Manage MYOB’s risk and compliance framework across financial services, superannuation, and payments. Responsibilities include maintaining compliance registers and controls, advising business and technology leaders, coordinating monitoring and testing, overseeing remediation, preparing executive and regulatory reporting, supporting audits, assessing emerging risks, and promoting compliance awareness. The role also oversees GRC system implementation and advises on regulatory developments affecting products and services.
We’re a leading business management solution with a core purpose: helping more businesses in Australia and New Zealand start, survive and succeed.
At MYOB, we believe what’s good for one business is good for all business—and for all of us. Whether you support them, work for them, or dream of building your own, when businesses run smoothly, everybody feels it. Owners, employees, customers, suppliers—even families. That’s why we’re here: to give every person in business the tools they need to focus on what really matters and do Big Things—whatever big looks like for them.
And for you? Joining MYOB means being part of that impact. It means using your skills to help businesses thrive, shaping the future of work, and growing alongside the people and communities we support. Because while we’re the business of software, we’re really in the business of people. And that makes MYOB Everyone’s Business.
About The Role
We are looking to hire a Senior Risk and Compliance Manager to join MYOB’s outstanding team in Sydney. Australia. This role is uniquely placed to have a tangible impact by ensuring MYOB meets its regulatory obligations within financial services, superannuation, and payments. You will collaborate with collaborators to integrate strict compliance practices into daily operations, promoting a seamless compliance culture!
You are a compliance professional with deep regulatory knowledge and the ability to translate obligations into practical business solutions. With a proven track record, you thrive in a dynamic environment where you can both “roll up your sleeves” and provide strategic insight.
What will keep you busy...
- Support the Head of Risk & Compliance in implementing MYOB’s risk and compliance framework.
- Safeguard and supervise risk and compliance registers, controls, and reporting processes to secure conformity with regulatory obligations.
- Provide clear, pragmatic compliance advice to senior leaders, product, technology, and operations teams.
- Coordinate risk and compliance monitoring and testing activities, and have oversight over remediation activities.
- Prepare and deliver risk and compliance reporting for executives, board committees, trustees, and regulators.
- Assist in the deployment and oversight of MYOB's GRC system.
- Support responses to regulatory requests, audits, and reviews.
- Identify and assess emerging risks across financial services, technology, data, and third-party arrangements.
- Drive a positive compliance and risk culture through training, awareness, and engagement initiatives.
- Stay across emerging regulatory developments and advise on impacts to MYOB’s products and services.
About You
- Extensive expertise and experience in compliance, risk, regulatory advisory, or legal positions, preferably in financial services, superannuation, banking, payments, or fintech Proven grasp of Australian regulatory frameworks (ASIC, AUSTRAC, ACCC, Privacy, AML/CTF).
- Established capability in supervising compliance frameworks, obligations registers, monitoring projects, and reporting procedures.
- Strong communication and influencing abilities, with assurance in engaging collaborators at all levels.
- High attention to detail and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Relevant qualifications in law, commerce, finance, risk, or compliance.
Our Culture & Benefits
At MYOB our values are at the heart of everything we do. If you want to work and collaborate where opinions are valued, and your ideas can make a difference, come to a place where Your Work Matters.
🎥 See what it's like to work at MYOB and what we're all about.
🟣Enjoy a flexible, hybrid workplace that brings balance to how you work, all of our centrally located offices come together for a number of in-person celebrations and social events
🟣Set up your home office with a little financial help from us, and take advantage of great corporate discounts and vouchers from top retailers
🟣Benefit from our partnership with Sonder, which supports the wellbeing of our team members
🟣Unlock your potential via in-house training and programs, LinkedIn Learning, conferences and study assistance
🟣Access to a variety of leave options available to support your wellbeing, including up to an additional four weeks of purchased leave, generous parental leave, domestic violence leave, transgender leave, community leave, study leave, and more
🟣Join our communities, built around ‘Wellness’, ‘Belonging’ and the ‘Planet’ where you can make a meaningful contribution
At MYOB, we’re all about embracing difference and backing people to be their true selves. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and big believers that the best hires don’t just fit our culture — they add to it. That means bringing your unique contributions, lived experiences, and fresh perspective to the table.
Love the sound of MYOB and this role but don’t tick every single box in this ad? Apply anyway! Studies show that women and underrepresented groups often hold back if they don’t meet every requirement — but we want to hear from you.
We’re proud to be a Circle Back Initiative Employer and we commit to responding to every applicant.
MYOB Sydney, New South Wales, AUS Office
45 Clarence St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2000
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