Senior Audit Manager - (Payments)

Lanson Partners; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Lanson Partners is seeking a Senior Audit Manager with deep payments domain expertise and strong audit and risk leadership capabilities to deliver meaningful assurance outcomes for the company and its customers.

You will oversee audits across Payments, Payment Acceptance, Operational Resilience and Operational Risk Management, lead end-to-end engagements, and provide pragmatic insights to senior stakeholders while driving continuous improvement in audit delivery using AI and data analytics.

Qualifications

• Deep end-to-end payments expertise combined with strong audit and risk capability.
• Experience in internal or external audit within business banking.
• Knowledge of payment systems: domestic, international, card, digital wallets.
• Understanding of end-to-end payment workflows and supporting platforms.
• Familiarity with fraud prevention, payment security, and scheme rules.
• Experience using AI tools and data analytics to enhance audit insights.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of audits across Payments, Payment Acceptance, Operational Resilience and Operational Risk Management.
• Lead end-to-end audit engagements (Planning, Fieldwork, Reporting and Closure).
• Provide clear, pragmatic insights to senior stakeholders across payments, merchant services and digital banking.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships across the business, influencing stakeholders at all levels including senior leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in audit delivery, including leveraging AI and data analytics techniques.

Skills

Payments domain expertise

Audit leadership

Risk leadership

Stakeholder management

AI/data analytics familiarity

Job description

About the Role:

The organisation is looking for a Senior Audit Manager, bringingdeep payments domain expertise combined with strong audit and risk leadership capability to deliver meaningful assurance outcomes that protect the company and its customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee delivery of audits across Payments, Payment Acceptance, Operational Resilience and Operational Risk Management, contributing to a dynamic, risk-based Audit Plan that reflects key and emerging risks in the payments ecosystem
• Lead end-to-end audit engagements (Planning, Fieldwork, Reporting and Closure), ensuring high quality outcomes, efficiency and alignment to Internal Audit methodology.
• Provide clear, pragmatic and commercially relevant insights to senior stakeholders, strengthening risk management practices across payments, merchant services and digital banking
• Build and maintain trusted relationships across the business, influencing stakeholders at all levels including senior leadership
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in audit delivery, including leveragingAI and data analyticstechniques

What We're Looking For:

This role requires deep, end-to-end payments expertise combined with strong audit and risk capability. You will have:

• Proven experience in internal or external audit within business banking
• Strong knowledge of payment systems and services, including:
  • Domestic payments (ACH, NPP / real-time payments)
  • International payments (SWIFT, remittances)
  • Card payments (debit/credit)
  • Digital wallets and emerging payment method
• Understanding of end‑to‑end payment workflows, supporting technology platforms, and key risk/control points
• Familiarity with fraud prevention, payment security, and scheme/network rules
• Strong analytical capability, including exposure to AI tools and intelligent agents to enhance audit insights and delivery
• Deep knowledge of risk management frameworks, including operational, compliance, fraud and third-party risk

Why Join Us:

• Hybrid working