Team Summary
The Visa Asia Pacific Compliance team manages Visa's Compliance program in the Asia Pacific region. The team provides robust, globally consistent programs and controls framework to manage compliance and regulatory risk and protect Visa’s brand around the world. We drive an ethical culture through empowerment and accountability to do the right thing. We empower the business to achieve Visa’s objectives legally and with integrity.
While this position reports to the Global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) team, it is of paramount importance for the role holder to maintain a close working relationship with the Asia Pacific Compliance team. This collaboration will ensure that both global and regional standards are strictly adhered to.
What an AML Compliance Director does at Visa:
Visa is looking for an AML Compliance Director to join our team in Singapore. This role covers ownership of AML Compliance across Visa’s Commercial and Money Movement Solutions (CMS) with specific focus on Visa Direct.
Visa Direct, is an exciting payment service that Visa provides to clients (issuers, acquirers, processors, merchants and service providers) to facilitate funds transfers around the world using push payment technology, i.e., Original Credit Transaction (OCT). Visa Direct consumer and business applications include person to person (P2P) money transfer, person to micro-business (P2MB) transfer (e.g., payment for goods and services sold by very small businesses), marketplace payouts to gig economy participants, funds disbursement (e.g., insurance claims), and more. In summary, Visa Direct offers Cross-border solutions that can enable funds delivery across Visa’s card network and numerous domestic Automated Clearing House (ACH) and real-time payment (RTP) networks.
The Director – AML and Sanctions Compliance – Payments, will be a key member of the Global AML and Sanctions team. This charter is inclusive of assisting to develop the relevant AML and Sanctions policy standards, program governance using a risk-based approach, engagement models, communications content and cadence, and strategic guidance to global and regional efforts. The role-holder should be able to engage with credibility and authority with clients and regulators and clearly communicate the platform’s risk and compliance features. Knowledge of global and regional industry and regulatory trends in the areas of AML as well as KYC and risk scoring will be critical as well as experience in building solutions and processes to manage innovative payment services. The ideal candidate should be able to work independently towards agreed strategy, objectives and results and be effective in a dynamic, matrixed environment under demanding timelines.
Manage Commercial and Money Movement Solutions product specific BSA as well as AML and sanctions risk strategy, standards, procedures, and risk assessments to support the product roadmap, rollout, and service offering
Partner with cross functional teams to define enhanced controls, tools and compliance monitoring rules for originated programs impacting authorization confidence and issuers’ Visa Direct enablement
Execute Visa Direct monitoring rules to ensure participants’ compliance with product parameters, their programs, and other best practices
Interact with senior management in Product, Compliance, Legal, Risk, and regional business units concerning AML as well as ATF issues and processes
Stay up to date of regulatory and corporate governance developments affecting payments with 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.
