Description
Adyen is seeking a Senior Regulatory Counsel with extensive experience in banking, financial services, payments, or card networks. As a senior member of the team, you will deeply influence the importance of regulatory compliance in India and act as a strategic business partner to both local and global stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor regulatory developments in India, including Reserve Bank of India circulars and policies, and advise on their impact and implementation on Adyen's local and global operations.
- Operationalize complex regulatory requirements in India and monitor compliance on an ongoing basis.
- Provide pragmatic legal and regulatory advice to internal stakeholders to accelerate growth in India.
- Manage various routine and ad hoc regulatory requests, filings, engagements, and reporting obligations with the RBI and other relevant authorities.
- Represent the regulatory team on cross-functional projects to frame regulatory strategy and align it with global organizational objectives.
- Advise on and negotiate various agreements with merchants, service providers, and external partners while ensuring compliant solutions align with commercial strategy.
- Analyze and summarize regulatory policies, guidelines, bills, and acts.
- Apply expert regulatory expertise to provide exemplary advice on complex regulatory matters across multiple domains.
- Shape Adyen's regulatory and integrity frameworks, acting as a subject matter expert for both internal and external stakeholders.
- Strike a balance between risk and commercial needs, guiding other team members to achieve the same.
- Understand the mindset and policies of regulators and auditors to make strategic regulatory decisions.
- Adapt communication style and messaging to different audiences, providing clear and concise updates and challenges.
- Advocate Adyen's position on complex matters to external stakeholders and effectively influence their views.
- Provide mentorship to junior colleagues, applying a multiplier effect across the team.
- Initiate and own complex, high-impact cross-functional projects, managing stakeholders and resources effectively while navigating roadblocks.
- Identify opportunities to involve junior colleagues in projects to support their professional growth.
- Assist with creating Global Function OKRs and develop dedicated program management for projects within the team.
- Identify large-scale projects that drive organizational efficiencies globally with a 10x mentality.
- Offer guidance in complex situations and clear roadblocks that hinder regional or global progress.
Requirements:
- Qualified as a lawyer in India.
- Fully proficient in English.
- At least 10+ years of post-qualification experience in regulatory or compliance teams of RBI-regulated entities or have extensively advised such entities.
- Deep working knowledge of the payments, banking, and/or financial services industry, including acquiring and card networks.
- Analytical thinker who can set and monitor policies required to ensure controlled and sustainable growth.
- Solid interpersonal skills and the ability to liaise with diverse internal and external stakeholders and merchants across different cultures.
- Must already be or be willing to reside in Mumbai, India.