Are you excited by helping organisations and their leaders navigate complex regulatory issues? We are looking for a driven, high-performing Compliance Manager to join our UAE team based in Dubai, and find smart compliance solutions to business and regulatory issues, without any compromise on customer experience.
Key job responsibilities
- Keep abreast of laws and guidelines applicable to the payment sector in the UAE, and define their implementation at Amazon Payment Services.
- Manage compliance policies and controls, in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- Monitor adherence to compliance standards, suggest improvement actions accordingly, perform associated reporting.
- Escalate issues to senior management, the compliance officer and the board as necessary.
- Articulate compliance requirements for new products or business initiatives, in close collaboration with the business.
- Integrate sound risk management practices into compliance and business activities.
- Build healthy relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, be a trusted compliance advisor to the business.
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in the payments or financial sector, either in a compliance/risk capacity or in control functions such as internal audit.
- Problem-solving, positive and constructive attitude is a must.
- Comfortable in dealing with ambiguity and operating in fast-changing environments.
- Structured, factual and data-driven. Ability to deep dive into text or numbers and elaborate clear and synthetic insights.
- Proven ability to find practical solutions to complex compliance issues.
- Deep understanding of compliance processes and solutions in payments such as merchant due diligence, watchlist screening, transaction monitoring, e-KYC, identity verification.
- Expertise in AML/CFT laws and guidance in the UAE and globally, proficient in CBUAE regulations and FATF recommendations.
- Professional certification ACAMS, auditing qualification, or similar risk or compliance credentials is a plus.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Ability to communicate efficiently at all levels of the organization.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in the payments or financial sector, either in a compliance/risk capacity or in control functions such as internal audit.
- Expertise in AML/CFT laws and guidance in the UAE and globally, proficient in CBUAE regulations and FATF recommendations.
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