Senior Analyst, Regulatory Compliance

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payment choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart, and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships, and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses, and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Senior Analyst, Regulatory Compliance Overview
Mastercard’s Global Regulatory team is responsible for liaising with key regulators and law enforcement officials for the purpose of preventing or minimizing the impact of adverse regulations on the company’s profitability and growth potential. This newly created position will play a key role in supporting the strategic development & implementation of regulatory infrastructure and the compilation of regulatory submissions within Canada. This position is part of the Global Regulatory team from a functional perspective and the Americas Region from a regional perspective.

The Role

At Mastercard, we are committed to the highest standards of ethics and integrity. Ethics and Compliance are at the core of our company values and are essential to both the personal success of every Mastercard employee and to the success of the company. The Senior Analyst, Regulatory Compliance, will be responsible for strengthening, extending, and sustaining a successful compliance program for Mastercard’s operations in Canada. The role will identify and implement best practices in regulatory compliance. The successful candidate will support regulatory compliance activities and will work cross-functionally with their Mastercard colleagues including Regulatory, Legal, People and Capability, Finance, Franchise, Treasury, Public Policy, Privacy/Data Usage, Global Ethics and Compliance, Internal Audit, and account teams in Canada.

Key Accountabilities of the Role:

1. Support the use of global regulatory compliance tools and frameworks and collaborate with other departments to create a culture of compliance.
2. Execute the compliance assurance monitoring program to ensure ongoing compliance with regulatory obligations. Conduct regular compliance gap analysis of internal controls to ensure compliance with various applicable laws in Canada; recommend and implement remedial actions and improvements.
3. Produce and maintain relevant regulatory compliance policies and departmental procedures.
4. Act as an escalation point for regulatory compliance queries in Canada.
5. Participate in the incident monitoring process, perform preliminary evaluation of incidents, and engage with Regulatory Counsel as needed.
6. Assist in the gathering of internal information in response to regulatory requests in Canada.
7. Provide compliance guidance and act as a role model for proper conduct for other business areas in Canada.
8. Investigate and respond to regulatory complaints, escalating as required; submit regulatory filings and participate in industry working groups.

All About You

1. Bachelor’s degree.
2. Knowledge and understanding of Canadian payments regulation.
3. Experience executing regulatory compliance programs, including design, implementation, and oversight of controls.
4. Good understanding of core pillars of effective regulatory compliance programmes and relevant regulation and legislation.
5. Critical problem-solving ability.
6. Project management skills.
7. Self-starter who is flexible and agile in a rapidly changing environment.
8. Solutions-oriented perspective.
9. Risk management and internal controls focused.
10. Must be able to work on complex issues of significant importance.
11. Ability to juggle substantial competing demands and adapt to evolving priorities.
12. Strong written and verbal communication skills.
13. Attention to detail.

Mastercard is an inclusive equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices.
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed.
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach.
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.