This role provides risk & compliance oversight and advisory for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) markets and is critical in ensuring PayPal demonstrates compliance with applicable regulatory obligations in our cross-border business model while delivering the right customer outcomes.
Requirements
- Identify issues and recommend best practices for risk management within the organization.
- Lead functional projects and programs that enhance risk assessment and mitigation efforts.
- Collaborate with teams to analyze business trends and their implications for risk management.
- Contribute to process improvements that enhance the effectiveness of risk management strategies.
- Provide guidance and support to team members in executing risk management initiatives.
- Keep abreast of regulatory developments in the MEA region, technological developments and the competitive landscape relevant to PayPal products and services in the MEA region.
- Partner closely with MEA business teams and provide compliance advisory guidance by identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and managing risk on planned business initiatives, new markets, new products, expansion of existing products, marketing campaigns, etc. to the regional business, sales and market development teams.
- Identify and monitor emerging and active risks and issues and assist in developing mitigation strategies and supporting their implementation.
- Engage Risk and Compliance program stakeholders across the organization to support business initiatives and execute SLOD program requirements.
- Provide advisory on Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management Framework within the region, such as Risk Lifecycle, Issue and Incident Management, Obligation and Regulatory Change Management, amongst others.
- Support regulatory interactions, examinations or adhoc requests as they arise.
- Support Second Line Testing activities, particularly on MEA-specific markets.
- Perform internal and external reporting and support preparation and coordination of various Compliance and/or Regulatory reports.
- Prepare/Present Management Information materials to various governance forums and management meetings.
- Support internal and external audit exercises and remediation of related actions.
- Support any other compliance-related initiatives for the region as they arise.
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Employee shares options
- Health and life insurance
