UAE Compliance Manager, Amazon Payment Services

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Compliance Manager in Dubai, where you'll navigate complex regulatory challenges in the payments sector. This role demands a proactive individual who can implement compliance solutions while enhancing customer experience. You'll work closely with various teams, ensuring adherence to laws and guidelines, and foster relationships across the organization. If you're ready to tackle compliance in a fast-paced environment and make a significant impact, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in compliance/risk in payments or financial sector.
• Deep understanding of compliance processes in payments.

Responsibilities

• Monitor compliance standards and suggest improvements.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and provide compliance advice.

Skills

Compliance Management

Risk Management

Problem-solving

Communication Skills

Data Analysis

Job description

DESCRIPTION

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 problems, without any compromise on customer experience.

Key job responsibilities
- Stay abreast of laws and guidelines applicable to the payment sector in the UAE, and define their implementation at Amazon Payment Services.
- Monitor adherence to compliance standards, suggest better controls when required.
- Escalate issues to senior management, the compliance officer and the board as necessary.
- Articulate compliance requirements for Amazon Payment Services' new 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.
- Expertise in online payment regulations of the CBUAE and ideally from other advanced geographies.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Ability to write clear and synthetic documents, and to communicate efficiently at all levels of the organization.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Expertise in online payment regulations of the CBUAE and ideally from other advanced geographies.

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