Governance Program Manager
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Payoneer’s mission is to empower businesses to go beyond – beyond borders, limits and expectations. In today’s digital world, Payoneer enables businesses of all sizes from anywhere in the world to access new economic opportunities by enabling them to transact globally as easily as they do locally.
Payoneer’s digital payments platform streamlines global commerce for millions of small businesses, marketplaces and enterprises from over 200 countries and territories. Leveraging robust technology, compliance, operations and banking infrastructure, Payoneer delivers a suite of services that includes cross-border payments, working capital, tax solutions and risk management. Powering growth for customers ranging from aspiring entrepreneurs in emerging markets to the world’s leading brands like Airbnb, Amazon, Google and Upwork, Payoneer makes global commerce easy and secure.
What you’ll do:
We're looking for a Governance Program Manager who will be responsible for tracking and coordinating projects originating from Compliance needs and requirements, related to KYC, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, oversight and governance. The Governance Program Manager will cooperate with Operational, Business, and Compliance stakeholders across various governance projects.
- Be the driving force for implementing Compliance governance projects, including identifying stakeholders, gathering requirements and ensuring successful implementation.
- Serve as a point of contact between Compliance stakeholders and Product managers.
- Lead governance enhancement activities including Key Risk Indicators, Board Reporting, and Compliance Project Management
- Create project plan and track to key milestone dates associated with targeted implementation window
- Define purpose, clear roles, tasks, milestones, budgets, and measures of success. Analyze project risks, issues, costs, and benefits and make relevant recommendations to leadership. Provide and implement action plans to mitigate risk when applicable
- Collect and store all required compliance artifacts for the project across the project life cycle
- Responsible for raising flags and be a gatekeeper based on project's needs and priorities.
- Collect and analyze relevant data, derive insights and present those insights in a structured, impactful format.
- Communicates organizational impediments to leadership; clears impediments for the team; Manage project communications & status reporting (e.g. project performance metrics/KPIs)
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 7+ years of experience, with at least 5+ years of governance or financial institutions program management experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office application
Does this sound like you:
- Ability to work independently with broad guidance, manage multiple priorities, and lead through influence
- Fast learner, with bias for action
- Strong problem solving skills, drilling down to root cause while dealing with ambiguity
- Ability to effectively communicate in English across all levels of the organization
- Time management/prioritization, high attention to detail
Who we are:
Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO) is the world’s go-to partner for digital commerce, everywhere. From borderless payments to boundless growth, Payoneer promises any business, in any market, the technology, connections and confidence to participate and flourish in the new global economy. Powering growth for customers ranging from aspiring entrepreneurs in emerging markets to the world’s leading brands, Payoneer offers a universe of opportunities, open to you.