Senior Compliance Manager (KSA nat), Risk and Compliance Solutions
Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaPosted 2 years agoJob Details
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Amazon Payments Services (APS) is looking for an experienced compliance professional to join their Riyadh team and become the spearhead of its Compliance programs in Saudi Arabia. APS’ mission is to make payments smarter, reliable and safe for every business. This position will support the growth of APS through the implementation of compliance strategies and relevant policies while striving for sustained regulatory compliance.
Job Description
The Senior Compliance Manager is a senior role within the APS Compliance team and responsible for providing complex Compliance subject matter expertise and oversight over payment products in the Middle East, with a focus on SAMA regulations. The successful candidate will be tasked with building APS' compliance office in Saudi Arabia. The required areas of expertise include SAMA payment regulations, consumer protection, AML, safeguarding, and outsourcing and their connection to e-commerce and payments industries.
The Senior Compliance Manager will:
- Design and implement 2nd line compliance programs for APS' Saudi entity.
- Set up APS' Saudi compliance office.
- Lead the digesting and analysis of regulatory change and look for opportunities to influence the regulatory agenda.
- Provide effective and timely advice on complex compliance matters to the business, in conjunction with our legal teams, on how to manage and mitigate conduct and compliance risks within payments propositions.
- Interpret and advise on applicable regulations.
- Work with legal, risk and business leads to develop and maintain our compliance policies and controls.
- Support the head of Compliance in communicating conduct and compliance risks to Senior Management.
- Track the compliance readiness and sign-off the go-live of exciting new payment products in Saudi Arabia.
- Work with business leads to identify and collate relevant information to respond to requests for information from auditors and regulators (regulatory exams) in a timely manner.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Riyadh, SAU
Job Requirements
Skills
Basic qualifications
- Extensive experience in payments and/or banking regulation in Saudi Arabia.
- Previous exposure to SAMA regulatory exams and/or license applications.
- Strong regulatory background and capability to apply that knowledge quickly with potentially limited information.
- Passion for collaborating with high energy and focus, driving results across multiple projects.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, ability to translate concepts into clear steps and communicate to technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced, changing environment; relentless innovator. Challenges status quo and champions best-in-class technical solutions and problem-solving.
- Self-motivated with proven capability to work independently and continually calibrate priorities with minimal supervision.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Preferred qualifications
- Certification in compliance related area such as ICA, ACAMS, CertPay or CRCM preferred.
- Direct experience with P2P, credit, prepaid, lending, or e-commerce risk management.