Job Description
We are looking for a Vice President to support our Trust and Safety efforts in Latin America, based out in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This individual will be responsible for execute activities that promote a sustainable and disciplined end-to-end control environment for Payments in the region, monitor proper execution of processes to manage operational risk management, sanctions and compliance, while fostering a proactive risk and control culture. Will also support the business strategy execution, development and commercialization of controls products like Product Control, tokenization and Proactive screening.
Job Responsibilities:
- Support for the end-to-end payments regulatory project inventory process, including the determination of sufficient and proper action plans, to reduce financial loss, regulatory exposure, and reputational risk
- Liaise with various teams across the firm: 1LoD (Business, Operations, Technology), 2LoD (Legal, Compliance, Ops Risk), 3LoD (Audit), as well as regulators.
- Facilitate the execution of Products control priorities and strategy – promoting that control agenda is timely delivered, driving strategic control initiatives and business evolution
- Understand business drivers and facilitate strategic and tactical input provided by SMEs to make key business decisions, and ensure control execution for new business initiatives as required
- Chair Business Meetings/Forums, obtaining relevant information from stakeholders
- Develop effective presentations and materials (KPIs, KRIs) suitable for senior executives that help drive meaningful decisions
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Language Proficiency in Portuguese and English, desirable in Spanish
- 4+ years of financial services experience in controls, audit, quality assurance, risk management, or compliance
- Ability to understand the business / knowledge of control framework (3LoD, COSO)
- Excellent time management with ability to deliver results on time, as well as demonstrated ability to manage simultaneous projects, interacting with cross-functional teams
- Thrives in dynamic and fast paced environment managing multiple concurrent initiatives with different delivery dates
- Demonstrated communication skills to work cross-organizationally to influence others, drive results/change, and implement projects/processes
- Problem solving / Analytical skills - solid critical thinking, attention to detail and analytical skills; able to synthesize large amounts of data and formulate appropriate conclusions
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Proficient in excel (Task automation using macros and VBA, Creating dynamic reports with PivotTables, Building formulas, Cell formatting, Managing large datasets with functions)
- Data analysis and exploration skills
- BA/BS in Management, Economics, Mathematics, Finance or a related discipline; MBA preferred