Offers “Amazon”

Expires soon Amazon

Regional Compliance Officer

  • Internship
  • Seattle (King)
  • Sales

Job description



DESCRIPTION

Amazon is seeking a pragmatic, innovative, and driven financial services compliance professional to act as the Regional Compliance Officer and program leader for payments compliance in the Americas. In this role you will develop compliance strategies and policies that balance regulatory compliance with business enablement to support Amazon’s payments programs and services.

The Regional Compliance Officer needs to bring in-depth strategic thinking and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment across a large number of functional groups, balancing business objectives and customer experience in implementing compliance solutions.

The Regional Compliance Officer will manage a range of compliance subject matter areas, with particular focus on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) obligations including but not necessarily limited to US State Money Transmission and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) regulations. This role will work across business, legal, operations, and technical teams to drive regional compliance risk management initiatives to address risks for existing and emerging payments products. This role will also engage externally with independent auditors and regulators, representing and supporting payments compliance programs.

Core Responsibilities:
· Maintain a horizon view in order to detect and respond to new regulatory developments and issues that may pose compliance risk; educate management and guide teams in the development of a risk-based and coordinated response across dependent teams.
· Collaborate on new product initiatives to understand legal impact, define compliance requirements, and establish appropriate compliance policies and controls to facilitate successful launch.
· Manage examination and external audit processes, maintaining productive relationships with external assessors on an ongoing cadence and ensuring timely and accurate response to inquiries.
· Prepare reports to senior management, supporting governing boards and senior business leaders with timely and actionable information concerning the health of compliance programs.
· Promote a culture of compliance, proactively engaging with business teams to educate on compliance concerns, understand business objectives, and influence product design.
· Manage and maintain the policy library and risk measurement mechanisms that form the basis of payments compliance programs.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Payments or e-commerce background
· Professional certification such as CAMS, CRCM, or CRP

Desired profile



BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· BA/BS or equivalent
· Extensive experience in the financial services industry with proven experience in managing a core compliance function
· Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, ability to translate complex issues for consumption by technical and non-technical audiences at all levels
· Relentless drive for results, even in ambiguous and fast paced environments
· Demonstrated ability to challenge the status-quo and champion best-in-class solutions and problem-solving
· Ability to work within a matrix environment and cross functionally with operations and technology functions

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