Sanctions & Screening Compliance Senior Officer - Adyen

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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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5 days ago

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Adyen is a global payments platform that provides end-to-end payment processing, merchant acquiring, and issuing solutions to large global companies, enabling them to accept payments anywhere in the world. Industry: Payments Technology & Financial Services

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TL;DR · Sanctions & Screening Compliance Senior Officer - Adyen

As a Sanctions & Screening Compliance Senior Officer at Adyen in Amsterdam, you will join a dynamic team focused on scaling the company’s sanctions and screening framework to support global expansion. Your role involves validating models, overseeing first-line controls, drafting procedures, and conducting risk assessments for new products. You’ll collaborate with engineering teams to ensure robust data governance and develop validation tools for continuous improvement of the framework. Additionally, you will liaise with internal stakeholders and regulators, serve as an escalation point for complex investigations, and provide proactive guidance on model ownership and system implementations. This position requires at least five years of experience in sanctions or screening frameworks, strong regulatory literacy, and excellent project management skills.

What you'll do

  • Draft and review procedures, guidelines, and technical model documentation for sanctions and screening.
  • Support new product launches by conducting risk assessments and designing screening controls or methods.
  • Create validation tools and perform thematic data analysis to improve the sanctions and screening framework.
  • Partner with Compliance Data and Engineering teams to ensure robust data governance and eliminate detection blindspots.
  • Serve as a key escalation point for high-complexity Sanctions investigations, including deep dives into corporate structures and ownership.

What we're looking for

  • At least 5 years of experience in developing or advising on sanctions and screening frameworks.
  • Proven track record of handling complex Sanctions and Financial Crime investigations.
  • Strong regulatory literacy with ability to parse complex legal documentation.
  • Excellent organizational skills for managing projects from conception to launch.
  • Quick learner who takes a 'launch fast and iterate' approach to problem-solving.
  • Strong communication skills to work effectively with technical and commercial teams.

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