What is the opportunity?

As an Associate Director within AML Compliance Australia, you will be responsible for implementing the framework that prevents the illicit use of RBC’s products and systems for financial crimes, ensures continued compliance with relevant laws and regulations and protects RBC’s reputation.

Within the second line of defense, the role sits in APAC AML Advisory and provides for risk oversight and advisory support to Capital Markets businesses in APAC, including Australia. The team focusses on matters relating to regulatory compliance and risk management for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (collectively as “AML”), anti-bribery and anti-corruption (“ABAC”), and sanctions compliance, in accordance with applicable legal, regulatory, and internal requirements.

What will you do?

• Acting as advisor to the business and supporting the Australia’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), ensuring local regulatory requirements are appropriately understood and adhered to. Concurrently, in a regional capacity, ensuring appropriate risk oversight and support to program management and other internal requirements.
• Render technical advice on relevant matters, including around client Know Your Customer (KYC) and customer due diligence.
• Liaise with regulatory authorities and law enforcement units and represent RBC to participate industry working group or association.
• Keep abreast of legal and regulatory changes and perform gap/impact analyses where necessary. Act as liaison with the business and support functions to understand any change risk.
• Actively contribute to enterprise AML, sanctions and ABAC projects and initiatives.
• All internal escalations, alerts, suspicious activity reports are acknowledged, investigated, and promptly concluded in accordance with policy.
• Drive AML, sanctions and ABAC risk awareness training campaigns across the organisation and foster a culture of compliance.
• Timely and accurately respond to enquiries and requests from regulatory authorities, law enforcement, senior management and internal/external auditors, in accordance with relevant requirements.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Relevant tertiary education in a relevant discipline (e.g. Law, Accounting, etc).
• Strong understanding on products, services, and transactions in the capital markets environment, gained within major financial institutions.
• Advanced knowledge on AML/KYC, sanctions and ABAC legal and regulatory requirements, compliance principles and governance.
• Understanding of compliance and risk & control frameworks.
• Diligent and competent to work in a matrix organisation and offshore groups.
• Ability to prioritise and demonstrated sound judgement and risk-based decisions.
• Interpersonal and communication skills, and with the ability to network, engage and influence stakeholders for optimal compliance outcomes.

Nice-to-have

• Relevant financial crime compliance industry credentials (e.g. ACAMS, ACSS, etc).
• Knowledge of additional languages is considered an asset.

What is in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best - progressive thinking to keep growing and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses, flexible benefits and competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Opportunities to work with the best in the field
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services

RBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or any other legally-protected factors.

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Job Skills

Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Business Perspective, Communication, Decision Making, Financial Regulation, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Operational Integrity, Organizational Governance, Process Management, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

25 MARTIN PLACE:SYDNEYSydneyAustralia38Full timeGROUP RISK MANAGEMENTRegularSalaried2025-10-102025-11-11

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.