Senior Compliance Manager – Assurance and Testing

EML Payments is a global leader in the fintech space. Our mission is to create awesome, instant, and secure payment solutions that connect our customers to their customers, anytime, anywhere, wherever money is in motion. Our Purpose is to inspire transformative digital change for our customers and communities.

As an issuer and processor, we provide our clients and partners with innovative alternatives to traditional banking solutions for reloadable and non-reloadable programs. We are agile, we are innovative. We take a partnership approach; we tailor solutions and place a strong focus on operational excellence.

Our place is one of collaboration, teamwork & innovation. But, above all, it’s one that embraces difference. And rather than have you blend in, we want to help you unleash your full potential.

The Risk & Compliance team at EML believes in rolling up their sleeves and getting things done. At EML, we don't subscribe to ivory tower compliance – the organisation seeks a hands‑on leader who will engage across the organisation and understand the practical impacts and outcomes of their work.

The Risk & Compliance team at EML is divided into two overarching teams:

• Country Risk & Compliance – hold broad responsibilities within their countries/regions and where applicable hold designated titles (such as SMF or PCF designations). They are supported in the execution of their functions and activities by a global team of specialists but maintain ultimate decision‑making authority and control via oversight of all parts of programmes and activities that impact on their country/region.
• Global Risk & Compliance – narrowly focussed specific functions or areas, providing deep subject matter expertise, framework design and execution support and standardisation across the group in the areas of Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management and Strategy, Testing and Assurance, Regulatory Engagement and Reporting, and Privacy and Consumer Protection.

We’re looking for an experienced individual, based in Ireland, to lead the global compliance assurance and testing function – providing independent review of control effectiveness across all regulatory domains.

This role requires a strategic senior manager who can provide independent review of control effectiveness while developing and implementing robust testing methodologies that ensure regulatory compliance and support business objectives.

• Lead and manage comprehensive global compliance assurance programmes covering all regulatory domains and jurisdictions
• Develop and maintain enterprise-wide compliance testing strategies, methodologies, and frameworks
• Ensure alignment of compliance assurance activities with regulatory expectations and business objectives
• Plan and execute comprehensive global compliance testing programmes across all business units and regions
• Establish specialised testing approaches for different regulatory areas and compliance requirements
• Coordinate compliance testing for new regulatory requirements and regulatory change implementation
• Drive testing automation and technology enhancement initiatives to improve efficiency and effectiveness

• Provide independent review and assessment of compliance control effectiveness across all regulatory areas
• Establish standardized control testing methodologies and ensure consistent application across global operations
• Conduct risk‑based compliance testing programmes prioritizing high‑risk areas and regulatory requirements

• Establish comprehensive testing results analysis and reporting frameworks
• Lead root cause analysis for compliance testing findings and control deficiencies
• Develop executive and board‑level compliance assurance reporting covering testing results and trends
• Lead compliance assurance metrics development and performance measurement

• Lead team development and capability building initiatives
• Provide guidance to team members on an on‑going basis, upskilling them and helping them understand methodologies, test scripts, and best practices
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