Compliance & Money Laundering Reporting Officer (Director)

Global Payments; Sydney; On-site; AUD 190,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments is seeking a Director, Compliance & Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) to lead the compliance and financial crime framework across Australia and New Zealand. As the designated MLRO, you will provide strategic direction, oversight, and trusted advice to senior leaders and Boards while protecting the organisation and customers.

You will establish and maintain the compliance management framework, oversee AML/CTF, sanctions, and financial crime risk, and report on regulatory

Qualifications

• Experience leading compliance, AML/CTF and financial crime programs in payments or financial services.
• Strong knowledge of Australian regulatory requirements including AFSL, AML/CTF, sanctions.
• Ability to design and enhance compliance frameworks with risk-based controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Compliance function across Australia and New Zealand, providing strategic direction, independent oversight, and challenge across regulatory compliance, AML/CTF, sanctions and financial crime risk.
• Establish and maintain the organisation’s compliance management framework, including policies, standards, procedures, strategic priorities, operational objectives, and work plans.
• Act as the designated Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and lead the Australian AML/CTF and financial crime compliance program, ensuring applicable regulatory and legislative obligations are met.
• Oversee financial crime risk management, including risk assessments, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, suspicious matter reporting, sanctions controls, remediation activities, and ongoing assurance.
• Monitor regulatory developments across Australia and New Zealand and lead the implementation of regulatory change, ensuring requirements are embedded into products, services, processes, controls, and strategic initiatives.
• Provide expert compliance guidance to business stakeholders and oversee compliance risk assessments, monitoring, assurance activities, and control effectiveness reviews, driving remediation and continuous improvement where required.
• Act as a primary contact for regulators and government agencies, including AUSTRAC, leading regulatory engagements, examinations, audits, information requests, reviews, and remediation activities.
• Partner with Legal, Risk, Product, Operations, Commercial, and Technology teams to identify, assess, manage, and mitigate compliance and financial crime risks.
• Provide regular reporting, assurance, and strategic advice to senior leadership, Board committees, and Australian Boards on key compliance risks, regulatory developments, financial crime matters, control effectiveness, and remediation activities.
• Lead, develop, and mentor the Compliance team while fostering a culture of ethics, compliance, and financial crime awareness, including training and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

AML/CTF expertise

Financial crime risk

Regulatory engagement

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder influence

Education

Tertiary qualification in Law/Business/Finance/Commerce/Risk Management

Job description

Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Compliance & Money Laundering Reporting Officer (Director) to join our ever-evolving Legal team and help us unleash the potential of every business.

About the opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced Director, Compliance & Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) to lead our compliance and financial crime framework across Australia and New Zealand. As our senior compliance leader and designated MLRO, you’ll provide strategic direction, independent oversight and trusted advice to senior leaders and Boards, while helping protect our organisation, customers and the integrity of the financial system.

Salary

The annual salary range for this position is AUD $190,000 to 200,000 plus superannuation and performance bonus.

What you’ll own

• Lead the Compliance function across Australia and New Zealand, providing strategic direction, independent oversight, and challenge across regulatory compliance, AML/CTF, sanctions, and financial crime risk.
• Establish and maintain the organisation’s compliance management framework, including policies, standards, procedures, strategic priorities, operational objectives, and work plans.
• Act as the designated Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and lead the Australian AML/CTF and financial crime compliance program, ensuring applicable regulatory and legislative obligations are met.
• Oversee financial crime risk management, including risk assessments, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, suspicious matter reporting, sanctions controls, remediation activities, and ongoing assurance.
• Monitor regulatory developments across Australia and New Zealand and lead the implementation of regulatory change, ensuring requirements are effectively embedded into products, services, processes, controls, and strategic initiatives.
• Provide expert compliance guidance to business stakeholders and oversee compliance risk assessments, monitoring, assurance activities, and control effectiveness reviews, driving remediation and continuous improvement where required.
• Act as a primary point of contact for regulators and government agencies, including AUSTRAC, leading regulatory engagements, examinations, audits, information requests, reviews, and remediation activities.
• Partner closely with Legal, Risk, Product, Operations, Commercial, and Technology teams to proactively identify, assess, manage, and mitigate compliance and financial crime risks.
• Provide regular reporting, assurance, and strategic advice to senior leadership, Board committees, and Australian Boards on key compliance risks, regulatory developments, financial crime matters, control effectiveness, and remediation activities.
• Lead, develop, and mentor the Compliance team while fostering a strong culture of ethics, compliance, and financial crime awareness, including the delivery of training and continuous improvement initiatives.

What you’ll bring

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Law, Business, Finance, Commerce, Risk Management or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Extensive experience leading compliance, AML/CTF and financial crime programs within payments, merchant acquiring, fintech, banking or financial services organisations.
• Demonstrated experience acting as, or performing responsibilities equivalent to, a Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) or senior compliance leader.
• Strong knowledge of Australian regulatory requirements, including AFSL, AML/CTF, sanctions and payments regulation, with experience engaging directly with regulators.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing and enhancing compliance and financial crime frameworks, including policies, controls, risk assessments, monitoring and assurance programs.
• Strong analytical, investigative and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements and apply practical, risk-based solutions.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence senior executives, Boards, regulators and key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, including experience operating in complex, fast-paced environments and working effectively across global and regional teams.

About the team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career.

The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

What makes a Globalpayer?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

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