Regulatory Compliance Officer
AdyenThis role involves providing strategic regulatory advice to internal and external stakeholders, identifying and addressing regulatory obligations and integrity risks, and developing policies and procedures. The position requires operationalizing regulatory requirements in Japan and acting as a liaison with regulators, with a minimum of 7 years of experience in a legal or compliance function.
Regulatory Compliance Officer
Our dynamic APAC Regulatory team is looking for a Regulatory Compliance Officer. The successful candidate will help build and scale Adyen’s business in Japan and be able to execute on the Regulatory Japan team strategy, be a trusted business partner and enable Adyen to create unique business opportunities while making ethical choices.
What you'll do:
- Provide strategic regulatory advice towards internal and external stakeholders, as well as to the senior management, in line with Adyen’s commercial and strategic objectives which allow for scale;
- Anticipate and identify key regulatory obligations and integrity risks, and ensure these are addressed in a practical and scalable way;
- Transform identified obligations into relevant Policies and Procedures to be communicated and implemented across the global business;
- Represent Regulatory on a variety of work streams and products to establish regulatory strategies that align with global objectives and ensure controlled and compliant growth;
- Drive alignment with global stakeholders, including implementing new processes, leading process changes, or managing incidents; communicate effectively, ensure understanding of complex issues, and execute tasks with focus.
- Act as a point of contact for regulator interactions. Your day-to-day main responsibilities may change according to Adyen’s strategy, focus and priorities. If this happens, it will be communicated to you.
- Monitor regulatory developments in the legislative and policy environment and advise on its impact to Adyen.
- Operationalise regulatory requirements in Japan.
Who you are:
- You have a minimum 7 years of experience in a support function within a legal or compliance team
- You have strong written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
- You have strong research, statutory interpretation and organisation skills
- You are a meticulous person with strong attention to detail
- You will be a critical thinker, strategic and have innovative problem-solving skills
- Your strong sense of initiative, independence and ability to take ownership enabling you to contribute to a fast-growing business
This role is based out of our Tokyo office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.
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