Title and Summary

Manager, Open Banking Compliance

Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Open Banking Compliance
Overview:
Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview

Leveraging Mastercard's global payments network, our account-to-account business provides domestic and cross-border solutions to enable the frictionless future of payments. We help our customers leverage rich messaging functionality and applications to capture business and consumer payment flows both domestically and cross-border; offer solutions to connect, enable, and safeguard the Open Banking ecosystem, and protect banks and their customers from financial crime. All this is supported by account-based data insights and consulting to help our clients optimise their payment strategies across the world. The Open Banking team is looking to expand its product offering on a global basis.

At Mastercard we are committed to the highest standards of ethics and integrity. Ethics and Compliance are at the core of our company values and are essential to both the personal success of every Mastercard employee and to the success of the company. The Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Open Banking will be responsible for driving large complex projects across the Americas Open Banking Risk and Compliance organization. The role will provide subject matter expertise to product teams to identify and implement best practices in compliance and risk. The successful candidate will work cross-functionally with colleagues including, Product, Regulatory Affairs, Legal Counsel, Privacy/Data Usage, Global Ethics and Compliance and Internal Audit.

Role
• Strategic Leadership: Drive key strategic initiatives and special projects in the Americas and ensure robust risk management and compliance controls.
• Business Advisory: Understand open banking products and customer experiences to shape business strategies around risk and compliance.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Legal, Privacy, Product, and Engineering teams to assess and document risk management approach for new initiatives.
• Audit and Regulatory Support: Manage responses to internal audits, regulatory examinations, and inquiries.
• Compliance Operations: Oversee onboarding and compliance operations for customers and partners.
• Partner Engagement: Lead compliance operations queries and responses for largest US partners.
• Risk Assessment: Support risk and control self-assessments, ensuring appropriate risk identification and mitigation.
• Regulatory Awareness: Stay updated on regulatory changes and industry trends to ensure compliance with all relevant rules and regulations.
All About You
• Solid compliance and/or regulatory experience, preferably within the financial services industry, particularly those related to money movement and banking.
• Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and/or similar certifications are highly desirable.
• In-depth understanding of consumer financial regulations
• Proven problem-solving abilities to address compliance issues effectively and efficiently.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex risks and develop pragmatic solutions to mitigate them
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge and experience of US Open Banking products would be beneficial.
• Preferred location is St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, or Purchase

Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must:
• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach
• Complete all periodic mandatory security training in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines

Mastercard is an inclusive equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.