Compliance Manager

3 weeks ago
Full-time
Lead
Legal
Affirm

Affirm

Affirm offers a transparent buy now, pay later service founded in 2012 by Max Levchin. No late fees or surprises, just a responsible way to pay over time for your favorite brands.

Diversified Financial Services
1K-5K
Founded 2012

Description

  • Own and oversee the Australian regulatory compliance framework for consumer credit and related financial services.
  • Maintain compliance arrangements that support Australian credit licence obligations and track regulatory change.
  • Lead ASIC examinations, inquiries, information requests, licence interactions, and other supervisory engagement.
  • Oversee regulatory notifications and reporting, including reportable situations, internal dispute resolution data, licence updates, and filings.
  • Maintain the Australian regulatory obligations register and compliance risk assessment process.
  • Set remediation priorities and oversee root-cause analysis, corrective actions, consumer remediation, and control improvements.
  • Monitor compliance metrics and risk indicators across lending, governance, complaints, hardship, collections, disclosures, marketing, and consumer outcomes.
  • Assess incidents and breaches, determine reportability, and escalate material regulatory risks through governance channels.
  • Manage, coach, and develop junior compliance professionals and allocate team resources.
  • Partner with Product, Legal, Credit, Marketing, Servicing, Operations, Privacy, Analytics, and Engineering on new products and business initiatives.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of regulatory compliance experience in an Australian regulated financial services, consumer credit, payments, or fintech environment.
  • Prior people management experience required.
  • Strong working knowledge of Australian consumer credit and conduct regulation, ASIC expectations, Australian credit licensing, responsible lending, product governance, complaints, and breach-reporting requirements.
  • Ability to translate regulatory interpretation into practical business decisions.
  • Experience leading regulatory change, obligations management, compliance monitoring and testing, breach and reportable-situations processes, complaints oversight, regulatory reporting, and remediation programs.
  • Demonstrated experience managing teams, setting priorities, and driving program execution.
  • Strong judgment and decision-making capability.
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate clearly with executives.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced fintech environment.
  • Bachelor’s degree required; legal, compliance, risk, governance, or financial services qualification preferred.

Benefits

  • AUD base pay range of $135,000 to $205,000 per year.
  • Equity eligibility through Affirm Holdings, Inc.
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending.
  • 100% subsidized medical coverage, plus dental and vision for employees and dependents.
  • Remote-first work environment with flexibility to work almost anywhere in the country of employment.
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
  • Health care coverage with all premiums covered for employees and dependents.
  • Employee stock purchase plan at a discount.

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