Deputy Chief Compliance Officer in Sydney

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The Role

We are seeking an experienced Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Financial Services to join our Line 2 Compliance function at Afterpay ANZ. This is a fantastic opportunity for candidates looking to innovate and help provide financial services compliance advisory, licensing, governance and frameworks services and support across all Afterpay business units in Australia and New Zealand. This role must be based in Australia, preferably in Sydney or Melbourne, and will report directly to the Head of Compliance for Afterpay ANZ.

You Will

• Support the Head of Compliance to ensure the Compliance Function and the Compliance Risk Management Framework operates effectively and meets regulatory expectations.
• Lead the Compliance Framework and Program, ensuring it is comprehensive and sustainable; this includes documenting and maintaining policies, standards, and procedures for all aspects of the program.
• Work with the business, global risk and compliance functions to build, embed and maintain governance, risk and compliance frameworks to support regulated financial services products.
• Maintain Afterpay's Australian Credit License, which includes governance, compliance oversight and due diligence, and the compilation and submission of the annual compliance certificate requirements with ASIC.
• Manage all monitoring, reporting, audit and testing activities, including all reporting to our regulators, Board and internal Governance committees.
• Assist the business with compliance incident management and potential reportable situation assessments.
• Lead and manage projects to assess, implement and monitor adherence to new regulatory obligations and policies.
• Oversee compliance risk assessments on new financial products, services and initiatives to ensure they meet Compliance Framework and Program requirements.
• Manage databases, registers and other records relating to compliance risk management.
• Work with the business to enhance awareness and educate on compliance risks, mitigation strategies and options.
• Advise internal management and business partners on the implementation and operation of compliance programs.
• Report on compliance risks, trends and key performance metrics.
• Drive a strong risk culture and awareness in day-to-day business decisions.

You Have

• 10+ years experience as a compliance and risk professional in Australian financial services environments, with knowledge of obligations as they apply to regulated financial services products, and maintenance of financial services regulatory licenses.
• Experience building and maintaining frameworks to support regulated financial services products.
• Knowledge of and experience with regulatory interactions and investigations including managing information requests and audits, and developing and tracking management action plans.
• Deep knowledge of financial services regulation and compliance subject matter expertise on a broad range of financial services areas.
• Experience identifying, recording and overseeing the remediation of incidents and issues and escalating/reporting them to the appropriate teams and/or regulators.
• Tertiary qualified in relevant discipline.
• You have a data and technical focus, with an ability to analyze, assess and operationalize new and emerging regulatory obligations.

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to identity or other legally protected class.

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible.

Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want.

• Remote work
• Medical insurance
• Flexible time off
• Retirement savings plans
• Modern family planning

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