Financial Crime Risk Manager - APAC Payments Network
About the job
Join a leading global credit card and payments network as a Financial Crime Risk Manager covering APAC, helping protect one of the world's most influential payment ecosystems. This position sits at the forefront of financial crime risk management, working closely with business units to identify, assess, and mitigate emerging risks across the payments industry.
You will collaborate with regional and global teams to strengthen controls, enhance compliance frameworks, and safeguard customers, partners, and the broader financial network from evolving financial crime threats.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with business teams to identify, assess, and mitigate financial crime risks across operations.
- Analyze emerging financial crime trends and threats to strengthen protection for customers, partners, and the organization.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to design, implement, and enhance financial crime prevention controls.
- Develop and maintain policies and procedures aligned with regulatory requirements and internal compliance standards.
- Lead governance activities including project management, audit coordination, and remediation of risk events.
- Work with regional teams across APAC to support the implementation of financial crime risk management frameworks.
Required Skills and Qualifications
Experience:
- Experience in financial crime compliance, regulatory compliance, or risk management within financial institutions, consulting firms, or regulatory authorities.
- Experience working with financial crime risk management or compliance frameworks across multiple jurisdictions (1st or 2nd Line of Defense).
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
Soft Skills:
- Strong ability to collaborate with stakeholders and influence risk management initiatives across the organization.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills when identifying and mitigating financial crime risks.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities in complex regulatory environments.
Language Requirements:
- Japanese: Fluent
- English: Fluent
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
- Experience with regulatory reporting and financial crime control frameworks.
- Knowledge of designing and implementing risk control systems within financial institutions.
About the Company
Our client is a major global payments network and credit card company operating across international markets.
The organization supports a vast global payment ecosystem and maintains a unique business model that integrates card network operations and acquiring capabilities.
With a long-standing presence in Japan, the company continues to invest heavily in financial crime prevention, compliance, and risk management innovation, offering employees opportunities to collaborate with global teams while developing deep industry expertise.
Why You'll Love Working Here
- Opportunity to work on financial crime risk management within a global payments network.
- Collaborate with international teams across the APAC region.
- High-impact role positioned close to core business operations.
- Stable global organization offering long-term career development opportunities.
- Flexible work environment including remote work options and flex-time arrangements.
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