Financial Crime Manager, Amazon Payments UK (Compliance)

We are looking for an experienced compliance professional to join the Amazon Payments UK (APUK) team to support financial crime risk management of the firm. Reporting to APUK’s Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer (DMLRO), the Financial Crime Manager will be responsible for supporting financial crime compliance of the payments propositions within the UK.

The Financial Crime Manager will be part of the 2nd line Compliance Office and responsible for providing regulatory oversight and approval for new programs, providing expert advice to stakeholders and supporting strategy design with regulatory input.

This opportunity requires a subject matter expert to contribute within a fast-paced, growing team. You will champion customer outcomes and use your knowledge of the industry and regulatory horizon to ensure sustainable, compliant solutions are formed. You will comfortably handle ambiguity, and provide pragmatic challenge to colleagues, peers and leadership and you are not afraid to roll up your sleeves and dive into the details. You think outside of the box, coming up with solutions in times of ambiguity.

Key job responsibilities
• Assist in ensuring APUK’s payment activities operate in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements by monitoring the compliance of business activity
Applying working knowledge of Financial Crime regulations and Payment Services Regulations and Policies to articulate customer/control impact and drive alignment across teams.
• Assist with the development, documentation and maintenance of policies and procedures
• Provide financial crime compliance awareness and training to the business
• Prepare reporting to internal governance committees
• Review, challenge and approve risk records, policy breaches and matters for escalation
• Work with business leads to identify and collate relevant information to respond to requests for information from auditors and regulators (ad hoc and regulatory returns).
• Maintain up to date knowledge of relevant regulations by monitor regulatory change and emerging risk from regulatory sources, to proactively communicate key developments to internal stakeholders and support the implementation of regulatory change.

About the team
APUK Compliance is an ambitious team of professions who are passionate about supporting Amazon grow in a compliant and scalable way. We see Compliance as a service to our business teams and customers, we get excited about innovation and collaboration. We are a group that challenge each other to ensure we maintain high standards and enjoy internal debate to make sure we keep our core values at the forefront of how we work.


Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
• Assist in ensuring APUK’s payment activities operate in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements by monitoring the compliance of business activity
• Applying working knowledge of Financial Crime regulations and Payment Services Regulations and Policies to articulate customer/control impact and drive alignment across teams.
• Assist with the development, documentation and maintenance of policies and procedures
• Provide financial crime compliance awareness and training to the business
• Prepare reporting to internal governance committees
• Review, challenge and approve risk records, policy breaches and matters for escalation
• Work with business leads to identify and collate relevant information to respond to requests for information from auditors and regulators (ad hoc and regulatory returns).
• Maintain up to date knowledge of relevant regulations by monitor regulatory change and emerging risk from regulatory sources, to proactively communicate key developments to internal stakeholders and support the implementation of regulatory change.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization
- Experience working in financial crime compliance within a UK-regulated bank or payment institution, or equivalent
- Strong knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, UK Financial Crime compliance frameworks, and Payment Services Regulations 2017
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines
- Strong communication skills with confidence presenting compliance advice to business and senior stakeholders
- Comfortable making high-judgment calls and providing pragmatic challenge to colleagues and leadership

Preferred Qualifications

- ICA or ACAMS qualification, or equivalent degree-level qualification in AML/financial crime compliance
- Track record providing compliance advisory on new product launches
- Experience developing and maintaining compliance policies and procedures
- Experience preparing