About the Role:

The organisation is looking for a Senior Audit Manager, bringing deep payments domain expertise combined with robust audit and risk leadership capability to deliver meaningful assurance outcomes that protect the company and its customers.

Key Responsibilities:
Oversee delivery of audits across Payments, Payment Acceptance, Operational Resilience and Operational Risk Management, contributing to a energetic, risk-based Audit Plan that reflects key and emerging risks in the payments ecosystem
Lead end-to-end audit engagements (Planning, Fieldwork, Reporting and Closure), ensuring high quality outcomes, efficiency and alignment to Internal Audit methodology.
Provide explicit, pragmatic and commercially relevant insights to senior stakeholders, strengthening risk management practices across payments, merchant services and digital banking
Build and maintain trusted relationships across the business, influencing stakeholders at all levels including senior leadership
Drive continuous improvement and innovation in audit delivery, including leveraging AI and data analytics techniques





What We're Looking For: This role requires deep, end-to-end payments expertise combined with strong audit and risk capability. You will have:
Proven experience in internal or external audit within business banking
Strong knowledge of payment systems and services, including:
Domestic payments (ACH, NPP / real-time payments)
International payments (SWIFT, remittances)
Card payments (debit/credit)
Digital wallets and emerging payment method​
Understanding of end‑to‑end payment workflows, supporting technology platforms, and key risk/control points
Familiarity with fraud prevention, payment security, and scheme/network rules
Strong analytical capability, including exposure to AI tools and intelligent agents to enhance audit insights and delivery
Deep knowledge of risk management frameworks, including operational, compliance, fraud and third-party risk

Why Join Us:

Hybrid working

📌 Senior Audit Manager Payments Sydney
🏢 Lanson Partners
📍 Sydney