🔐 We’re Hiring: Security Compliance Specialist (GRC) 🏢 Company: Cashfree

At Cashfree Payments, we’re not just shaping the future of payments—we’re moving fast to scale businesses at every stage, with deep expertise in powering India’s D2C and e-commerce growth.

Founded in 2015, we process transactions worth $80B annually and are trusted by more than 800,000 businesses. Authorised by the Reserve Bank of India, we are one of the first entities to receive critical licences like PA-PG, PA-CB and PPI in the sector. We enable seamless collections, payouts, identity verification, and fraud detection.

We are backed by Silicon Valley investor Y Combinator, Apis Partners, Krafton Inc, State Bank of India (SBI), and were incubated by PayPal.

🚀 About the Role

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Security Compliance Specialist to join our dynamic Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team.

In this role, you will play a pivotal part in ensuring Cashfree’s adherence to critical industry standards and regulatory frameworks, including PCI DSS and other applicable cybersecurity and compliance directives. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to drive a strong compliance culture and support risk mitigation across our fintech operations.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead compliance initiatives in a fast-paced, innovative fintech environment, ensuring internal controls, audits, and external certifications are managed with precision and strategic insight.

👤 Who You Are

You’re a great fit if you:

• Have a strong background in IT and Cloud Security Compliance

• Enjoy collaborating with both technical and business teams

• Excel at translating complex regulatory requirements into actionable internal processes

• Thrive in a high-growth fintech environment

• Are passionate about strengthening the compliance posture of a cutting-edge organization

🛠 Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage compliance efforts across standards and regulations such as PCI DSS, NBFC RBI Regulations, GDPR, and other global/national frameworks

• Develop, implement, and manage internal audit strategies to ensure strong internal controls and effective risk management

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on governance, risk, and compliance matters

• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Operations, and other teams to embed and monitor controls across systems and processes

• Conduct internal audits and support external audits and certifications, ensuring timely closure of findings

• Identify, assess, and track compliance risks, escalating issues as required

• Design and deliver compliance training and awareness programs across the organization

• Coordinate with external auditors, certifying bodies, and regulators for audits, reporting, and certification renewals

• Continuously improve compliance processes by adopting best practices and adapting to evolving regulations

🎯 Qualifications & Skills

• Experience in IT Security Compliance, preferably in fintech, payments, or financial services

• Strong understanding of PCI DSS, information security standards, and IT compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, RBI, CERT-In, etc.

• Hands-on experience managing audits and compliance programs, including working with external auditors

• Solid knowledge of security controls, risk assessments, and compliance monitoring

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

• Strong analytical mindset with exceptional documentation skills

• Experience applying compliance practices in Agile and DevOps environments

📜 Certifications (Required – One or More)

• CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor

• CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional

• CRISC – Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control

• PCI DSS Implementation Certification or equivalent

🎓 Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related field

✨ Why Join Cashfree?

• Work in a high-impact fintech environment

• Lead meaningful compliance initiatives at scale

• Collaborate with talented, driven teams

• Grow your career in governance, risk, and security leadership