Deputy MLRO Senior Manager (18 month FTC)

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Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Primary areas of responsibility include:
• Supporting SAR management, PEP Reviews, law enforcement engagement & fraud notifications
• Manage and advise on AML/CTF and sanctions escalations across all areas of the VPL Compliance team
• Deputising for the MLRO in their absence
• Leading Regulatory Diligence (direct Client diligence and Visa Direct program diligence, where required, alongside the diligence manager)
• Support the resolution of all Compliance issues, queries and concerns, raised both internally (by other members of the business or team) and externally (by law enforcement and/or regulators particularly)
• May be required to take on additional regulatory role registrations globally
• Support the MLRO in their broader responsibilities
• Delivery, maintenance and improvement of the relevant compliance-risk control framework(s)
• Ensure compliance with relevant local legislation and any applicable local compliance acceptance criteria, as defined by the board
• Oversight and ensuring business-wide training in all matters of relevant financial crime compliance
• Provide management, leadership and direction to the compliance function as required
• Deliver change that matures the compliance function while continuing the BAU agenda
• Manage operational aspects of compliance activities, including scalability planning
• Oversee alignment of VPL's AML/CTF and Sanctions compliance processes with global policy and processes, where appropriate
• Report Management Information to the Head of Compliance, Visa Payments Risk Committee and board, including an Annual Report on the effectiveness of the control framework and Financial Crime Risk Assessment results

Leadership responsibilities

• Provide effective challenge to the MLRO, Visa Payments Leadership Team and Board of Directors on Compliance matters
• Provide leadership and direction to the compliance team and direct reports specifically, through regular engagement and individual objectives and deliverables.
• Allocate work and set delivery expectations using objective setting within the professional development / appraisal process.
• Ensure delivery through others (through constructive criticism, guidance and support).
• Help to define, evolve and promote the Compliance Mission & Vision.
• Identify training / skill-set requirements and coach direct reports.
• Exemplify the company Leadership Principles and promote them in all areas of the role, within and outside the function

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

• Minimum of six years working in a Compliance area.
• Minimum of three years working within financial services.
• Experience managing teams, in particular including CDD.
• Detailed understanding of regulatory and financial crime risks and legislative regimes related to international payments and financial services generally.
• Understanding of risk, risk assessment, control frameworks and risk mitigation.
• Understanding of operations processes and IT systems in payments processes is desirable.
• Self-motivated & high level of initiative
• Stakeholder management with leadership, direct reports and peers
• Delivery mindset
• Control framework development, delivery and maintenance
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Flexible problem solving attitude
• Commercial sensitivity

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.