Senior Compliance Analyst / Compliance Manager ANZ

Global Payments; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments in Sydney seeks a Senior Compliance Analyst to monitor regulatory changes, advise on product and service compliance, and support a multi‑geography compliance program. You will partner with the Legal, Risk, Compliance & Audit teams to assess and guide regulatory actions across lines of business.

You will lead assessments, train staff, and ensure timely responses to regulatory inquiries while collaborating across time zones and geographies to drive compliant outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or law or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience.
• At least 5 years of relevant compliance experience
• Communicates ideas both verbally and in written form in a clear, concise, and professional manner
• Comprehensive knowledge of financial crime compliance
• Experience in the payments industry
• Knowledge in Australia and New Zealand Regulatory regimes
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to understand technical documents and legal or regulatory reference materials
• Ability to understand and apply learned concepts
• Demonstrated ability to plan and complete work within tight time limitations
• Ability to apply creative problem solving techniques and tools to compliance issues
• Ability to follow and conduct a compliance monitoring program
• Ability to provide information to a variety of audiences and deal effectively with confidential issues that are sensitive in nature
• Ability to share information with awareness of its effect on others

Responsibilities

• Monitors and communicates regulatory changes that impact Worldpay products, services and business activities.
• Maintains knowledge of applicable laws and regulations.
• Offers guidance on implementing regulatory changes.
• Communicates detailed requirements to LOB, validate solution approach and monitor status.
• Provides compliance reviews and direction for new and expanding products and services.
• Responds to issues and matters pertaining to regulatory compliance of Worldpay products, services and business activities.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Financial crime compliance

Payments industry knowledge

Australia & NZ regulation

Analytical skills

Effective communication

Regulatory guidance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration or law

Tools

Workday

Job description

Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Senior Compliance Analyst to join our ever-evolving Legal, Risk, Compliance & Audit team and help us unleash the potential of every business.

• Monitors and communicates regulatory changes that impact Worldpay products, services and business activities.
• Maintains knowledge of applicable laws and regulations.
• Offers guidance on implementing regulatory changes.
• Communicates detailed requirements to LOB, validate solution approach and monitor status.
• Provides compliance reviews and direction for new and expanding products and services.
• Responds to issues and matters pertaining to regulatory compliance of Worldpay products, services and business activities.
• Performs periodic reviews and evaluations of Worldpay products, services and business activities to validate compliance with applicable laws and regulations or detect regulatory violations, weak controls or other potential areas of exposure.
• Conducts compliance assessments and provides direction on any deficiencies detected by those assessments.
• Meets with business unit Compliance Officers on a regular basis for status updates on compliance issues.
• Monitors LOB compliance activities to verify that regulatory compliance deadlines and requirements are met.
• Tracks and validates product compliance deficiencies to completion.
• Participates in development of compliance sessions/presentations.
• Participates in training promoting compliance awareness.
• Identifies areas of potential improvement.
• Provides updates for periodic reports.
• Interfaces with legal counsel and federal, state and local agencies, as needed to address regulatory or compliance issues, concerns or questions.
• Assists the business with responses to customer compliance-specific questions and concerns.
• Participates with and/or leads customer focus and advisory groups.
• Prepares and approves internal and customer communications covering compliance issues (bulletins, position statements, monthly reports, etc.
• This role is required to work with different teams across different geographies and time zones to deliver business outcomes.
• As such, the role may be required to work or remain contactable outside regular hours due to different time zones at times.
• Other related duties as assigned.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or law or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience.
• At least 5 years of relevant compliance experience
• Communicates ideas both verbally and in written form in a clear, concise, and professional manner
• Comprehensive knowledge of financial crime compliance
• Experience in the payments industry
• Knowledge in Australia and New Zealand Regulatory regimes
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to understand technical documents and legal or regulatory reference materials
• Ability to understand and apply learned concepts
• Demonstrated ability to plan and complete work within tight time limitations
• Ability to apply creative problem solving techniques and tools to compliance issues
• Ability to follow and conduct a compliance monitoring program
• Ability to provide information to a variety of audiences and deal effectively with confidential issues that are sensitive in nature
• Ability to share information with awareness of its effect on others

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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