Compliance Manager

KPay Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth

Exposure to payments

Senior stakeholder exposure

Own Australia compliance function

Global fintech

Job summary

KPay Group is seeking an experienced Compliance Manager to lead Australia’s compliance program across payments, merchant acquiring and lending. You’ll partner with risk, operations, product, sales and legal to ensure ASIC and AUSTRAC obligations are met as the business scales.

You’ll own and maintain the Compliance Management Framework, oversee KYC/CDD/EDD, sanctions and financial crime controls, and drive monitoring, risk assessments and remediation in a fast-growing fintech environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of compliance experience in financial services, fintech, payments, banking or lending.
• Hands-on experience with AFSL and AUSTRAC requirements.
• Strong knowledge of ASIC, AML/CTF and financial crime compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain KPay Australia’s Compliance Management Framework and AFSL obligations.
• Manage compliance across ASIC, AUSTRAC and AML/CTF.
• Conduct compliance monitoring, testing and risk assessments.
• Manage compliance breaches, incidents and remediation.
• Oversee KYC, CDD/EDD, sanctions and financial crime controls.
• Support regulatory reporting and engagement with ASIC and AUSTRAC.
• Provide practical compliance advice to business and senior stakeholders.
• Review new products, processes and business activities from a compliance perspective.
• Maintain compliance policies, procedures and registers.
• Work closely with Risk, Operations, Product, Sales, Finance and Legal teams.

Skills

Compliance expertise

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

KYC/AML

Communication

Job description

Help Shape Compliance at a Fast-Growing Fintech

KPay Group (KPay) is a leading fintech company empowering businesses of all sizes with simple, smart, seamless, and secure technology solutions. Serving 95,000+ merchants across Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and Australia, we help businesses grow through an integrated platform for payments, financial management, and digital transformation.

Backed by USD 55 million in Series A funding—the largest global payments-sector Series A in 2024—KPay has been recognised as Forbes Asia's 100 to Watch (2025) and PayFac of the Year (2025).

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced Compliance Manager to join our Australia team and take ownership of compliance across our payments, merchant acquiring and lending businesses.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders and global teams to maintain our compliance framework, manage regulatory obligations and ensure the business continues to meet ASIC and AUSTRAC requirements as we scale.

What You’ll Do

• Own and maintain KPay Australia’s Compliance Management Framework and AFSL obligations
• Manage compliance requirements across ASIC, AUSTRAC and AML/CTF
• Conduct compliance monitoring, testing and risk assessments
• Manage compliance breaches, incidents and remediation
• Oversee KYC, CDD/EDD, sanctions and financial crime controls
• Support regulatory reporting and engagement with ASIC and AUSTRAC
• Provide practical compliance advice to business and senior stakeholders
• Review new products, processes and business activities from a compliance perspective
• Maintain compliance policies, procedures and registers
• Work closely with Risk, Operations, Product, Sales, Finance and Legal teams

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of compliance experience in financial services, fintech, payments, banking or lending
• Hands-on experience with both AFSL and AUSTRAC requirements
• Strong knowledge of ASIC, AML/CTF and financial crime compliance
• Experience in compliance monitoring, risk assessments and breach management
• Strong understanding of KYC/CDD/EDD and sanctions
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Commercially minded, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Payments, merchant acquiring or lending experience is highly preferred

Why KPay?

• Join a high-growth international fintech
• Broad exposure across payments, acquiring and lending
• Work closely with senior stakeholders and global teams
• Opportunity to own and shape the Australian compliance function
• Career growth in a rapidly scaling business