Risk & Compliance Analyst IV

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. 

Summary of This Role

Proactively protect Global Payments business, contribute to the company’s compliance status, and support client’s ability to comply by driving all compliance activities which include reviewing internal processes, documents and reports from payment networks and/or other regulatory bodies, and ensuring compliance with internal and external regulatory framework. Identify required, discretionary, business and system updates, recommend approaches and solutions that are compliant with applicable regulations while balancing proper investment pursuant to overall corporate, division and department goals. May develop and implement training plans for the effective use of Global Payments Tools & Methodologies. May engage with client and industry stakeholders to educate and influence network/scheme or regulatory strategy.

What Part Will You Play?

• Reviews and interprets documentation, to include proposed changes, from all supported payment networks and/or other regulatory bodies (i.e. Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Discover, etc.) to identify required/discretionary business and system updates. Recommends (non)routine approaches and/or solutions that are compliant with applicable regulations while balancing proper investment pursuant to overall corporate, division and department goals. Demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of processing platforms, downstream services/products and potential client impacts to processes and business operations while documenting business compliance requirements.
• Administers the compliance work stream multiple initiatives/projects, while assisting the Subject Matter Expert (SME) with internal and external consultations, to ensure adherence to department, division, and corporate disciplines and methodologies while maintaining compliance to reporting standards/requirements and proper usage of escalation. Works in close liaison with both technical and business stakeholders to ensure moderately complex to complex technical solutions correctly encapsulate the identified compliance/business requirements. Leverages technical acumen to provide compliance guidance and feedback for proposed technical solutions. May provide status updates to management for all open initiatives/projects.
• Begins to provide consultative advice during collaborations with the internal Product team to determine the application of legal/regulatory/card brand requirements and ensure optional/user requirements support strategic direction while preserving compliance as they pertain to existing, enhancements to existing and basic to moderately complex new/proposed products.
• Mentors other team members and provides guidance and peer review activities on compliance initiatives/projects. Assists management in building department processes and recommending changes to existing processes. Demonstrates guiding principles and liaises with teams to enhance job performance and build cross-functional knowledge base.

What Are We Looking For in This Role?

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Relevant Experience or Degree in: No degree specified
• Typically Minimum 6 Years Relevant Exp
• 4-year college degree and 6 years or more of professional experience, or 8 yrs. of specialized training or relative professional experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with technical development and project management methodologies is desired
• 4-year college degree with at least 8 years or more of relevant professional experience, or 10 yrs. of specialized training or relative professional experience; previous corporate/business compliance or payment network experience is desired
• Business, Criminal Justice, Information Security, Risk Management or MIS Project Management
• Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)
• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
• Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP)

What Are Our Desired Skills and Capabilities?

• Skills / Knowledge - Having wide-ranging experience, uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways. Some barriers to entry exist at this level (e.g., dept./peer review).
• Experience with PCI-DSS, MC Data Quality, EGlobal processes and systems, and strong knowledge of EVO/EVO Mex systems.
• Job Complexity - Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise.
• Interpretation of international and domestic incidents on different platforms for proper monitoring and resolution, avoiding penalties.
• Supervision - Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel (Team Lead).
• Technical Acumen - Ability to validate highly complex business requirements to technical designs for core and downstream processes
• Knowledge of support systems and processes - User and technical understanding of systems and products within supported business line
• Oral/Written communication - Ability to create client communication, presentations and bulletin content - present information in client and market facing forums

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