Manager, Legal AML Compliance

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Manager, Legal AML Compliance

Manager, Legal AML Compliance (Regional Operations and Data Specialist)

The Manager, Legal AML Compliance is responsible for supporting the operations and data Director across Mastercard’s AML and Sanctions program. The role covers all Customer types as well as products and services. The role will work cross functionally at all levels within the organizational hierarchy, providing subject matter expertise advise to senior leadership in managing, controlling, and limiting risk to the organization.

The role aims to ensure that Activity on the Network remains in compliance with Mastercard AML Standards, through Customer reviews, product evaluations, in depth data analytics, management of unusual activity as well as through the development of customized region-specific processes and procedures.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Work with key business teams to develop solutions for meeting customer business needs and advancing Mastercard strategic initiatives while minimizing potential money laundering risk to Mastercard and other network participants
• Support in the establishment of regional AML Compliance standards relating to AML and Sanctions Systems, as may be necessary to support local compliance requirements such as that which relates to our regulatory obligations
• Support in key data initiatives across AML and Compliance function, through system tuning; trend analytics; data integrity checks; reporting and tracking
• Support in managing data requests from law enforcement and internal stakeholders
• Support in providing input to periodic AML Program Risk Assessment
• Support in establishing and maintain AML Compliance Program tracking and metrics to identify trends and establish action items for program preservation and enhancements; provide regular reporting to Global VP and SVP AML, Sanctions, and Exports Control Officer
• Support in coordinating regional FIU alerts, escalations, and investigative inquiries
• Provide AML and sanctions regional support to business lines and internal stakeholders
• Assist in regional evaluation of M&A and joint venture opportunities
• Support in resolving the outcome of the regional onsite reviews of network customers and service providers
• Provide AML and sanctions expertise, guidance and approvals in regional products and services initiatives (One Trust and Studio Processes)
• Support management reporting, presentations, and metrics processes
• Support, escalate and manage Customers to the risk working groups by presenting elevated AML and sanctions risks
• Recommend process, procedure, governance and technology improvements
• Develop and provide regional AML and sanctions training to Customers and internal stakeholders

Education and Skills :

List desirable or additional capabilities :

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must :

Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.