Associate Director - Regulatory Compliance

Job description

Role Overview: Cashfree Payments is looking for an Associate Director – Regulatory Compliance with a strong analytical mindset. The ideal candidate will be someone with deep expertise in the Payments ecosystem, specifically regarding Payment Aggregators (PA). You will play a critical role in interoreting complex regulations and ensuring our business flows remain complaint with RBI and NPCI mandates What You Will Do: • Monitor, interpret, and analyse circulars, notifications, and guidelines issued by RBI and NPCI, and provide actionable impact assessments to business and product teams. • Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for product teams, ensuring that new products and process flows are designed in compliance with regulatory requirements and guardrails. • Ensure end-to-end compliance with the Master Directions applicable to Payment Aggregators, Cross-Border transactions, and PPIs. • Liaise with internal stakeholders to drive compliance initiatives and represent the function in regulatory discussions. • Oversee regulatory reporting obligations and manage internal and external compliance audits. What You Will Need: • Minimum 9 years of post-qualification experience with 2 years of mandatory experience in online Payments domain • Strong working knowledge of RBI regulations with hands-on experience in regulatory implementation. • Strong analytical ability to interpret complex regulations and assess operational impact • Clear and confident communication skills to present compliance requirements to diverse stakeholders • Solution-oriented mindset with the ability to identify compliance risks early and recommend practical mitigations