PayPal Risk Compliance Manager Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 996309029
Meet our team
This role reports directly to the Director of Risk and Compliance and is suited to an experienced Manager who demonstrates resilience and sound judgment when navigating complex issues involving a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. With strong negotiation skills and excellent written and verbal communication, you are confident in delivering clear, professional, and actionable advice across all levels of the business.
The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the PayPal Australia’s risk and compliance framework, ensuring the organization meets its regulatory obligations and manages emerging risks effectively. This position offers the chance to contribute to an organization known for its strong values and employee-centric culture.
Champion a proactive risk and compliance culture that supports ethical decision-making and long-term resilience.
Drive continuous improvement by using data, insights, and lessons learned to uplift policies, controls, and operations.
Empower teams through clear, practical guidance and by simplifying complex regulatory requirements into actionable steps.
Build strong relationships with regulators and key stakeholders, reinforcing trust and transparency.
Your day-to-day
Develop, maintain, and embed the risk management and compliance frameworks, aligned with regulatory expectations and business needs.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and business units, providing expert guidance on risk and compliance matters.
Provide guidance to business partners relating to the development of controls for reviewing new products and features and other business initiatives.
Conduct assessments of applicability and impact of new and/or changes to Australian regulations and regulatory guidance.
Provide oversight and support to the business in the implementation of regulatory change management initiatives.
Provide support for local regulatory interactions, examinations and adhoc requests.
Assist in execution of risk assessments and provide effective challenge to the first line of defence.
Provide ongoing support of issue management and remediation efforts.
Assist with the development of policies, procedures and/or guidelines.
Prepare periodic reports summarizing the business units’ risk and control environment for senior management, committee and Board meetings.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams; strive to deliver exceptional and responsive service by providing risk and compliance management expertise in a clear, solution oriented and customer-focused manner.
Support maintenance of risks in line with risk taxonomy, framework and assessment process.
Support first line in prioritization of risk mitigation.
Escalate timely and actionable information to key stakeholders.
Prepare and deliver reports for executive committees, boards etc
Stay abreast of regulatory changes and ensure the business is positioned to respond in a timely and effective manner.
What do you need to bring
Strong knowledge of global financial institutions, money service business, and/or banking compliance, including sound knowledge of prudential compliance, Governance, licensing and risk and compliance management frameworks. A good understanding of consumer law and regulations is preferred.
5+ years of experience in a large organization including demonstrated leadership in building risk and compliance frameworks.
Experience with regulators and the regulatory exam process, ideally for non-bank financial institutions.
Law degree preferred.
Ability to communicate complex matters in a simple and clear manner.
Ability to take ownership of outcomes and the ability to work with business unit teams to confront issues and drive performance.
Skilled at identifying and recommending cost effective solutions and organizing resource allocation.
Extensive experience in partnering with and advising business stakeholders, particularly in the context of a rapidly changing environment.
Strong problem solving and operational process skills and attention to detail.
Excellent ability to analyze regulatory risks in complex business processes and recommend controls to mitigate those risks.
Excellent presentation and project management skills with the ability to successfully work multiple issues at one time.
High energy and creativity, an entrepreneurial spirit and the desire to work in a growing and changing environment.
Ability to work within a matrixed environment, and cross functionally with operations and technology functions.
Ability to operate with strong integrity with the ability to handle projects of a sensitive and confidential nature.
Strong computer knowledge; excellent MS Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint skills.
Our Benefits:
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