Chief Compliance Officer

3 months ago


Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Full time

Amazon's Risk and Compliance Solutions team is looking for an experienced compliance professional to lead our South Africa Compliance office.

The Senior Compliance Manager is a senior role within the MEA Compliance team and is responsible for operating and improving our 2nd line compliance programs in South Africa.

Key job responsibilities
The Senior Compliance Manager will:

- Provide effective and timely advice on complex compliance matters to the business, in conjunction with our legal teams.
- Accurately Interpret and advise on applicable ZA regulations, with an emphasis on AML-CTF.
- Work with legal, risk and business leads to develop and maintain our compliance policies and controls.
- Communicate conduct and compliance risks to Senior Management.
- Operate and continuously improve the Compliance Monitoring plan for the ZA regulated entity.
- Respond to requests for information from auditors and regulators in a timely manner.
- Lead the digesting and analysis of regulatory change and look for opportunities to influence the regulatory agenda on behalf of our customers.

About the team
The MEA compliance team at RCS operates Amazon's 2nd line Compliance Programs in the Middle East and Africa. We enable Amazon to operate its regulated businesses in compliance with applicable regulation while maintaining great customer experiences. We are experts in regulatory compliance, adept at managing compliance risk and continuously obsess about delighting our customers. - Master's degree or equivalent
- 6+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
- Demonstrable expertise in South African AML-CFT Regulation (and the oversight and operation of Suspicious activity monitoring programs) as well as Payments regulation.
- Written and verbal communication skills.
- Previous experience as a senior member of a Compliance Office in a major bank or e-money/payment institution.- Held regulated roles (CO/MLRO) vis-a-vis regulators in the South Africa.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.



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