensure all analytics and detection rules are well-governed, compliant, and implemented effectively.
• Project Support: Lead the discovery and estimation for analytics implementation related to new products and systems, and influence the design of broader projects and initiatives.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Strong understanding of data analytics, advanced analytics, and detection scenario development.
• Excellent programming and database skills, with strong proficiency in SQL.
• The ability to translate complex data and technical requirements to a broad set of non-technical stakeholders.
• A curious and enquiring mind, with proven problem-solving and time management skills.
• A degree in a relevant STEM field or equivalent professional experience.

Highly desirable:

• Experience with Python.
• Experience in a similar role in a highly regulated industry like banking or finance.
• Experience with analytical tools such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), R, or data visualisation platforms.
• Familiarity with common financial crime systems (e.g., NICE Actimize, NetReveal, SAS).
• Post-graduate studies or certifications in Data, Data Science, or Risk.

This is a permanent full-time position located in Melbourne, Bendigo, Adelaide, or Sydney. We offer flexible work options that put our people first, working in a hybrid model with a minimum local Head Office attendance requirement determined by your Leader, to find a rhythm that works best for you and your team.

Want big impact that matters? Here, you’ll know your work directly benefits the customers and communities we all serve. You’ll also get access to a great range of benefits, including:

• Flexibility means different things for different people. Whether it’s hybrid work, flexible hours, or something different, our flexible work options are designed to put people first.
• Health and wellbeing support, including discounted gym memberships and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your immediate family members.
• Opportunities to take your learning to the next level through our corporate university ‘BEN U’ or at an external provider of your choice.

We believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success and we actively encourage applications from those who bring diversity of thought to our business. We believe that diversity makes every team stronger, so even if you don’t tick every box, we still want to see your application!

We’re making better, bigger. And we’ll get there with you. Now’s the time to set your sights even higher on the future you and the future career you deserve.