Financial Crime & Conduct Specialist

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.

When partnering with Visa, you are also in a way part of a culture of purpose and belonging – where the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

Visa Cross-Border Solutions offers deep money movement capabilities to organisations across the globe. Powered by Currencycloud technology, Visa Cross-Border Solutions enhances, streamlines and simplifies integrating the cross-border financial tools of tomorrow.

Clients can embed cross-border finance into the heart of their business and create sophisticated and user-friendly app-based experiences, connecting consumers and businesses around the world.

Since 2012, the technology behind Visa Cross-Border Solutions has been used to process more than $250bn to over 180 countries, partnering with banks, businesses and fintechs all over the world.

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We are looking for a Financial Crime & Conduct Specialist to join our Financial Crime & Conduct Supervision Team (FCCS).

The Financial Crime & Conduct Specialist will be responsible for the supervision of our Financial Institution clients. This will include periodic reviews, assessments and remediation of our clients’ Financial Crime and conduct frameworks. The Financial Crime & Conduct Specialist will report into the Financial Crime & Conduct Supervision Manager.

The successful candidate will be proactive and detail oriented. We have a strong preference for candidates with experience in Financial Crime, or wider compliance areas, with the ability to quickly understand and evaluate control frameworks.

The Details...

• Performing Financial Crime and business conduct assessments on clients (i.e. obtain, analyse and evaluate a variety of client documentation, system data, reports and correspondence)

• Liaising with external Compliance departments and having face to face meetings to discuss the clients Financial Crime and/or business conduct obligations

• Working closely with internal teams across the company to plan periodic reviews and assessments

• Work closely with the wider Financial Crime & Conduct Supervision team to incorporate conduct

  findings into the overall assessment of external client risk

• Conduct follow-up reviews and assessments to monitor progress of remediations

• Making recommendations regarding the nature of the client relationship based on the review findings

• Document findings in concise reports that clearly formulate risk areas and next steps

• Presenting findings to senior stakeholders as part of Currencycloud’s risk management framework

• Identifying potential areas of concern that may impact Currencycloud and suggesting remediation

  steps where appropriate

• Engaging in continuous knowledge development regarding relevant regulation, industry best practice,

  tools and techniques

• share knowledge on internal trends and wider industry developments with the compliance operations team

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.

• Ensures all internal and external actions are complete on time (or followed up on if external)
• Able to identify gaps in clients control frameworks
• Advice and guidance relied upon to formulate risk based decisions
• Identifies and mitigates risk typologies as a result of reviews
• Able to independently research, assess and write up thoughts/concepts

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.