Compliance Manager

seek.com.au; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Seek is seeking a Compliance Manager to own the day-to-day compliance framework and keep the regulatory obligations register current for a regulated trustee, fund administration and family office platform in Melbourne.

You will act as a primary liaison with ASIC/AUSTRAC, translate evolving requirements into practical process changes, and lead governance of incidents and breaches while delivering training and regular board reporting.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in law, commerce, finance, risk or related discipline.
• 5 years in compliance within financial services, funds management, trustee services or a regulated environment.
• Solid knowledge of the Corporations Act 2001, AFS licensing obligations and ASIC guidance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain day-to-day ASIC and AUSTRAC compliance program and regulatory obligations register with owners, controls and monitoring cadence.
• Design, maintain and test compliance frameworks, policies and controls against ASIC and AUSTRAC requirements including 2026 AML/CTF reforms.
• Act as primary contact for ASIC/AUSTRAC, translating requirements into practical business change and controls.
• Oversee and deliver regulatory and AML/CTF training, evidencing competency and completion.
• Lead incident and breach governance, root-cause analysis and remediation to close issues.
• Prepare compliance reporting and assurance for Executive leadership and Board, including status, trends and reform-readiness.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

AML/CTF

Governance

Risk management

Education

Tertiary qualification in law, commerce, finance, risk

Job description

A regulated trustee, fund administration and family office platform is seeking a Compliance Manager to own the day-to-day operation of the compliance framework, keep the regulatory obligations register current and defensible, and give Executive leadership and the Board assurance that the licence and its AML/CTF program are being run to standard.

Key Responsibilities:

Maintain the day-to-day ASIC and AUSTRAC compliance program and regulatory obligations register, ensuring every licence condition, reportable situation and AML/CTF obligation is mapped to an owner, a control and a monitoring cadence

Design, maintain and test compliance frameworks, policies and controls against ASIC (AFS licensing, RG 104, RG 105, reportable situations/breach reporting) and AUSTRAC (AML/CTF Act, ML/TF risk assessment, CDD, transaction and suspicious matter reporting) requirements, including implementation of the 2026 AML/CTF reforms

Act as a primary point of contact for ASIC and AUSTRAC, interpreting new and amended requirements and translating them into practical business change, process and control

Oversee and deliver regulatory and AML/CTF training for staff and authorised representatives, evidencing competency and completion

Lead incident and breach governance, quality oversight, root-cause analysis and identification of systemic issues, driving remediation to close

Prepare compliance reporting and assurance for Executive leadership, Board Committees and the Board, including obligations status, incident trends, breach reporting and reform-readiness

Skills and Experience

Tertiary qualification in law, commerce, finance, risk or a related discipline

5 years in compliance within financial services, funds management, trustee services or a comparable regulated environment

Working knowledge of the Corporations Act 2001, AFS licensing obligations and ASIC regulatory guidance

Practical, current knowledge of the AML/CTF Act and the 2026 reforms; experience standing up or uplifting an AML/CTF program is highly regarded

Experience acting as, or supporting, an AML/CTF Compliance Officer is an advantage

A style that translates regulation into operable controls rather than just reading rules, with strong drafting, register discipline and evidence trail, sound judgement under regulator scrutiny, and comfort operating in a high-growth, high-risk group spanning gambling, payments, technology and media