Fiserv

3 weeks ago

Sr Manager - Legal & Compliance, Japan

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Job Summary

Lead legal and compliance activities to establish and expand the company’s Japan operations, including entity setup, licensing, regulatory approvals, and business growth. Serve as primary advisor for payments, merchant acquiring, fintech, and financial services matters. Build and maintain compliance frameworks and internal controls, manage regulator engagement with Japan’s FSA, and oversee AML/CFT, sanctions, data privacy, and third-party risk programs.

Location: Tokyo

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead legal and compliance activities for new entity setup, licensing applications, regulatory approvals, and Japan business expansion initiatives.
•Act as primary legal and compliance advisor for payments, merchant acquiring, fintech, and financial services matters to ensure local regulatory adherence.
•Develop, implement, and maintain compliance frameworks, policies, procedures, governance structures, and internal controls for Japan operations.
•Serve as key liaison with Japanese regulators, including the Financial Services Agency (FSA), managing submissions, inquiries, examinations, and audits.
•Lead compliance risk assessments and oversee compliance programs covering AML/CFT, sanctions, data privacy, consumer protection, and third-party risk management.
•Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial, customer, vendor, partnership, and corporate agreements.
•Partner with business, finance, HR, operations, and technology teams to manage legal and regulatory risks while supporting initiatives.
•Manage external legal counsel and provide compliance training to foster ethics, governance, and regulatory compliance across the organization.

Key Requirements

•8–12 years of legal and/or compliance experience in payments, fintech, merchant acquiring, banking, or financial services.
•Strong knowledge of Japanese regulatory frameworks, including payments regulations, AML/CFT, data privacy, consumer protection, and corporate governance.
•Hands-on experience launching or expanding regulated financial services or fintech operations in Japan, including work with the FSA and local regulators.
•Ability to establish and manage legal, compliance, risk management, and governance frameworks in a regulated environment.
•Business-fluent Japanese and English communication skills to manage regulators, external counsel, and senior stakeholders.
•Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business, Finance, Compliance, or related discipline (legal qualification preferred).

Experience:8-12 yearsFintechPaymentsMerchant acquiringBankingFinancial servicesRegulated financial institutions

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementRegulatory engagementRisk assessmentNegotiation

Languages:JapaneseEnglish

Company Brief

Fiserv

Provides payments, processing services, risk management, and core banking technology to financial institutions, merchants, and businesses worldwide, enabling digital payments, account processing, and financial services integration.

Industry: Fintech Infrastructure

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Brookfield, United States

Founded: 1984

Website LinkedIn

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Fiserv

3 weeks ago

Sr Manager - Legal & Compliance, Japan

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 6 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Tokyo

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead legal and compliance activities for new entity setup, licensing applications, regulatory approvals, and Japan business expansion initiatives.
•Act as primary legal and compliance advisor for payments, merchant acquiring, fintech, and financial services matters to ensure local regulatory adherence.
•Develop, implement, and maintain compliance frameworks, policies, procedures, governance structures, and internal controls for Japan operations.
•Serve as key liaison with Japanese regulators, including the Financial Services Agency (FSA), managing submissions, inquiries, examinations, and audits.
•Lead compliance risk assessments and oversee compliance programs covering AML/CFT, sanctions, data privacy, consumer protection, and third-party risk management.
•Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial, customer, vendor, partnership, and corporate agreements.
•Partner with business, finance, HR, operations, and technology teams to manage legal and regulatory risks while supporting initiatives.
•Manage external legal counsel and provide compliance training to foster ethics, governance, and regulatory compliance across the organization.

Key Requirements

•8–12 years of legal and/or compliance experience in payments, fintech, merchant acquiring, banking, or financial services.
•Strong knowledge of Japanese regulatory frameworks, including payments regulations, AML/CFT, data privacy, consumer protection, and corporate governance.
•Hands-on experience launching or expanding regulated financial services or fintech operations in Japan, including work with the FSA and local regulators.
•Ability to establish and manage legal, compliance, risk management, and governance frameworks in a regulated environment.
•Business-fluent Japanese and English communication skills to manage regulators, external counsel, and senior stakeholders.
•Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business, Finance, Compliance, or related discipline (legal qualification preferred).

Experience:8-12 yearsFintechPaymentsMerchant acquiringBankingFinancial servicesRegulated financial institutions

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementRegulatory engagementRisk assessmentNegotiation

Languages:JapaneseEnglish

Company Brief

Fiserv

Industry: Fintech Infrastructure

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Brookfield, United States

Founded: 1984

Website LinkedIn