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About the Role

Uber Payments BV (UPBV) is Uber’s payments subsidiary in the EU processing all of Uber’s payments in the EU (EEA) under a license from the Dutch central bank. As a licensed financial institution, Uber Payments BV has stringent compliance obligations and this role is crucial for ensuring that these are met.

The UPBV Compliance Team is part of UPBV’s second line of defence and is responsible for setting and implementing a policy framework to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering, counter terrorism financing, sanctions screening, regulatory reporting and integrity risk requirements, as well as the overall prevention of criminal acts in the financial space. The Compliance Team is supported by and supports initiatives of the larger Uber Group. Cooperation with UPBV’s first line of defence functions and several Uber Technology Inc (UTI) key teams are crucial to its success.

As Senior Compliance Officer, you will provide expert compliance oversight, ensuring Uber Payments’ operations and procedures effectively meet applicable regulatory requirements. You will ensure that compliance risks associated with the business activities are adequately managed and follow up on remediation when required. You will report to the UPBV Head of Compliance and be a member of a team of compliance experts.

What You'll Do

• Conduct Compliance assessments for new products and features that UPBV is launching or supporting in the EEA, and communicate requirements to the 1st line and business teams.
• Draft policies that embody UPBV’s regulatory approach by interpreting applicable regulations and considering UPBV’s ML/TF and Sanctions risk appetite.
• Present 2nd line Compliance recommendations to the UPBV Management Board on strategic objectives, including new products and features, process harmonizations and policy implementations.
• Enhance UPBV’s Compliance training and awareness program, including facilitating training as required by business needs.
• Work closely with the Payments Legal team to assess new regulations and laws and its applicability to UPBV.
• Understand and maintain knowledge of local Compliance requirements.
• Work collaboratively with UPBV’s UK subsidiary to set the strategic direction for the EEA and UK Compliance function.
• Assist in cross-domain internal investigations of unusual activities.
• Collaborate with the wider Compliance team on inputs for the SIRA (Systematic Integrity Risk Analysis) for relevant integrity risk scenarios (e.g. ML, TF, Sanctions), and aid in any resulting risk assessments and remediation efforts.
• Support various internal and external audits and entity-wide risk assessments.
• Provide input for Management Reporting on Compliance topics, such as identifying trends that impact our business and improving performance.
• Give day-to-day guidance to stakeholders on designing and implementing appropriate controls to strengthen the relevant control environment, mitigate money laundering and terrorist financing risks and support the business in achieving its strategic objectives.

What You'll Need

• 5+ years experience working in financial services and/or payments Compliance in an AML and/or Sanctions related role.
• A solid understanding on how to identify and manage applicable integrity risks (i.e. AML/CFT, Sanctions).
• Highly motivated - strong sense of initiative and self-motivation and can adapt to a fast-changing business.
• Succinct communicator - ability to break down complex issues and communicate at all levels in the organization.
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills.
• Solution driven with demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and deliver results.

Bonus Points If

• Experience working in an agile environment managing many projects and stakeholders across globally dispersed regions.
• Skilled at working in a cross-functional matrix environment.
• Bonus points if you have an understanding of machine learning model development, implementation and monitoring.

We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world forward, together.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.