Senior Compliance SME

Empower Australia’s Payments Future with Cuscal

At Cuscal, your work directly contributes to shaping the future of payments in Australia. From enabling seamless client experiences to driving innovation across our product ecosystem, you’ll play a key role in delivering solutions that impact millions of customers.

Join a collaborative, forward-thinking organisation where innovation and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do. At Cuscal, you’ll be supported to grow your career while delivering meaningful outcomes.

Forward with Cuscal.

We’re looking for a Senior Compliance SME to join our Group Risk & Compliance division and take ownership of driving best-in-class compliance risk management practices.

In this role, you’ll lead the design, uplift and oversight of compliance frameworks, regulatory change processes, and risk monitoring activities as well as ensuring the effective implementation of the Compliance Risk Management Processes across the bank.

You’ll play a critical role in strengthening the organisation’s second-line oversight while working closely with stakeholders across business, risk and leadership teams.

You’ll also make an impact by:

• Leading regulatory change protocols, including identification, impact assessment and implementation oversight
• Monitoring emerging regulatory, legal and industry developments and advising on impacts to the business
• Developing and enhancing compliance risk management frameworks across the organisation
• Mapping compliance obligations, risks and controls aligned to the enterprise risk framework
• Identifying compliance gaps and coordinating remediation activities
• Delivering clear and insightful compliance reporting to senior stakeholders and committees
• Partnering with business units to embed compliance into processes, policies and day-to-day operations
• Providing training and advisory support to uplift compliance capability across the organisation

You are a highly experienced compliance professional with deep expertise in financial services regulation and a passion for building strong, effective compliance frameworks.

You thrive in complex environments, are comfortable working autonomously and bring strong judgement and influence to senior stakeholders.

You’ll also bring:

• Extensive experience in compliance within banking or financial services
• Strong knowledge of Australian regulatory frameworks (e.g. ASIC, APRA, AUSTRAC, Privacy, CDR, payment schemes)
• Proven experience designing and implementing compliance risk management frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into actionable controls
• Experience leading regulatory change and horizon scanning activities
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across all levels of the organisation
• Excellent communication, reporting and presentation skills
• High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving capability

Why Cuscal?

At Cuscal, you’ll experience interesting work that’s transforming. You get the security of an established organisation and the energy of a company committed to innovation. For 60 years, we’ve set the standard in payments, and now we’re preparing to redefine it for the future. 

Here’s what sets us apart: 

Pioneering leadership: From enabling seamless tap-and-go payments to pioneering new platforms, we’ve never settled for the status quo. 

Collaborative culture: You’ll team up with brilliant minds across disciplines, working together to deliver ground-breaking solutions. 

Room to grow: As we expand into new territories and tackle bold ventures, you’ll have opportunities to progress your career and build an impressive resume. 

You’ll also enjoy a range of benefits, including: 

• Recognition and growth: Celebrate achievements through IGNITE and grow with tailored development opportunities
• Wellbeing focus: We support your physical, mental and financial health with holistic initiatives and access to discounts via Cuscal Advantage
• Inhouse Barista: for whenever you feel like your favourite hot beverage

Join us and reimagine the future

Ready to make an impact? Click APPLY to join Cuscal today.

If you’re excited about this opportunity, we’d love to explore how you can contribute to our vision. Applications may be reviewed as they’re received, so don’t wait - apply now.

Cuscal is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and barrier-free workplace. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people living with disability, LGBTQIA+ communities and individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Note: Cuscal does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or search firms.