Manager - Group Compliance

Razorpay was founded by Shashank Kumar and Harshil Mathur in 2014. Razorpay is building a new-age digital banking hub (Neobank) for businesses in India with the mission is to enable frictionless banking and payments experiences for businesses of all shapes and sizes. What started as a B2B payments company is processing billions of dollars of payments for lakhs of businesses across India. 

The Role 

As the  Manager / Senior Manager – Group Compliance, you will be responsible for driving regulatory compliance across domestic and international operations in the payments ecosystem. This role requires a balance of deep regulatory expertise, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure adherence to laws and guidelines while enabling business growth. You will act as a trusted advisor to leadership, engage with regulators, and contribute to shaping compliance frameworks across markets.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies across business functions.
• Formulate and execute project plans to ensure compliance with RBI, NPCI, and network guidelines.
• Manage end-to-end filing of payment license applications with regulators across geographies.
• Partner with stakeholders across Business, Product, and Operations to ensure regulatory requirements are well understood and effectively implemented.
• Stay abreast of evolving regulatory developments and provide proactive guidance to leadership on interpretation and implementation.
• Support the international compliance charter by driving new licensing applications in global markets and ensuring post-license compliance.
• Maintain strong knowledge of applicable regulations in overseas markets- US market. Also keep a track of instructions issued by NPCI, RBI and any other quasi regulator, with the ability to translate them into actionable business processes.
• Lead and support regulatory inspections, audits, and responses to regulators.

Mandatory Qualifications

• 8-10  years of relevant experience in compliance, regulatory issue validation, and auditing principles.
• Deep understanding of laws, rules, and specific regulatory requirements in the payments and fintech sector.
• Proven experience in interpreting and operationalizing compliance frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to build trust-based relationships across functions and with regulators.
• Self-starter with a flexible, innovative, and adaptive approach to problem-solving.
• Advanced analytical and critical thinking skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work independently and collaboratively in high-pressure environments.
• International licensing/ compliance exposure, particularly in US markets, will be an added advantage.