Senior Compliance Specialist

About this role

Help Shape Compliance at a Fast-Growing Fintech

About KPay

KPay Group (KPay) is a leading fintech company empowering businesses of all sizes with simple, smart, seamless, and secure technology solutions. Serving 95,000+ merchants across Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and Australia, we help businesses grow through an integrated platform for payments, financial management, and digital transformation.

Backed by USD 55 million in Series A funding*—the *largest global payments-sector Series A in 2024*—KPay has been recognised as *Forbes Asia's 100 to Watch (2025) and PayFac of the Year (2025).

The Opportunity

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Senior Compliance Specialist to join our growing Australia team and play an important role in supporting KPay’s payments, merchant acquiring, and lending businesses.

You will work closely with the Compliance team and business stakeholders to support our compliance framework, monitor regulatory requirements, identify and manage compliance risks, and help ensure our obligations to ASIC, AUSTRAC, and relevant payment schemes are met.

This is a hands-on opportunity for someone looking to take ownership of compliance activities, broaden their regulatory experience, and grow their career within a fast-scaling international fintech.

What You’ll Do

• Support the implementation and maintenance of KPay’s Compliance Management Framework and AFSL obligations
• Monitor regulatory developments and assess their potential impact on the business
• Conduct compliance monitoring, testing, and reviews and support remediation activities
• Support the management of compliance breaches, incidents, and issues
• Assist with AML/CTF, KYC, CDD/EDD, sanctions, and financial crime controls
• Provide practical compliance support and guidance to business teams
• Support regulatory reporting and engagement with ASIC and AUSTRAC
• Conduct compliance and risk assessments across products, processes, and business activities
• Support product and process reviews from a compliance perspective
• Maintain compliance policies, procedures, registers, and reporting
• Work closely with Risk, Operations, Product, Sales, Finance, and Legal teams to strengthen compliance controls
• Contribute to initiatives that promote a strong compliance culture across the organisation

What We’re Looking For

• 2–4 years of compliance experience in fintech, payments, banking, lending, or financial services
• Working knowledge of ASIC, AUSTRAC, AML/CTF, and AFSL requirements
• Experience in compliance monitoring, reviews, risk assessments, or breach management
• Good understanding of KYC/CDD/EDD and financial crime controls
• Experience with regulatory reporting or compliance frameworks is highly desirable
• Payments, merchant acquiring, lending, or other fintech experience is highly preferred
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable working independently
• Commercially minded and able to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• A willingness to learn and take ownership of new compliance initiatives

Why KPay?

• Join a high-growth fintech shaping the future of payments and business finance
• Gain broad exposure across payments, acquiring, and lending
• Work closely with senior stakeholders and experienced compliance professionals
• Take ownership of meaningful compliance projects and initiatives
• Develop your expertise across ASIC, AUSTRAC, AFSL, AML/CTF, and financial crime compliance
• Build your career within a growing international fintech with opportunities for progression

Join KPay and build your compliance career while helping shape a stronger, smarter, and more scalable compliance function in Australia.

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