Amazon is seeking an experienced compliance professional to advance the compliance program for Amazon Payments, Inc. (API), a FinCEN-registered money services business and licensed money transmitter across US states and territories. Within the second line North America Risk and Compliance Office, this role supports the API Chief Compliance Officer/BSA Officer. The focus is financial crimes compliance, and the role also requires strong knowledge of US money transmitter laws.
You will hold the program to the standards regulators expect while keeping pace with Amazon. You will interpret ambiguous regulatory questions and advise senior business leaders on new products and partners. You will also modernize compliance operations with agentic AI. Candidates must have hands-on experience designing, deploying, or governing agentic AI workflows in a compliance or risk setting.
Key job responsibilities
• Support the CCO/BSA Officer in maintaining API's compliance program, including policies, training, testing, issue management, and board reporting
• Interpret federal and state regulatory regulations, and document API's position
• Advise on new products, partners, and corridors, covering money transmission, AML, and sanctions
• Oversee regulatory filings (SAR, FinCEN MSB registration, NMLS, MSB Call Report) and support the NYDFS Part 504 certification
• Own exam and audit readiness for assigned areas, and drive findings to validated closure
• Provide second line challenge on remediation, and escalate when risk moves outside appetite
• Lead the design and governance of agentic AI in compliance operations
• Champion customer-centric compliance solutions that balance regulatory requirements with business objectives
