RCO Manager I Investigations, KYC operations

Bachelors degree, ICA, CAMs Certification or other Compliance certification such as CRCM or CRP

5+ years’ experience in Compliance/AML, risk or assurance functions

1+ years proven ability to lead a team
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, ability to teach and translate complex AML issues for consumption by internal and external audiences at all levels

Ability to drive results and motivate professional growth, even in ambiguous and fast-paced environments

Ability to execute and deliver on projects requiring cross-organizational alignment and prioritization

Working knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws and regulations

Amazon Payments Europe (APE) is seeking a dynamic, innovative and driven Compliance Manager to join our growing Compliance team. This role is critical to ensure the rapid expansion of Amazon’s payments business across UK and Europe, develop Amazon Payments’ compliance strategies and ensure their rigorous implementation across all functions within the company while guaranteeing sustained regulatory compliance.

This Compliance Manager role is part of a team that is responsible for providing Compliance subject matter expertise across the lines of business that utilize payments licenses owned by APE and APUK. This team acts as the primary Compliance interface for product teams and business units. This team also conducts compliance assessments and provides compliance and risk mitigation requirements as needed for the approval of business projects and initiatives such as new product development and changes to existing products. The team will assist business units in understanding the tactical steps required to meet regulatory compliance obligations. Areas of expertise include fraud, AML, alternative payments, compliance operations, credit compliance and consumer protection laws, data protection, and anti-corruption regulations relative to the e-commerce and payments industries.

The Compliance Manager supports and works with other Compliance Managers and related departments in setting and executing against compliance policy, driving training, conducting compliance risk and gap assessments, and ensuring process improvements are made operational, monitored and tested in an auditable manner. The Compliance Manager will oversee a Compliance Analysts Team, and also seek to improve and streamline processes whilst maintaining compliance with applicable regulations.

Core Duties and Key Strategic Objectives of Role

Key objectives of the role are to:
Proactively identify situations that may pose significant compliance risk and guides management in the development/reviewing of applicable policies, procedures and business practices

• Participate and collaborate in the review and analysis of new regulatory developments and maintain oversight of developments impacting business activities
• Lead a team of highly skilled analysts who perform investigations on high risk items
• Participate and collaborate in compliance advisory and integration projects as well as conduct compliance assessment and define requirements as needed for the approval of business projects and initiatives such as new product development and changes to existing products
• Ensure implementation of key processes within company to meet regulatory framework
• Work closely with key functional organizations to ensure proper implementation, reporting and change management
• Provides assistance and input on risk assessments
• Work with the Compliance Offices on any emerging compliance matters, as well as escalate any key or high-risk compliance issues
• Interface with Product and Engineering teams to provide requirements and inputs for new system development, assist with user testing and represent the Compliance Operations team in stakeholder meetings
• Participate and collaborate in the review and analysis of new processes, product launches, enhancement of existing processes/SOPs, and ensure an effective rollout of initiatives
• Work in partnership with Business Units, Operations, Technology, Legal, and the larger risk community to offer support and assistance in compliance-related matters to ensure an open, adequate and effective risk management culture and sound solutions

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Luxembourg, LUX

• Masters degree in Compliance, Risk or Business
• Working knowledge of financial institutions, money service business, and/or banking compliance in EU, including knowledge of anti-money laundering, credit compliance and consumer protection, data protection, anti-corruption regulations
• Strong problem solving and operational process skills and attention to detail
• High energy and creativity, an entrepreneurial spirit and the desire to work in a fast growth and changing environment
• Ability to work within a matrixed environment and cross functionally with operations and technology functions

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