Senior Compliance Manager @ Australian Payments Plus

Hatch; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Payments Plus is seeking a Senior Compliance Manager to strengthen compliance management capability and navigate evolving regulatory obligations. You will provide practical compliance guidance, lead development of frameworks, and oversee monitoring and assurance activities while mentoring the team.

You will partner with business units and Group Risk to manage changes, report on performance, and drive continuous improvement through data-driven insights and digitisation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in compliance, risk, assurance, governance or regulatory advisory within financial services or regulated environments.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise compliance frameworks and improvement initiatives.
• Strong experience leading compliance monitoring, policy implementation, issue remediation and management reporting.
• Expert knowledge of regulatory obligations, governance principles, assurance and risk and control frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Leading development and continuous improvement of enterprise compliance frameworks, methodologies and processes.
• Providing authoritative guidance on complex regulatory obligations and governance requirements.
• Leading risk-based compliance monitoring and assurance activities to assess control effectiveness.
• Translating compliance data and results into clear insights for senior management.

Skills

Compliance

Regulatory advisory

Risk management

Governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Tertiary qualification in law or business or related

Job description

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.

What Happens Next

At AP+, we believe in the power of passion, pride and purpose. Our team is driven by a shared mission to make a difference in the world of payments, and we're proud to work together towards this common goal.

We want to remove all barriers to inclusion, so if you need advice or support with your application, we're here to help. Please reach out to [e-mail]. We also encourage you to let us know your pronouns at any point during the recruitment process.

AP+ are not partnering with Recruitment agencies for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing compliance advice

Key Strengths

• Coaching and mentoring

Why Australian Payments Plus is partnering with Hatch on this role.

Hatch exists to level the playing field for people as they discover a career that’s right for them. So when you apply you have the chance to show more than just your resume.

A Final Note: This is a role with Australian Payments Plus not with Hatch.