Senior Compliance Specialist

Hnry; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Hnry is seeking a risk and compliance professional to strengthen its compliance framework and provide second-line oversight across Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. You will work closely with the Head of Legal & Compliance to support regulatory obligations and drive improvements in controls and processes.

You will review operations, identify trends and risks, and prepare comprehensive risk reporting for stakeholders, ensuring timely remediation and adherence to evolving regulations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in risk, compliance, assurance, or a related discipline within a regulated environment.
• Experience providing second line oversight, assurance, or challenge to operational teams.
• Ability to operate autonomously and make risk-based decisions on complex matters.
• Experience reviewing controls, identifying risks, and driving improvements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to influence stakeholders across the business.

Responsibilities

• Review and provide quality assurance over compliance operations, including payments and AFSL obligations, AML/CTF, data privacy, and regulatory reporting.
• Provide second line oversight, constructive challenge, and guidance to operational teams to ensure compliance obligations are effectively managed.
• Identify trends, control gaps, and systemic issues across compliance activities and escalate findings to the Head of Legal & Compliance.
• Track remediation actions and improvements through to completion.
• Review and approve material compliance decisions or escalate where appropriate based on risk and regulatory impact.
• Support the ongoing operation and continuous improvement of Hnry’s risk and compliance framework across Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
• Prepare structured risk and compliance reporting for the Head of Legal & Compliance and broader stakeholders.
• Lead periodic compliance control reviews and assess the effectiveness of existing processes and controls.
• Monitor regulatory developments and assess their impact on Hnry’s operations.
• Support the preparation, review, and submission of regulatory reports, disclosures, and compliance documentation.
• Conduct internal compliance reviews and ensure policies, procedures, and documentation remain accurate and up to date.
• Review proposed process changes from compliance operations and provide guidance to ensure appropriate risk management.
• Drive improvements to compliance processes, controls, and ways of working as Hnry scales.

Skills

Risk management

Compliance

Second line oversight

Stakeholder influence

Communication

Autonomous decision making

Regulatory reporting

Education

Law/Commerce/Finance/Risk/Compliance degree

ACAMS/CAMS/ICA/FINSIA certifications

Job description

Hnry is growing quickly across Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. As we scale, we need to continue building practical, effective, and scalable risk and compliance processes that support our customers and our business.

This role plays a key part in Hnry’s risk and compliance function. Working closely with our Head of Legal & Compliance, you will help strengthen our compliance framework, provide second line oversight of operational compliance activities, and support the business to meet its regulatory obligations.

You’ll be someone who enjoys balancing compliance requirements with practical business outcomes - identifying risks, improving processes, and helping teams make confident decisions in a fast moving environment.

• Review and provide quality assurance over compliance operations, including payments and AFSL obligations, AML/CTF, data privacy, and regulatory reporting.
• Provide second line oversight, constructive challenge, and guidance to operational teams to ensure compliance obligations are effectively managed.
• Identify trends, control gaps, and systemic issues across compliance activities and escal ate findings to the Head of Legal & Compliance.
• Track remediation actions and improvements through to completion.
• Review and approve material compliance decisions or escal ate where appropriate based on risk and regulatory impact.
• Support the ongoing operation and continuous improvement of Hnry’s risk and compliance framework across Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
• Prepare structured risk and compliance reporting for the Head of Legal & Compliance and broader stakeholders.
• Lead periodic compliance control reviews and assess the effectiveness of existing processes and controls.
• Monitor regulatory developments and assess their impact on Hnry’s operations.
• Support the preparation, review, and submission of regulatory reports, disclosures, and compliance documentation.
• Conduct internal compliance reviews and ensure policies, procedures, and documentation remain accurate and up to date.
• Review proposed process changes from compliance operations and provide guidance to ensure appropriate risk management.
• Drive improvements to compliance processes, controls, and ways of working as Hnry continues to scale.
• Have 5+ years’ experience in risk, compliance, assurance, or a related discipline within a regulated environment.
• Have experience providing second line oversight, assurance, or challenge to operational teams.
• Be comfortable operating autonomously and making risk-based decisions on complex matters.
• Have experience reviewing controls, identifying risks, and driving improvements.
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across the business.
• Have a relevant qualification in Law, Commerce, Finance, Risk, Compliance, or a related field.

Bonus points for the following:

• Experience within fintech, payments, banking, or financial services.
• Experience working with AUSTRAC or Australian financial crime obligations.
• Professional certifications such as ACAMS, CAMS, ICA, FINSIA, or equivalent.
• Experience operating across multiple jurisdictions.

How we work

• We are a fast-moving, highly collaborative and motivated team that is growing quickly.
• We have a relentless focus on our customers and delivering great experiences while maintaining the trust they place in us.
• We take a practical, risk-based approach, focusing our attention where it has the greatest impact.
• Compliance is a business partner at Hnry. We work alongside teams across the business to enable good decisions, not simply enforce rules.
• We encourage curiosity and continuous improvement, regularly reviewing our controls and processes as Hnry grows.
• We value open communication and constructive challenge. Diverse perspectives help us make better decisions.
• We trust our people to own their work, exercise sound judgement, and make decisions with appropriate autonomy.
• We work hard and we finish on time, no crazy hours