UAE Compliance Manager, Amazon Payment Services

Payfort INT FZ LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial service provider in Dubai seeks a Compliance Manager to navigate complex regulatory issues in the payments sector. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience, strong problem-solving abilities, and excellent communication skills in English to ensure compliance with laws and regulations. This role involves monitoring standards, escalating issues, and building relationships with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in the payments or financial sector.
• Ability to articulate compliance requirements clearly.
• Experience with compliance processes in payments.

Responsibilities

• Stay abreast of laws and guidelines applicable to the payment sector.
• Monitor adherence to compliance standards.
• Build healthy relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills in English

Risk management

Data-driven insights

Job 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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