Scheme and PCI Compliance Lead

Westpac New Zealand; Auckland; Presencial; NZD 140.000 - 200.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Holiday leave

Wellbeing days

Purchased leave

Banking benefits

Insurance discounts

Superannuation

Career growth

Parental leave top-up

School holiday subsidy

Volunteer days

Descripción de la vacante

Westpac New Zealand is seeking a strategic leader to manage end-to-end compliance with card schemes and PCI obligations across issuing, acquiring, ATM and related payments activities.

You will establish a governance framework, drive the compliance roadmap, and translate scheme updates into concrete actions for business, technology, vendors and operations. A senior leader with payments governance experience will guide risk, audit and stakeholder communications.

Formación

• Significant payments industry experience.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with proven ability to influence at range of levels internally and externally.
• Proven leadership and culture building skills.
• Banker experience with cards or transactional products.
• Payment industry and governance experience.

Responsabilidades

• Lead end-to-end compliance with card scheme and PCI obligations across acquiring, issuing, ATM and related payment activities.
• Establish and operate a governance framework for scheme compliance with reporting and escalation.
• Drive scheme and PCI compliance roadmap, translating updates into actions for business, tech, vendors and operations.
• Provide senior management, Risk and Audit with confidence that obligations are understood and met.
• Oversee relationships with card schemes and third-party/vendor compliance beyond the bank.
• Lead a high-performing team delivering customer and banker outcomes and reducing payments risk.
• Perform related duties as assigned by senior leadership.

Conocimientos

Payments industry experience

Stakeholder management

Leadership and culture building

Banker experience with cards

Governance experience

Descripción del empleo

Mō te tūranga | About the Role

This role will lead WNZL’s end-to-end compliance with card scheme and PCI obligations, ensuring clear accountability, strong governance, and effective oversight across issuing, acquiring and related payment activities.

• Own WNZL’s enterprise card scheme and PCI compliance posture, ensuring Visa, Mastercard, PCI DSS and other relevant scheme obligations are identified, interpreted, assigned, tracked and met across acquiring, issuing, ATM, agency banking and related payment activities.
• Establish and operate a clear governance framework for scheme compliance, including reporting, escalation, and assurance.
• Lead the scheme and PCI compliance roadmap, ensuring new scheme bulletins, rule changes, PCI updates, as well as business and technical obligations are assessed, prioritised and translated into clear business, technology, vendor and operational actions.
• Provide senior management, Risk, and Audit with confidence that scheme obligations are understood, tracked, and met.
• Own relationships with card schemes from a compliance perspective. Oversee third‑party and vendor compliance where scheme or PCI obligations extend beyond the bank.
• Lead a team of high performing professionals to deliver customer and banker outcomes, as well as reducing risk across Payments.
• Perform related duties as assigned, within the scope of role and as required by senior leadership.

Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?

• Significant payments industry experience
• Strong stakeholder management skills with proven ability to influence at range of levels internally and externally
• Proven leadership and culture building skills
• Banker experience with cards or transactional products
• Payment industry and governance experience

Westpac Hei Wāhi Mahi | Working at Westpac

Benefits

Immersing yourself in a supportive team environment, and receive some of the best banking, and lifestyle benefits in the market along with:

• 4 weeks standard holiday + 5 additional days of wellbeing leave to support you to be your best
• Additional purchased leave options up to 4 weeks per year
• Banking benefits, insurance discounts and superannuation scheme
• Career growth – we promote internal capability; we have programmes that recognise star performers
• Generous parental leave – and top up government paid parental leave
• School holiday subsidy - help you balance work and family during school holiday
• 2 Volunteer days per year

Ko mātou tēnei | Our Organisation

At Westpac, we’re working together to build a fairer and stronger New Zealand for our people, customers, and communities. For over 160 years we’ve been driven by our purpose to Create Better Futures Together. What makes us unique are the incredible people we’re lucky enough to have walk through our doors every day. The giant ‘W’ on our building doesn’t just stand for Westpac – it says, double you. We’re a place that values, rewards and recognises individuality. Where you can be your whole self, your true self, and your best self. We’re recognised as a place where talent is developed, where passions are fuelled and where ambitions of all shapes and sizes thrive. And it all starts with you!

The people of Aotearoa, New Zealand hail from many cultures and backgrounds. At Westpac New Zealand, we draw on this enormous talent pool to cultivate a team rich in ability and empowered to reach its full potential. Our aim is to be brave challengers, celebrating our differences and relentlessly advocating for our customers. It starts with us – we believe that when we care deeply and do our best for our people, they’ll do their best for our customers. We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodivergent, have chronic health conditions or disabilities – your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities.

Applications Close

11 November 2026