Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy

Empower Australias Payments Future with Cuscal 

Ever tapped your phone to buy a morning coffee or made a purchase from your favourite online store Chances are weve made it happen.    

At Cuscal weve been at the forefront of payments innovation for almost 60 years enabling seamless secure solutions that millions of Australians rely on every day. From launching Australias first ATM to being the first certified Australian fast payments Payer and Initiator in 2022 weve always pushed boundaries and were not stopping now.   

We are a listed public company (ASX:CCL) with full direct connectivity and production capability across all domestic payment systems. Whilst the major banks leverage this capability for their consumer and business clients our B2B model focuses on enabling other banks fintechs and corporates to deliver innovative and competitive payment and digital solutions to their clients and customers.   

In December 2025 Cuscal expanded its scale and capability through the acquisition of Indue bringing together two established Australian payments providers with deep roots in the mutual and broader financial services sector. The combination strengthens our B2B focus broadens our payments and regulated data services offering and increases our ability to support banks fintechs and corporates with resilient secure and futureready solutions 

We are looking for a Senior Manager Corporate Manager to join our Client Growth & Strategy Team.  shaping and executing Cuscals corporate strategy and growth agenda.  

Partnering closely with the Head of Strategy and the broader Senior Leadership Team this role combines rigorous strategic thinking with handson delivery to advance enterprisewide priorities including corporate planning market positioning M&A and strategic execution governance. The role drives Cuscals long-term growth resilience and competitive advantage through strong analysis commercial judgement pragmatic delivery and the influence to shape strategic narratives and mobilise the organisation around priority initiatives. 

This is a highly visible role across Cuscal with responsibilities for the role sitting across 3 key areas 

1. Corporate Strategy 

• Shape and deliver Cuscals corporate strategy and growth agenda including the multiyear roadmap enterprise priorities and alignment with capital and operating plans.  

• Act as a trusted advisor to the Executive Leadership Team and senior leaders supporting strategy development decision making and communication through Board materials strategy offsites and planning cycles. 

• Drive disciplined execution of enterprise strategy by translating ambition into clear roadmaps success measures and active monitoring of progress risks and interdependencies.

2. Partnerships and M&A 

• Support Cuscals growth agenda through partnerships alliances acquisitions and divestments aligned to longterm strategic objectives. 

• Identify assess and prioritise partnership and M&A opportunities through strong strategic assessment market analysis and evaluation of strategic fit.  

• Lead or support endtoend transaction activity including investment thesis development due diligence executive and Board materials and integration and value realisation planning. 

3. Strategic Initiatives and Execution 

• Drive enterprisewide strategic initiatives aligning strategic intent investment decisions ownership and measurable outcomes.  

• Lead and embed the Quarterly Business Review as the primary enterprise forum for tracking progress reinforcing accountability and addressing risks and underperformance early. 

• Apply clarity and creativity in strategic communication through concise executive narratives visual reporting and storytelling that mobilises leaders and teams around priorities. 

About You 
You bring depth across corporate strategy execution transactions and you are comfortable moving from boardlevel thinking to handson delivery. You build credibility through trusted relationships sound judgement and followthrough. 

• Extensive experience (7 years) in corporate strategy management consulting corporate development or investment banking ideally within financial services payments or technologyenabled sectors.  

• Direct experience supporting major strategic transactions including M&A partnerships alliances joint ventures or large commercial deals with involvement from assessment through to integration or implementation. 

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills with particular strength in PowerPoint and Excel producing executiveready narratives visuals and Board materials.  

• Strong written communication skills including the ability to prepare clear strategy papers Board submissions investment cases and decision memos. 

• High comfort working with data financial analysis and commercial models to support strategic assessment and investment decisions. 

Why Cuscal    

 We are in the rapidly evolving world of payments and we are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace where the very best talent in Australia chooses to work. We support our colleagues with flexible work arrangements through our hybrid model whilst also offering a wide range of educational financial lifestyle health & wellbeing benefits.    

Next Step    

If youre excited to join a company thats shaping the future of how Australia moves money wed love to hear from you.  Apply now and lets explore who you are what drives you and how you can contribute to our vision for the future.    

Cuscal is an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable diverse and socially inclusive work environment and a positive barrier-free recruitment process. We welcome applicants from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage people living with a disability LGBTQIA and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore career opportunities with Cuscal.      

 Note: Cuscal does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or search firms. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time