Senior Counsel Regulatory, EEMEA

4 days ago

Amman, Amman, Jordan Mastercard Full time 60,000 - 120,000 per year

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 payments 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 Counsel Regulatory, EEMEA (Arabic Speaker)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 position will report to the Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory for Eastern Europe and Middle East Africa ("EEMEA") based in Johannesburg.

This position is part of the Global Regulatory team from a functional perspective and EEMEA regulatory team from a regional perspective.

Role
The Senior Counsel, Regulatory Middle East and Africa role will assist in managing various regulatory matters arising in the Eastern Europe and Middle East Africa (EEMEA) region of Mastercard. This individual will:

• Support the development and execution of regulatory strategy in the region

• Proactively engage with central banks across the region to advance Mastercard's business strategy across markets

• Engage on the timely submission of regulatory filings/submission and develop responses to requests in accordance with internal processes and procedures

• Guide the organization by providing regulatory advice on various matters arising at the individual country level as well as the region level

• Participate in multi-dimensional projects across business units/regions, successfully navigating throughout the organization by partnering effectively with individuals from other departments and delivering results

• Participate in the defense of the company in proceedings or quasi- proceedings with regulators in the region

• Evaluating and identifying EEMEA and country level regulatory risk and support the teams with assessing and implementing controls to mitigate risks

• Work in close collaboration with the EEMEA Government Affairs, Data Privacy and Region Counsel teams

• Collaborate with the global regulatory teams on key regulatory developments

All About You

• LLB or JD from an established and reputable law school

• Fluency in English, Arabic (written and spoken) is a requirement. Ukrainian will be an added advantage

• Excellent written and oral communication skills a must.

• Experience in a regulatory position in a corporation, association or government context and/or as a regulatory attorney in a law firm (preferably in the payments industry, banking or financial services sector)

• Knowledge of financial and/or payments systems and services regulations

• Experience in applying for regulatory licenses

Corporate Security Responsibility


All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes 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, and

  • Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

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