Hybrid Compliance Lead – AML/CTF

at Volt.io

• Job title: Compliance Lead – AML/CTF
• Job type: Part Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sydney, Australia

About the role

• Compliance Lead managing AML/CTF compliance for Volt in Australia. Support regulatory frameworks and maintain compliance with local legislation.

Responsibilities

• Supporting Volt’s SVP Compliance & Risk in ensuring full compliance with all local AML/CTF obligations under the AML/CTF Act and AML/CTF Rules
• Ensuring all required AML/CTF reports (e.g. suspicious matter reports, threshold transaction reports) are submitted accurately and on time
• Creating, implementing, and maintaining local AML/CTF and compliance policies and procedures
• Acting as the principal contact for AUSTRAC, including submitting regulatory reports, liaising during audits, and responding to regulatory queries
• Contributing to Volt’s global compliance programme by preparing regular reports for the Board and senior management
• Delivering AML/CTF compliance training to local staff
• Supporting operational matters
• Significantly influencing and shaping Volt’s Australian compliance build-out

Requirements

• You have current or recent AML/CTF experience within the payments and/or fintech sector
• You demonstrate strong knowledge of AML/CTF regulatory requirements and reporting obligations
• You are able to work independently and take ownership of key compliance areas
• You show a strong sense of responsibility and accountability
• You are adaptable and able to operate effectively in a fast-changing environment
• You are comfortable working in a start-up structure with evolving processes and priorities
• You have broader regulatory compliance experience (e.g. data protection, payments regulation)
• You have experience interacting directly with regulators
• You have experience contributing to Board and senior management reporting
• An educational degree in a relevant field or an ICA qualification would be an additional plus.

Benefits

• We champion ‘extreme ownership’ – being not just the owner of your own tasks, but a key member of a team united by, and accountable for, common goals.
• We offer paid holidays (pssst...we will give you one day off extra for your birthday).
• In addition, once every two months on Friday we close down all comms at Volt - a digital detox. The whole business is officially ordered to take the day off!
• We offer a predominantly remote way of working, while still valuing in-person connection from time to time. If you're in or near Sydney, you’re welcome to use our beautiful co-working space whenever you like. If you're based elsewhere in the country, we’d love to get together in person at least once per quarter.
• We’re open to both part-time and full-time setups. In a full-time capacity, this role would expand into a hybrid Compliance and Operations position. Please indicate in your application whether you’re looking for a part-time or full-time role.
• If you want to work in a company with a great, start-up atmosphere, you don’t have to look further :)