Senior Ethics & Compliance Manager

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Team Summary

AP Ethics and Compliance team serves as a partner to the business, providing pragmatic, solutions-oriented advice to ensure that Visa has effective, risk-based business decision making, and performing review of key processes to ensure that the activities meet requirements of company policies, international standards and the obligations of regulations and laws of the United States and of those countries in which we operate.  

What an Ethics and Compliance Senior Manager does at Visa:

As a global payments network, Visa maintains relevant Ethics and Compliance Program designed to manage legal, regulatory, and ethical risks across our businesses. These activities include the following areas:

• Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

• Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Discrimination (PSHD)

• Conflict of Interest (COI)

• Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)

• Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Anti-Terrorist Financing (ATF), Sanctions, and Customer Due Diligence (CDD), and

• Other specific legal and compliance requirements

Based in Pasay, the Philippines, this position is responsible for the oversight, execution and monitoring of ongoing implementation of the Ethics and Compliance Program in the Philippines and across the Southeast Asia (SEA) region. This position will report to the Regional Ethics and Compliance Officer for SEA.

The core responsibilities for this role include:

• Implement and maintain a robust Prevention of Sexual Harassment Standard designed to comply with the Philippines’ legal requirements. Provide effective advisory and oversight on related PSHD compliance processes in the Philippines

• Lead Ethics and Compliance program agenda in collaboration with Site Leaders and Country Manager of the Philippines in maintaining a culture of high ethical standards and integrity

• Execute effective compliance due diligence activities under Visa’s global programs including AML, ATF, Sanctions as well as ABC, COI, PSHD and other compliance policies and procedures for the Philippines businesses and SEA based staff and clients. 

• Continually identify opportunities for efficiencies while ensuring sufficient controls are in place, partner with the business to drive process and control improvements

• Handle queries and provide subject matter advice on various Visa Compliance Programs from both internal and external stakeholders

• Work closely with Legal and Government Engagement to maintain an understanding of the legal and regulatory landscape including the support and maintenance of the legal and regulatory obligations inventory as it applies to Visa

• Support internal audits and regulatory requests, ensure satisfactory resolution of any audit findings and recommendations.

Projects you will be involved in include (but are not limited to):

As part of the team, you will get opportunity to work on strategically important projects for clients and Visa.

• Work with business and Product owners to ensure timely review, assess and manage Compliance risks for new products, business initiatives and value-added services offered to clients

• Perform AML and Sanctions due diligence and review of new products, participate in client meetings and conduct onsite review

• Deliver Compliance training and workshop sessions to staff across the region and participate in client meetings across the region

• Partner with Risk team for risk assessment exercises to ensure Compliance risks are addressed and collaborate with Legal team to address the regulatory requirements in the region

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

We are looking for an individual who has good problem-solving, organisational and communication skills. You must be able to independently and competently manage tasks involving multi-level and multi-functional stakeholders. As a candidate, you should have:
• Bachelor's degree or other higher education qualifications
• Minimum 8 years of experience in management of compliance programs and controls within the financial services industry
• Professional AML and ATF (ACAMS) accreditation preferred
• Good understanding of core pillars of effective AB, PSHD, COI, AML/ATF and Sanctions programs and relevant legislations
• Capable of working collaboratively with employees from all levels within the organization, proactive planner able to engage peers and seniors constructively
• Good presentation and public communication skills
• Some travel and extended business hours (conference calls) may be required.

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.