Senior Manager - Ethics & Compliance

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters — to you, to your community, and to the world.

Progress starts with you.

• Support Regional Ethics and Compliance Officers (RECOs) to manage Compliance Program for relevant business units, support functions and other control function.
• Collaboration with Visas Financial Intelligence Analytics Center on activities including additional and enhanced due diligence applied to AML ATF and Sanctions cases, including direct communications and requests for information from clients and partner.
• Support RECOs to ensure that the business has effective decision making, risk assessment, processes, controls and procedures to meet obligations of internal policy and international and local regulations, laws and requirements.  
• Review of significant business strategies, activities and transactions, assessment of risk and development and execution of risk mitigation action at regional, country, program and product level.
• Promote understanding of the Compliance Program and Code and drive effective inclusion of Compliance in business activities and strategies.
• Deliver compliance office visits within the region to re-enforce annual ethics and compliance training and adherence to the Code. Assist on Business Conduct Office investigations in Iraq, as needed.
• Handle queries and questions on the Compliance Program from the business, support functions, other control groups, regulators, clients and partners.
• Responsible for business education on policy requirements, including delivery of localized training, tailored to the specific countries and business and support function needs.
• Support RECOs to ensure comprehensive reporting including local dashboard and metrics reporting.
• Continually identify opportunities for efficiencies while ensuring sufficient controls are in place partner with the business to drive process and control improvements.
• Execution of due diligence requirements of the Anti Bribery Anti Corruption Program, AML ATF and Sanctions Programs, including third party due diligence, provision of AML ATF workshops and education for Clients and on site Client AML program assessments. The AML ATF component is a significant portion of the positions overall responsibilities.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. 

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 to 10 years of experience in management of compliance programs and controls within the financial services industry.
• Bachelors degree or other higher qualification.
• Professional ACAMS accreditation or equivalent professional certification.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Arabic and English required.
• Sound knowledge on AML ATF typologies.
• Good understanding of core pillars of effective AML, ATF and CDD programs

and appropriate legislation.

• Experience in regulatory Compliance, including direct work with different regulatory authorities is required.
• Good knowledge of payments industry products, emerging products, regulations and related trends.
• Corporate experience with a proven track record of managing multiple projects in a complex matrix business and operational environments.
• Excellent analytical and data analysis skills including use of MS Office systems including Word, Access, Visio, Excel Power Point, SharePoint and other applications.
• Intuitive, highly ethical and comfortable to question and challenge.
• Highly analytical and self motivated, adept at working independently and in a dispersed team environment covering multiple and varied tasks.
• Capable of working collaboratively with employees from all levels within the organization proactive planner able to engage peers and seniors constructively.
• Flexibility to travel within the GCC, North Africa, Levent and Pakistan regions.

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.