Project Manager, Compliance

In Compliance we enable our businesses to provide regulated financial services to buyers and sellers, currently consisting of payments, lending and insurance propositions. The regulated entities include Amazon Payments UK (APUK), Amazon Europe (AEU) and Amazon Capital Services (ACS).
The role holder is responsible for devising, implementing and driving business and strategic planning by working seamlessly across these Compliance Offices (COs), reporting to the Head of Compliance. They bring a technical understanding of the regulatory landscape to deep dive areas of particular focus, play a pivotal role in coordinating the priorities for across the COs and promoting effective ways of working across the entities.
The candidate is pragmatic and resourceful, with a proven track record of managing complex deliverables across multiple teams. They excel in ambiguous circumstances, navigating between the details and big picture.
Key job responsibilities
1) Manage business cadence and assist in aligning the UK and AEU strategy and priorities across the CO teams;
2) Development and implementation of key strategic and scalable mechanisms, KPIs and promoting a continuous focus on process and efficiency improvement;
3) Manage multiple projects and workplans relating to operational and regulatory requirements, including through the delivery of technical analyses considering the breadth of the UK’s regulatory compliance landscape;
4) Support in managing and overseeing UK deliverables across key RCS strategic planning documents including, but not limited to, 3YP, 3YAP, WBR, MBR, QBR, OP1 & OP2 planning, etc.;
5) Liaise on a daily basis with various key stakeholders across the COs, RCS Strategy and Planning team as well as external to the organisation;
6) Work with CO teams to determine common compliance positions to take forward with stakeholders as required;
7) Write clear and compelling narratives and present them effectively to leaders.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
London, GBR
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, or a related field
• 4 years of project management, risk management or compliance roles
• Superior attention to detail and proven ability to solve problems creatively
• Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle
• Demonstrable experience of influencing stakeholders and senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects with very tight deadlines
• Proven strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proven experience in leading or supervising others to deliver multiple projects and/or reports on time and at the highest standards
• Passion for collaborating with high energy and focus, driving results across multiple deliverables
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced, changing environment and a relentless innovator
• Demonstrated capability to challenge status quo and champion best-in-class technical solutions and problem solving
• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
• Strong time management and organizational skills and able to meet deadlines
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope and timeline
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• A good understanding of financial services regulation and its application to firms
• Knowledge of payments, insurance or credit regulation
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