Senior Compliance Manager

Australian Payments Plus Limited; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Payments Plus Limited is seeking a Senior Compliance Manager to strengthen AP+’s compliance management capability and help the organisation navigate an evolving regulatory environment. You will provide practical compliance advice, lead development of frameworks, oversee monitoring and assurance, and mentor the compliance team while partnering with Group Risk.

This role requires significant experience in compliance or risk within financial services or payments, plus a tertiary

Qualifications

• Significant experience in compliance, risk, assurance or regulatory advisory.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise compliance frameworks.
• Advanced analytical capabilities with data-driven decision making.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at senior levels.
• Knowledge of regulatory change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and continuous improvement of enterprise compliance frameworks.
• Provide authoritative guidance on complex regulatory obligations.
• Oversee risk-based monitoring, assurance and remediation activities.
• Translate data into actionable insights for senior management.
• Manage the regulatory change pipeline and reporting.
• Coach and develop compliance practitioners and build senior relationships.

Skills

Compliance management

Regulatory advisory

Risk assessment

Governance

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Education

Tertiary qualification in law, business, commerce, risk management, governance or compliance

Job description

Life @ AP+

We are one connected team in pursuit of one inspiring purpose – to unite people and technology to power better experiences. Each of us has a part to play in making that happen. You’ll be encouraged to bring your big ideas forward and make a difference through your work. Taking steps forward in your career whilst still having room for fun, friendships, and flexibility in your daily life.

We’re driven by our core values: lead with heart, learn for tomorrow and live our legacy. A purpose like ours takes the inspired impact of an incredible team. Ready to change the game? We’re ready to help you do it.

The Role

As our Senior Compliance Manager, you’ll play a key role in strengthening AP+’s compliance management capability and supporting the organisation to effectively navigate an evolving regulatory environment.

You’ll provide trusted and practical compliance advice to support informed business decision-making, lead the development and continuous improvement of compliance frameworks and methodologies, and oversee monitoring and assurance activities. Working closely with business stakeholders and Group Risk, you’ll help identify and manage compliance risks, assess control effectiveness and turn complex regulatory requirements and compliance data into clear, practical insights. As an experienced compliance professional, you will also mentor, coach and support the development of compliance team members.

This Role Is Responsible For:

• Leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of enterprise compliance frameworks, methodologies, standards and processes.
• Providing authoritative advice and practical guidance on complex and emerging regulatory obligations, governance requirements and compliance risks.
• Leading risk-based compliance monitoring, assurance and review activities to assess control effectiveness and identify emerging or systemic risks.
• Translating compliance data, monitoring results and assurance outcomes into clear insights and recommendations for senior management and governance forums.
• Managing the regulatory change pipeline, including identifying, assessing, allocating, tracking and reporting regulatory changes and their business impacts.
• Partnering with business teams and Group Risk to oversee significant compliance issues, corrective actions and remediation plans.
• Developing compliance performance measures, risk indicators and reporting to provide greater visibility of compliance performance.
• Driving continuous improvement through digitisation, process simplification, enhanced data management and business intelligence.
• Providing technical leadership, coaching and training to compliance practitioners and business stakeholders, while building trusted senior relationships and constructively challenging decisions where appropriate.

In order to be successful in this role you’ll need to demonstrate:

• Significant experience in compliance, risk, assurance, governance or regulatory advisory, ideally within financial services, payments or another regulated environment.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing compliance frameworks, methodologies or enterprise compliance improvement initiatives.
• Strong experience leading compliance monitoring, policy implementation, issue remediation and management reporting.
• Expert knowledge of compliance frameworks, regulatory obligations, governance principles, assurance and risk and control frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory change management and compliance operating models.
• Advanced analytical capability, with experience using compliance data, business intelligence and reporting to support executive decision-making.
• The ability to provide credible, authoritative specialist advice and influence stakeholders across complex compliance matters.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to build trusted senior relationships and constructively challenge when required.
• A tertiary qualification in law, business, commerce, risk management, governance, compliance or a related discipline. Relevant professional certification or membership is desirable.