# AML Compliance Operations Manager

**Company**: Mastercard
**Location**: Manila, Philippines
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Mastercard is seeking an AML Compliance Operations Manager to join their dynamic team. The successful candidate will leverage their expertise in managing teams engaged in Onboarding, Sanctions Screening and Transactions Monitoring processes to help eliminate or mitigate risks associated with establishing and maintaining relationships with sanctioned/prohibited parties or those with adverse media alerts.

The role involves operating and implementing sanctions screening and transactions monitoring programs to prevent sanctioned individuals/entities as well as those that have been internally identified/designated to be prohibited from establishing or continuing a relationship with Mastercard.

Key responsibilities include:

- Managing, training, and mentoring a team of analysts to ensure productivity, adherence, and efficiency in handling onboarding, sanctions, and transaction monitoring alerts and case management.

- Overseeing the end-to-end onboarding, sanctions screening, and transactions monitoring programs for different products supported by the organization.

- Handling escalations and complex issues and investigations, ensuring timely and accurate resolution.

- Maintaining governance of relevant onboarding, screening, and transaction monitoring systems, ensuring data integrity, and driving continuous process improvements.

- Ensuring adherence to global sanctions requirements, Mastercard AML/CFT policies, and relevant local/jurisdictional rules and regulations.

- Preparing and delivering reports and escalating high-risk issues to senior management.

- Collaborating with business units, legal, and compliance teams to implement effective controls.

The ideal candidate will have extensive financial crime compliance experience, focused on sanctions and transactions monitoring, deep knowledge of global sanctions regulations and risk-based approaches, strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, and analytical abilities to assess risks and develop compliance strategies.

Requirements include:

- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, management, or a related field.

- Advanced level of experience in financial and other related services performing AML/CFT and/or financial crimes investigation-related roles or tasks.

- Sound leadership, interpersonal skills with an analytical mind in assessing risks and developing compliance strategies for the business.

- Ideally possessing 3 years of direct people leadership experience in managing a lean team in a fast-moving global environment.

- Excellent time-management skills with the ability to critically prioritize tasks effectively under pressure to meet strict deadlines.

- Technologically proficient and adept in using AML monitoring systems and related software and has excellent analytical and investigative skills.

- Highly analytical and self-motivated, adept at working on multiple and varied tasks, and capable of working collaboratively with employees from different levels of the organization.

- The ideal candidate should also excel in written and verbal communication, demonstrating strong problem-solving abilities and a keen eye for detail.

- Known for integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality, proactive, capable of working independently, and thrive in team environments.

- A comprehensive understanding of financial products and transaction processes, combined with a commitment to continuous learning to adopt quickly to evolving compliance, regulatory, and business landscapes are ideal qualities for the candidate for this role.

- Holder of certification(s) in Transactions Monitoring (CTMA), KYC (CKYC) or AML (CAMS) or their equivalent, are preferred.

Basic knowledge of Payments and/or Settlement Systems will also be given preference.

## Skills

### Required
- financial crime compliance
- sanctions
- transactions monitoring
- leadership
- communication
- interpersonal skills
- analytical abilities
- risk assessment
- compliance strategies

### Nice to have
- Transactions Monitoring (CTMA)
- KYC (CKYC)
- AML (CAMS)
- Payments and/or Settlement Systems

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