Sr. Manager, Compliance Advisor

Discover Financial
Philippines
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Influencing","Effective challenge","Communication","Risk mitigation","Subject-matter expertise"]

Serve as a second-line compliance risk management partner, advising business lines on Philippine legal and regulatory requirements. Review complaints, identify trends and risks, and maintain subject matter expertise. Lead control assessments, evaluate internal audit/regulatory exam findings, and support the Compliance Program through monitoring, training, validations, and compliance testing. Provide guidance on complex projects, change in law, and compliance data reporting, with occasional travel to the U.S. as needed.

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Discover Financial
Discover Financial
2 months ago

Sr. Manager, Compliance Advisor

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Job Summary

Serve as a second-line compliance risk management partner, advising business lines on Philippine legal and regulatory requirements. Review complaints, identify trends and risks, and maintain subject matter expertise. Lead control assessments, evaluate internal audit/regulatory exam findings, and support the Compliance Program through monitoring, training, validations, and compliance testing. Provide guidance on complex projects, change in law, and compliance data reporting, with occasional travel to the U.S. as needed.
Location: Philippines
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide compliance advice to lines of business as a subject matter expert within the Compliance Management Program framework.
  • •Review complaints from lines of business, guide remediation, and escalate/facilitate with subject matter experts.
  • •Maintain expertise of applicable Philippine laws and regulations and advise on complex projects, new products, and process/control changes.
  • •Perform and review control assessments and evaluate internal audit, regulatory exam, and self-identified issues for compliance impacts.
  • •Support compliance testing, third-party compliance, compliance data analysis, and reporting used by senior leadership, including occasional travel to the U.S. as needed.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
  • •5+ years of experience in legal, compliance, audit, or relevant roles at a financial institution.
  • •Ability to influence outside of Compliance and provide effective challenge when appropriate.
  • •Strong written and verbal communication skills, including tailoring to senior audiences.
  • •Knowledge of Philippine laws and regulations to recommend process improvements and risk mitigation.
Experience:5+ yearsFinancial institutionRegulatory compliance
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:InfluencingEffective challengeCommunicationRisk mitigationSubject-matter expertise

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
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