Vice President, Global Compliance Governance and Strategy

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Title and Summary

Vice President, Global Compliance Governance and Strategy

Overview:

At MasterCard, we are committed to protecting our network from being used to facilitate money laundering or terrorist financing, and to ensure that Sanctions and Export Controls requirements are met. The Global AML, Sanctions and Export Compliance teams have implemented robust compliance programs that are designed to meet regulatory obligations and ensure that internal and external constituents have robust programs in place to meet Mastercard and/or regulatory requirements.

The Vice President, Global Compliance Governance and Strategy is a key leadership role within the Risk function, reporting to the Senior Vice President, Global AML and Sanctions Officer. This role is responsible for driving the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of core compliance governance programs across the enterprise. The Vice President will lead global efforts related to compliance training, regulatory exam coordination, quality assurance testing, change management, and issue remediation. Additionally, the role oversees the governance of compliance policies and standards, manages the global compliance controls inventory, and leads the development and execution of the annual compliance communications plan. This position plays a critical role in promoting transparency, consistency, and accountability across the company’s global compliance framework.


Role:

• Develop, implement, and oversee the annual Compliance Training Plan, ensuring training is current, risk-based, and tailored to regulatory and business needs.
• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of compliance-related regulatory examinations across the enterprise, serving as a central liaison between regulators and internal stakeholders.
• Direct the Quality Assurance (QA) Testing Team, ensuring robust, risk-based reviews of compliance controls and processes, and drive improvements based on trends and findings.
• Oversee Global Compliance Change Management activities, including the tracking and timely completion of remedial actions arising from exams, audits, QA testing, and other oversight functions.
• Manage the Compliance Issue Management and Resolution process, ensuring clear ownership, timely action plans, and sustainable resolution of compliance-related issues across the enterprise.
• Plan and execute the annual Global Compliance Communications Plan, raising awareness and reinforcing the importance of compliance culture and expectations across all regions and business units.
• Drive the review and governance of Global Compliance policies and standards, ensuring alignment with internal controls, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices.
• Maintain and oversee the Global Compliance Controls Inventory, ensuring controls are appropriately documented, risk-aligned, tested, and updated in accordance with policy and regulatory changes.

All About You:

• Bachelor degree required, or equivalent experience working within a Financial Crimes Compliance environment or having job responsibilities related to or interacting with AML or Sanctions functions
• Required to have extensive domain expertise in the areas of anti-money laundering and sanctions
• Required to have operational experience managing AML/Sanctions related processes relating to risk assessments, know your customer onboarding, transactions monitoring and training
• Required to have experience advising internal clients on AML and Sanctions related issues
• Demonstrated ability to manage and work independently, effectively and efficiently in a fast paced environment
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments
• Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills and in-depth analytical skills
• Ability to conceptualize new ideas and complex technical matters quickly
• Ability to monitor and interpret information for decision-making and presentation
• Ability to meet schedules and deadlines with thorough, accurate and quality work products
• Ability to remain flexible in a demanding work environment and adapt to rapidly changing priorities
• Excellent written, oral, listening and presentation communication skills to effectively communicate with all levels