Payment Industry Compliance Manager

Cuscal Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

IGNITE program

Cuscal Advantage wellbeing

Job summary

Cuscal is seeking a Payment Industry Compliance Manager to join the Payment Industry Compliance & Risk Enablement team. You will embed payment industry compliance frameworks across Product, ensuring regulatory obligations are understood and managed within an agile delivery environment.

You’ll collaborate with Product Domains, Enterprise Technology Services, Client Growth, Group Risk & Compliance, and external bodies such as AP+, Visa, Mastercard, AMEX.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of compliance or regulatory experience within financial services.
• Strong understanding of payment schemes, industry bodies and compliance obligations.
• Experience working within agile product or technology delivery environments.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving capability and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing payment scheme mandates, bulletins and regulatory changes, assessing impacts and supporting implementation across the business.
• Managing compliance frameworks, obligations registers, reporting, audits, attestations and monitoring activities to ensure ongoing compliance.
• Building strong relationships with industry bodies and internal stakeholders while driving compliance maturity, risk awareness and continuous improvement.

Skills

Compliance experience

Regulatory knowledge

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Job description

Ever tapped your phone to buy a morning coffee, or made a purchase from your favourite online store? Chances are, we've made it happen.

At Cuscal, we've been at the forefront of payments innovation for 60 years, enabling seamless, secure solutions that millions of Australians rely on every day. From launching Australia's first ATM to leading innovation in real-time payments, we're constantly pushing boundaries.

That's why we're looking for a Payment Industry Compliance Manager to join our team and help shape the future of payments.

Join us. Forward with Cuscal.

Job Description

We're looking for a Payment Industry Compliance Manager to join our Payment Industry Compliance & Risk Enablement team. In this role, you'll play a critical part in embedding payment industry compliance frameworks across Product, ensuring regulatory and scheme obligations are understood, prioritised and effectively managed within an agile delivery environment.

You will work closely with Product Domains, Enterprise Technology Services, Client Growth, Group Risk & Compliance, as well as key external industry bodies including AP+, Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, UPI and AusPayNet.

You’ll also make an impact by:

• Reviewing payment scheme mandates, bulletins and regulatory changes, assessing impacts and supporting implementation across the business.
• Managing compliance frameworks, obligations registers, reporting, audits, attestations and monitoring activities to ensure ongoing compliance.
• Building strong relationships with industry bodies and internal stakeholders while driving compliance maturity, risk awareness and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

What you’ll bring

You're an experienced compliance professional with strong knowledge of the payments landscape and a passion for helping organisations navigate complex regulatory and scheme obligations.

To succeed in this role, you’ll bring:

• 5+ years' compliance or regulatory experience within financial services.
• Strong understanding of payment schemes, industry bodies and compliance obligations.
• Experience working within agile product or technology delivery environments.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving capability and attention to detail.

You’ll stand out from the crowd if you have:

• Experience with New Payments Platform (NPP) and BPAY scheme compliance under Australian Payments Plus (AP+).
• Knowledge of payment industry processes, systems and emerging regulatory trends.

Additional Information

Why Cuscal?

At Cuscal, you’ll find a strong, successful company that's reimagining the future. And our team is right there at the heart of it all.

Here, you’ll deliver or support interesting, ground-breaking work that has real impact on Australia's financial services sector and the millions of customers it serves. You’ll innovate alongside skilled, smart, connected teams and build a fulfilling career that continues to grow.

You’ll also enjoy:

• A hybrid working model that supports flexibility and work-life balance.
• Recognition through our IGNITE program, celebrating individual and team success.
• Access to wellbeing initiatives and employee benefits through Cuscal Advantage.

Join us and reimagine the future

If you're excited to join a company that's shaping the future of how Australia moves money, we'd love to hear from you.

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