Regional Compliance Director, Philippines

Our Purpose

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Title and Summary

Regional Compliance Director, Philippines

Overview:

Mastercard Transaction Services (MTS) is the Global arm of Mastercard that provides regulated payment services in a number of key regions globally.


Role:

As the Regional Compliance Director, you will oversee the operations of our Manila Shared Service Centre and lead the growth and development of our teams in Philippines.

This entails the strategic partnerships with APAC Regional stakeholders from the MTS Compliance, the product and regional business teams, to manage and mitigate the operational risks in the region.

You will also be assessing high risk customers, forming a considered judgement and presenting a case to relevant committees, settlement banks and regulators. If necessary, travel to conduct on-site reviews as well.


All about you:

• At least 10 years of relevant experience in anti-money laundering roles in large and regulated financial services organizations in the region with direct accountability to a regulator.

• Possesses a deep understanding of the banking and payments Regulatory landscape in the Philippines and APAC region.

• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills in addition to coaching and developing your team.

• Sound understanding the key money laundering, sanctions and fraud risks of operating in the Philippines and how to mitigate them. You will be used to maintaining a dialogue with regulatory bodies and protecting the licence and reputation of the organization.

• Great network of contacts within the Payments industry that enable you to stay in touch with emerging regional trends.

• Assessing high risk customers, forming a considered judgement and presenting a case to relevant committees, settlement banks and regulators. If necessary you will be need to travel to conduct on site reviews.

• You will be working with colleagues across the world and will need the ability to adapt to, and work with, different cultures.

• Oral and Written fluency in English, Philipino and Tagalog. Additional regional languages would also be advantageous but are not essential.

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.