Financial Crimes Manager

Job Description

Azupay Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Are you a highly motivated and experienced Financial Crimes professional seeking a challenging and rewarding opportunity? We're looking for a dynamic Financial Crimes Manager to lead our financial crime operations and oversee all aspects of financial crime monitoring and reporting. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of our financial crime operations, maintaining current standards while driving the next phase of development to support business growth and adapt to evolving regulatory requirements. This hands-on role will see you directly managing the Financial Crimes team and taking ownership of critical functions. About Azupay Azupay is a pioneer in real-time account-to-account payments in Australia with a leading role in the commercial adoption of PayID and PayTo. We have established a respected position in the industry with some of Australia’s largest billers, governments and high street brand names recognising the calibre of our team and buying into our vision. Azupay is new, you might not have heard of us, but we are already handling payments for many Australians every week! Our team remains small and flat with a high density of payments expertise, you will learn fast and be delivering cutting edge payments tech at the forefront of a rapidly growing new market. Responsibilities: Manage the Financial Crimes team, providing leadership, guidance, and development opportunities. Oversee and execute fraud investigations, transaction monitoring reviews, and reporting. Review and ensure transaction monitoring typologies are fit for purpose in consultation with internal and external stakeholders. Manage merchant onboarding, risk assessments and approvals, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and internal policies. Handle dispute resolution and management, striving for timely and effective outcomes. Prepare and submit Sponsor (Cuscal) reporting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. Provide expert guidance and reporting to the business on financial crime risk, contributing to a strong risk culture. Contribute to the development and implementation of enhanced financial crime frameworks and procedures. Assist senior manager with development, implementation, and maintenance of compliance & risk policies and procedures in line with AFSL requirements. Qualifications and Experience: Minimum 5+ years of Financial Crime, AML, fraud or Regulatory risk experience. Proven experience as a Financial Crimes Manager or in a similar leadership role within a financial institution or payment service providers. Demonstrated experience in managing a team and fostering a collaborative work environment. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and assess financial crime and other operational risks. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels. ACAMS or tertiary qualifications in AML highly desirable. Experience with Cuscal merchant onboarding, dispute resolution, and reporting is highly desirable. Experience with Microsoft suite of products and Atlassian product suite desirable. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Finance and Sales #J-18808-Ljbffr