Senior Manager, Fraud and AML Operations
Global Payments Inc.
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Compliance Manager / AML Officer, Issuing
Global Payments Inc.
full-time
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Location: 🇨🇿 Czech
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead the Compliance function and maintain a robust, scalable compliance framework across the organization
- Set high-level compliance policies and standards; ensure alignment with evolving regulatory requirements in payments and e-money landscape
- Monitor and analyze regulatory developments and provide strategic guidance to the Executive Team
- Develop, implement, and maintain the firm’s risk appetite framework for BaaS/IaaS activities
- Conduct enterprise-wide and client-specific AML/CFT risk assessments on an ongoing basis
- Represent Compliance with internal and external stakeholders, including legal, audit, IT Security, and regulators
- Act as the named person with Compliance responsibility for the regulator and participate in GP-wide compliance governance
- Act as Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO); ensure AML compliance under EU directives and local regulatory guidance
- Develop, implement, and maintain AML/CFT policies and procedures tailored to BaaS/IaaS
- Oversee configuration, tuning, and optimization of AML/CFT transaction monitoring and customer screening systems
- Monitor transactions and investigate complex suspicious activities; file SARs as required
- Maintain oversight of Anti-Bribery and Corruption programs and other financial crime controls
- Act as primary compliance point of contact for BaaS/IaaS clients; provide expert regulatory and AML/CFT guidance
- Evaluate client due diligence for IaaS/BaaS platform and analyze money flows from AML/CFT perspective
- Define and enforce KYC/KYB procedures and risk-based transaction monitoring rules
- Develop and manage third-party risk management (TPRM) framework for ongoing monitoring
- Conduct onboarding audits and periodic reviews of client processes, systems, and compliance controls
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to embed "compliance-by-design" principles in product development
- Serve as compliance advisor for new product/service initiatives from conception to launch
- Provide sign-off for marketing materials and public communications per regulatory expectations
- Maintain oversight of outsourced parties and ensure audit readiness and documentation
- Design and deliver compliance and AML training for employees and partners
- Produce annual reports and data-driven management information on compliance risks and control effectiveness
- Support crisis management and remediation planning for regulatory breaches
Requirements
- In-depth knowledge of AML/CFT legislation (e.g., EU AML Directives), compliance standards, and card-acquiring/e-money regulations
- A deep understanding of the BaaS/IaaS business model and associated regulatory risks
- Proficiency with AML/CFT and compliance software (e.g., transaction monitoring, screening, and case management tools)
- Strong data analysis skills; ability to interpret complex datasets
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English
- Strategic and analytical mindset; able to make risk-informed decisions balancing compliance and business objectives
- Proven leadership skills, with ability to motivate, develop, and manage teams
- High personal integrity and professionalism
- Proven experience in an AML/Compliance role within a regulated financial services, payments institution, or FinTech company
- Experience working with regulatory authorities and acting as a registered compliance officer or MLRO is essential
- Experience in a client-facing or compliance advisory role is highly desirable
- Demonstrable experience leveraging technology and data analytics to manage compliance risks in a scalable environment
- University degree in law, finance, economics, business administration, or related field
- No visa sponsorship provided (must have right to work)