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Head of Regulatory Affairs, Australia and New Zealand

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Lead Adyen's Regulatory Affairs in Australia and New Zealand, managing regulatory strategy, compliance, and team development while engaging with stakeholders.
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Head of Regulatory Affairs, Australia and New Zealand

Sydney

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. 

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Why you should join the Regulatory team

Adyen’s Regulatory function plays a strategic role in the acquisition and management of Adyen’s permissions and licenses required to support Adyen’s commercial ambitions. As a financial technology platform operating in a highly regulated environment, Adyen is subject to ever changing laws, regulations and standards. Adyen’s Regulatory team is tasked with the interpretation and analysis of complex payment and financial regulatory challenges, identification and mitigation of integrity risks as well as engaging with strategic internal and external stakeholders (including regulators and senior executives). 

The Regulatory team consists of international regulatory experts coming from diverse backgrounds, such as international lawyers and in-house legal counsels at financial institutions and financial regulators. This diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives is essential in helping Adyen maintain our momentum. Our business challenges are unique and we welcome different perspectives in solving them - voices like yours could make a difference. 

Head of Regulatory Affairs, Australia and New Zealand

Adyen is seeking a seasoned professional within the AU/NZ payments, financial services or fintech industry to lead and scale our Regulatory team in Australia and New Zealand. You will lead a team of regulatory counsels who are supporting Adyen to create unique business opportunities while making ethical choices. 

What you’ll do

  • Develop a thorough understanding of Adyen’s organisation, the Regulatory function and refine Australia and New Zealand’s regulatory strategy;
  • Lead, mentor and manage a diverse team of professionals within the team, and within projects;
  • Lead regulatory engagements (both internally and externally) including managing relationships with regulators and auditors;
  • Provide strategic regulatory advice towards internal and external stakeholders, in line with Adyen’s commercial and strategic objectives which allow for scale;
  • Proactively identify key regulatory obligations and integrity risks, and ensure these are addressed in a practical and scalable way;

Represent the Regulatory function on a variety of workstreams and products to establish regulatory strategies that align with global objectives and ensure controlled and compliant growth;

Who you are

  • You have 15+ years’ experience in a regulatory and/or legal function focused on payments, financial services and/or fintech industry;
  • You are knowledgeable in Australia/New Zealand payments, financial services and/or fintech industry;
  • You have a proven ability to lead, motivate high performing teams;
  • You have a strong sense of initiative, independence and ability to take ownership enabling you to contribute to a fast-growing business;
  • You are an analytical and critical thinker who finds creative solutions for complex regulatory challenges enabling business opportunities while staying in control;
  • You have strong interpersonal and communication skills as well as experience in managing relationship with internal stakeholders and/or the relationship with regulators or supervisors;
  • You are fully proficient in English.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments 

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen. 

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

This role is based out of our Sydney office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

Adyen The Hills, New South Wales, AUS Office

1/10-14 Waterloo Street, The Hills, New South Wales, Australia, NSW 2010

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