Risk and Compliance Lead

X15ventures; Sydney, Melbourne; Presencial; AUD 180.000 - 280.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

x15ventures, backed by CommBank, seeks a seasoned risk and compliance leader to embed a pragmatic, data-driven framework across an early-stage fintech venture. You will influence senior stakeholders and execute hands-on improvements, with a focus on AI and automation to scale compliance by design.

You will drive risk culture, manage obligations, and partner with legal and risk teams to ensure ongoing regulatory adherence as the business scales in Sydney and beyond.

Formación

• Deep obligations, compliance and risk management experience.
• Demonstrated end-to-end risk experience in banking (and ideally payments).
• Compliance and regulatory expertise.
• Experience in controls automation and working across risk and technology teams.
• A passion for moving at pace and a willingness to be hands on and dive into the detail.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and embed a fit-for-purpose risk and compliance framework.
• Develop obligations and risk profile.
• Proactively manage obligations and risks within risk appetite.
• Collaborate with X15 Risk and Compliance to stay compliant during business development and change.
• Develop technology that supports automated compliance by design; provide day-to-day compliance guidance.
• Lead root cause analysis of issues and incidents and implement control improvements.

Conocimientos

Risk & compliance leadership

Stakeholder management

Regulatory expertise

Controls automation

Data-driven decision making

Change management

Descripción del empleo

We’re looking for a seasoned risk & compliance leader who is customer focused, pragmatic and outcomes and data-driven. As an early stage startup, you are comfortable both influencing senior stakeholders, and ‘doing the doing’ while working at pace. You should have a passion for driving a positive risk culture, managing risk and compliance as part of your everyday, with a focus on AI and automation. You need experience in solving complex business problems and are comfortable diving into the detail.

Your responsibilities

Developing, implementing and embedding a fit for purpose compliance and risk framework including:

Development of obligations and risk profile

Proactively managing and identifying obligations and risks within risk appetite

Working with x15 Risk, ensuring that the venture understands its obligations and remains compliant through business development and change

Developing technology that supports automated compliance by design; and

Providing compliance guidance and expertise in the day-to-day running of the business.

Manage root cause analysis of issues and incidents (including issues identified through audits and external processes), and implementing control improvements to address the identified gaps.

Risk management in line with CBA Operational & Compliance Risk Frameworks:

Develop and maintain risk and compliance tools

Develop controls and support with Control Assurance Programme (CAP) testing

Support the closeout issues through robust control design, build and testing

Manage all compliance obligations (licensing, statutory and Group) and obligations matrix

Build and foster strong relationships with key stakeholders, including:

X15 Risk and Compliance, Line 2 Risk and Compliance, Financial Crimes Compliance and x15/CBA Legal.

What we are looking for:

Deep obligations, compliance and risk management experience.

Demonstrated end-to-end risk experience in banking (and ideally payments)

Compliance and regulatory expertise

Experience in controls automation and working across risk and technology teams

A passion for moving at pace and a willingness to be hands on and dive into the detail.

About x15

What is x15ventures?

We're a venture scaler powered by CommBank. We build, buy and invest in startups that will benefit the bank's 15 million customers and beyond.

We're navigating the space between corporate and startup worlds and harnessing the collision of careers, ideas and expertise to help build and scale the next generation of digital businesses.

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