5+ years of experience in banking, payments and/or e-commerce companies within a second or third line of defense function.
- Prior knowledge of North America or Latin America regulatory landscape especially on the level of financial crime compliance regulations.
- Experience advising, supervising, interpreting and communicating complex regulations to a diverse audience;
- Demonstrable experience of influencing stakeholders and senior stakeholders;
- Proven strong written and verbal communication skills;
- Proven experience in leading or supervising others to deliver multiple projects and/or reports on time and at the highest standards;
- Passion for collaborating with high energy and focus, driving results across multiple assurance reviews.
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced, changing environment; relentless innovator.
- Demonstrated capability to challenge status quo and champion best-in-class technical solutions and problem solving.
Come build the future with us!
At Amazon we expect no more and no less from you. Ever since Amazon opened its virtual doors, our aim has been to become the most customer-centric company in the world. How? By having people like you who make sure that our customers can find everything that they are looking for online - at great value and convenience. Immerse yourself in an environment that is fast-paced, growing and continuously innovating to offer great opportunities for our customers and for you!
Key job responsibilities
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge and solid understanding of relevant regulations (Preferably US, Mexico or Brazil regulations);
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge and solid understanding of relevant anti-money laundering, countering terrorism and consumer protection regulations.
- Significantly contribute to the design, development, implementation, and execution of compliance assurance testing, lead issue validation activities with stakeholders and report to Senior Management;
- Ability to learn and understand business processes, regulations, internal controls, and develop meaningful tests to determine control design adequacy and operating effectiveness;
- Perform operational deep dives to understand and find gaps in compliance-related processes and services;
- Identify and assess inherent and residual risks related to control deficiencies;
- Work with compliance office personnel, business units legal, and technology partners to identify deficiencies in internal controls and operational processes and identify root cause of issues;
- Participate in process improvement initiatives, including identifying and implementing best practices in effective and innovative ways.
- Continuously Identify industry best practices and contribute to the improvement of the Assurance Program;
- Embrace the use of data analytics to increase value and reduce costs of compliance-related assurance activities;
- Manage several projects simultaneously with precision and accuracy.
About the team
Inclusive team culture
At Amazon we embrace our differences and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Mexico City, DIF, MEX
- Prior knowledge in Mexico Regulations across several sectors (Payment Institutions, Issuers, Acquirers) etc. experience in gift cards compliance schemes is a strong plus;
- Prior Knowledge or experience in financial crime and terrorism regulations;
- Familiarity with digital payments, new payment methods, safeguarding and settlement mechanisms;
- Certification in Internal Audit Risk Management, Governance and Financial Crime such as such as FRM, PMI-RMP, CAMS etc.