Team Summary
AP Ethics and Compliance team serves as a partner to the business, providing pragmatic, solutions-oriented advice to ensure that Visa has effective, risk-based business decision making, and performing review of key processes to ensure that the activities meet requirements of company policies, international standards and the obligations of regulations and laws of the United States and of those countries in which we operate.
What an Ethics and Compliance Senior Manager does at Visa:
As a global payments network, Visa maintains relevant Ethics and Compliance Program designed to manage legal, regulatory, and ethical risks across our businesses. These activities include the following areas:
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Discrimination (PSHD)
Conflict of Interest (COI)
Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)
Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Anti-Terrorist Financing (ATF), Sanctions, and Customer Due Diligence (CDD), and
Other specific legal and compliance requirements
Based in Pasay, the Philippines, this position is responsible for the oversight, execution and monitoring of ongoing implementation of the Ethics and Compliance Program in the Philippines and across the Southeast Asia (SEA) region. This position will report to the Regional Ethics and Compliance Officer for SEA.
The core responsibilities for this role include:
Implement and maintain a robust Prevention of Sexual Harassment Standard designed to comply with the Philippines’ legal requirements. Provide effective advisory and oversight on related PSHD compliance processes in the Philippines
Lead Ethics and Compliance program agenda in collaboration with Site Leaders and Country Manager of the Philippines in maintaining a culture of high ethical standards and integrity
Execute effective compliance due diligence activities under Visa’s global programs including AML, ATF, Sanctions as well as ABC, COI, PSHD and other compliance policies and procedures for the Philippines businesses and SEA based staff and clients.
Continually identify opportunities for efficiencies while ensuring sufficient controls are in place, partner with the business to drive process and control improvements
Handle queries and provide subject matter advice on various Visa Compliance Programs from both internal and external stakeholders
Work closely with Legal and Government Engagement to maintain an understanding of the legal and regulatory landscape including the support and maintenance of the legal and regulatory obligations inventory as it applies to Visa
Support internal audits and regulatory requests, ensure satisfactory resolution of any audit findings and recommendations.
Projects you will be involved in include (but are not limited to):
As part of the team, you will get opportunity to work on strategically important projects for clients and Visa.
Work with business and Product owners to ensure timely review, assess and manage Compliance risks for new products, business initiatives and value-added services offered to clients
Perform AML and Sanctions due diligence and review of new products, participate in client meetings and conduct onsite review
Deliver Compliance training and workshop sessions to staff across the region and participate in client meetings across the region
Partner with Risk team for risk assessment exercises to ensure Compliance risks are addressed and collaborate with Legal team to address the regulatory requirements in the region
This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.
