Senior Manager - Gaming Compliance

Company Description

Let’s create a more sociable future together

At Endeavour, we’re totally into what we do. With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, we love to bring people together. Together we share our passion for our products and industry; it’s what inspires us to dream big, and continue to create new experiences for our customers and teams across Australia. If you thrive on positive energy, we want to meet you!

Job Description

• Work with a supportive team
• Love what you do and leave your mark
• A pivotal role within Gaming and Compliance

ALH Hotels offers a diverse hospitality experience including electronic gaming, sports bars, bistros, restaurants, cafes, accommodation, nightclubs, live sports and racing. Our facilities are located in capital cities and urban and regional centres across Australia. We employ over 15,000 people across Australia at more than 350 licensed venues.

The newly created position, Senior Manager - Gaming Compliance ensures that compliance objectives are consistently achieved within 300+ national ALH Gaming Rooms. This critical role will partner with the Hotels management team and risk partners to embed best practice in managing AML/CTF, Responsible Gaming (RG) and state based gaming legislation. The role will lead a large national team with presence in NSW, VIC, SA, QLD, TAS & NT.  This is a newly created role and team which will help shape the future of the largest Pub group in Australia.

Sounds good? Read on.

Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role

• Lead a team of regulatory specialists focused on state based Gaming Compliance with a focus on AML/CTF, Safer Gaming & the Gaming Machine Control Act.
• Support venue leadership with escalated decisions and advice. 
• Share insights to the Hotels Senior Leadership Team on gaming compliance trends and outcomes.
• Provide subject matter expertise and contribute to the strategic direction of the Regulatory and  leadership team.
• Develop strategy to embed compliance objectives within the ALH Hotels gaming rooms (nationally 311 hotels)
• Design and deliver targeted training modules in consultation with Endeavour Capability Team for gaming employees across the ALH venues. 
• Ensure regulatory and audit findings are tracked to completion and appropriate closer testing is conducted 
• Develop and lead robust change management plans across the ALH business for implementation of uplifted AML/CTF and safer gambling processes, capability and technology
• Work collaboratively internal stakeholders including;
  • AML and safer gambling teams to ensure continuous improvement of controls relevant to ML/TF and gambling harm.
  • Data and technology stakeholders and external service providers to evaluate and implement technology solutions in support of Endeavour’s broader compliance obligations. 
  • Legal, Risk and Operations stakeholders to support uplift in governance and implementation of processes aligned with changes to AML/CTF and gambling laws. 
  • Venue and gaming managers on compliance matters and capability enhancement. 
• Engage with State gaming regulators on venue compliance incidents and audit responses.
• Liaise with external consultants and auditors in support of gaming compliance assurance activities. 

Qualifications

Now let’s talk about you

• 7+ years experience in a compliance or risk role, with specific gaming industry experience
• Practical experience in application of the AML/CTF Act, safer gambling practices and Gaming Machine Control Act Victoria
• Demonstrated senior leadership experience, leading teams of 10+ people 
• Ability to continuously explore new ways to understand and deliver on changing customer needs.
• Stakeholder management skills to build and foster positive relationships.
• Strong initiative, time management and exceptional communication skills.
• Bachelors Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience (Desirable)
• Experience enhancing organisational compliance capability (data, technology, training, intelligence), preferably in AML/CTF and Responsible Gambling (Desirable).

Additional Information

The benefits are good too!

• We offer flexible working in every sense
• An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
• Monthly meeting-free days
• Your health and wellbeing is your most important asset, and as one of our valued team members, it’s our first priority. You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big.

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

We are together creators

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of how we roll.

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

You can learn more about working with us on HYPERLINK"https://www.linkedin.com/company/endeavour-drinks-group/?viewAsMember=true"LinkedIn or at endeavourgroupcareers.com.au.

Our Talent Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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