This position will be responsible for coverage of paymentsand business lending second line of defence compliance that applyto all activity of Amazon Payments UK and Amazon Capital ServicesLimited.
This role operates within the Risk andCompliance Services (RCS) function, reporting to the ChiefCompliance Officer (CCO) and Money Laundering Reporting Officer(MLRO).
It has delegated authority from the MLRO to mitigateregulatory and legal risk and to provide Financial Crime-relatedguidance for our UK entities.
This role supports the CCO and MLROin the development and maintenance of a compliant and effectiverisk-proportionate financial crime framework across Amazon PaymentsUK and Amazon Capital Services Limited, as well as beingresponsible for several key aspects of the financial crime program.The focus will be on payments and business lending financial crimecompliance.
Key jobresponsibilities • To assist the MLRO in ensuring Amazonoperates in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirementsin and Amazon standards relating to Anti-Money Laundering andCounter Terrorism Financing, Anti Bribery, Criminal Finances andFraud.
• Producing annual MLRO report.
This includes boththe annual renewal and ongoing monitoring of relevant developmentsboth internally and externally (e.g.
new products, risks,regulations etc.).
• To act as the Financial Crime pointof contact for risk assessments being conducted on any new productsor current products with a material change.
• Enhancingour oversight mechanisms and metrics for financial crime oversightof the second line compliance team.
• To own andcontinually refine the second line oversight and monitoring of thecontrol framework covering financial crime surveillance technologyfor customer screening, and transaction monitoring and reporting.
• To support the MLRO in defining the appropriate listsand rules to be used to screen customers and monitor transactionsfor suspicious activity.
• To review managementinformation and data reports, perform trend analysis and identifyrisks and issues.
Pro-actively manage financial and economic crimerisks.
• Advise on Compliance and AML/CTF Policyinterpretation and working with the Business to resolve significantbreaches and violations of such policies, and external reportingwhen required.
• Oversee and conduct ongoing training toBusiness team members, the Board Directors to reinforce theimportance of the RCS financial crime compliance program and theapplicability of the RCS policies and procedures, and the threelines of defence model for managing financial crimerisk.
• To manage a small technical team charged withproviding management information, reporting, analytics, and systemsupport.
• To assist the MLRO by providing thoughtleadership & executive challenge on Financial Crime Prevention,thereby ensuring high profile, focus and a robust controlenvironment.
• To lead and manage Financial CrimePrevention projects and initiatives, developing and implementingclear and measurable plans that ensure the business is providedwith appropriate guidance to meet its financial crimeobligations • To act as a senior manager within the EMEARCS Financial Crime team.
This will include support with the widerfinancial crime agenda and ad hoc tasks not defined within this jobdescription as required by businesspriorities.
BASICQUALIFICATIONS - Experience in compliance, audit or riskmanagement - Bachelor's degree orequivalent PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS -Financial crime qualification orequivalent Amazon is an equal opportunitiesemployer.
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