PayPal Manager MLRO 

Thailand, Bangkok, Bangkok 

294066041

What you need to know about the role:
Reporting to the Head of Compliance Thailand, PayPal Thailand is seeking a highly experienced Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorism Financing (CTF) professional to ensure adherence to specific regional AML/CTF requirements while continuing to support the global AML/CTF framework. This role is an individual contributor role.

Job Description:

This role requires deep subject matter expertise in AML/CTF regulations, investigative practices and proven ability to navigate a continuously evolving and complex regulatory landscape. The successful candidate will coordinate across multiple cross-functional teams, including local and global policy functions as well as investigative personnel executing on both global, regional, and local AML/CTF programs requirements. In addition, the role requires the ability to closely collaborate with customer-facing personnel, including Sales and Account Management as well as Product Development teams involved in creating AML/CTF related controls and key functionality to enable effective risk management.

In your day-to-day role , you will:

• Undertake assigned responsibilities as the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), day-to-day management of the Thailand AML program and ongoing enhancements consistent with global and regional AML/CTF policies.

• Collaboration with regional teams and operational execution teams to ensure policy requirements are effectively adopted globally

• Ongoing assessment of AML regulatory changes to assist in shaping the evolution of PayPal’s overall AML/CTF program, including, KYC, Due Diligence and Suspicious Activity Reporting

• Provide AML subject matter expertise in the development and rollout of new products, project, and capabilities. Provide financial crimes compliance thought leadership and solutions to key products and other business initiatives.

• Onsite and remote support for internal audits and regulatory exams, as well as partner onsite visits and ongoing reviews of the AML/CTF program by external regulators such as Bank of Thailand and TH AMLO.

• Partner with global, regional, and local policy leaders to stay current on trends and typologies, developing a consistent feedback loop between the policy and investigative functions

• Regularly review international AML/CTF-related reporting (metrics and regulatory disclosures) to identify key trends, areas of opportunity and to generally stay abreast of critical program metrics and insights.

• Review and approve AML/CTF-related documentation, including audit and exam responses, presentations, and policy documentation.

What do you need to bring:

• A minimum 7-10 years of AML, Compliance, law enforcement or similar experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 5 years relevant experience in a global financial institution required.

• Thai and English language proficiency required

• Prior experience in FinTech or payments processing preferred

• Proven ability to navigate a continuously changing regulatory ecosystem

• Extensive technical knowledge of AML requirements in Thailand and prior experience preparing and delivering presentations to internal and external regulators

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to partner effectively at multiple levels and across disciplines.

• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment.

Our Benefits:

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