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Financial Crime Analyst Courses

Financial Crime Analysts are corporate professionals who detect, investigate, and disrupt financial crimes such as money laundering, tax evasion, terrorism financing, welfare fraud, banking scams, identity theft, embezzlement, corruption, and more. They develop and implement operating procedures, ICT tracking, and other internal controls to identify and flag irregular transactions and suspicious financial behaviour for investigation.

As a Financial Crime Analyst you could be developing operating procedures in collaboration with the compliance department, compiling supporting data (including financial transaction logs) during a business banking customer review, meeting with personnel from AUSTRAC (Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre) to discuss information sharing, assisting the risk management team with a financial risk management review, or checking the backups to ensure the integrity of the organisation’s financial records.

Financial Crime Analysts spend their workdays analysing data, developing internal controls, and writing reports and recommendations that may be used as the basis for legal proceedings. To succeed you will need keen attention-to-detail and an unwavering commitment to accuracy and data integrity.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Financial Crime Analysts earn?

There are no clear salary figures for Australian Financial Crime Analysts at this time. Increase your earning capacity by obtaining specialist qualifications in criminology, law, or forensic accounting.

What are the job opportunities for Financial Crime Analysts?

There are no clear employment figures for Financial Crime Analysts working in Australia right now. They are employed by corporate organisations, non-profits and government agencies across all industries — especially in the banking and financial services sector. Many Financial Crime Analysts aspire to work for the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), which is the Australian government’s financial intelligence agency.

How do I become a Financial Crime Analyst?

You can launch your career as a Financial Crime Analyst in Australia with a Bachelor of Criminology and a Graduate Certificate in Fraud and Financial Crime. Alternately, if you have a background in business banking, information technology, law, or accounting, the Master of Fraud and Financial Crime or Master of Forensic Accounting and Financial Crime are great choices.

Source: Australian Government Labour Market Insights 2023

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