Senior Manager - Payments & Regulatory Compliance
On-siteWellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand
Job Summary
Maintain oversight of compliance obligations across the New Zealand payments ecosystem, monitor regulatory developments, and ensure alignment with evolving expectations for card scheme operations and issuer/acquirer processing. Own compliance for Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and UnionPay, including managing mandates, conducting impact assessments, and overseeing certifications and network testing. Lead engagement with Payments NZ, the Department of Internal Affairs, the Commerce Commission, and MBIE to represent Verifone in industry forums and assess regulatory impacts. Manage governance frameworks, compliance reporting, controls, and risk tracking while coordinating security assurance reviews with financial institutions. Support Open Banking, digital identity, and emerging payment technologies, ensuring all activities meet enterprise risk and security frameworks.
Required Qualifications
- Significant experience within payments, banking, or card processing environments
- Strong knowledge of card scheme rules, standards, and operating models
- Experience interpreting, implementing, and managing scheme mandates
- Proven ability to coordinate the cross-functional delivery of compliance and regulatory requirements
- Strong stakeholder management skills across technical, operational, and business teams
- Experience developing and managing governance, reporting, and compliance frameworks
- Experience engaging with New Zealand financial institutions on compliance, risk, or assurance activities
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working within an acquiring bank, issuing bank, payment processor, card scheme, or fintech organization
- Strong understanding of the card transaction lifecycle, payment processing, and switch operations
- Familiarity with ISO 8583 messaging standards and card network architectures
- Exposure to card scheme certification, validation, and network testing processes
- Knowledge of fraud monitoring programs, risk management practices, and scheme risk frameworks
- Experience engaging with regulators, industry bodies, or governance forums within the New Zealand payments ecosystem
- Understanding of Open Banking initiatives and regulatory developments in New Zealand
- Familiarity with digital identity, authentication, and biometric security frameworks
- Experience supporting financial institution security, compliance, or assurance reviews
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