Manager I, Risk, KYC Compliance Ops

Amazon Payments Europe (APE) is seeking a dynamic, innovative and driven Compliance Manager to join our growing Compliance Operation 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 Manager I, Risk 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, compliance operations relative to the e-commerce and payments industries.

The Compliance Manager supports and works with other Managers and related departments in setting and executing against 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
- 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
- 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

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree preferably in Business, Law, Finance or Compliance.
- 4 years of AML, FinCrime, Risk Compliance experience within financial services or payments.
- 1+ years proven ability to lead a team
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, ability to teach and translate complex AML issues
- 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

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in risk/fraud analysis or in compliance organizations
- Bachelor's degree

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