Senior Analyst, Legal Compliance at Mastercard

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support daily AML operational reviews of activity on the Mastercard Network by coordinating follow-up actions, monitoring case progress, and ensuring alignment with global and regional AML standards.
• Track and monitor the status of unusual activity cases, escalations and follow-ups across the EEMEA region, maintaining visibility and driving timely completion of outstanding items.
• Liaise daily with internal teams and stakeholders to gather inputs and ensure smooth execution of AML compliance processes.
• Coordinate communications with customers related to AML/Sanctions documentation, clarifications and other required follow-ups, ensuring timely and professional responses.
• Maintain and update internal trackers, dashboards and documentation to support program oversight, reporting requirements, and audit readiness; contribute to ongoing data quality checks and documentation accuracy in support of monitoring activities and compliance reviews.
• Assist with the preparation of materials for internal governance processes, such as risk working groups, case reviews, and management reporting cycles.
• Support the tracking and coordination of regulatory data requests, ensuring proper documentation, follow-up, and alignment with Mastercard policies.
• Support in updating risk control platforms to reflect accurate statuses on cases, Customer changes and product updates
• Support in coordinating global due diligence exercises and tracking ongoing remedial actions
• Work system alerts driven by unusual activity, sanctions, PEPs, adverse media
• Support in key data initiatives across AML and Compliance function, through system tuning; trend analytics; data integrity checks; reporting and tracking
• Support in managing data requests from law enforcement and internal stakeholders
• Support in providing input to periodic AML Program Risk Assessment
• Support in establishing and maintaining AML Compliance Program tracking and metrics to identify trends and establish action items for program preservation and enhancements; provide regular reporting to Global VP and SVP AML, Sanctions, and Exports Control Officer
• Support management reporting, presentations, and metrics processes

Education and Required Skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required, JD or advanced degree.
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in AML compliance, banking/financial operations or similar role within financial services or fintech.
• Strong understanding of core AML concepts, regulatory obligations, and sanctions compliance frameworks (e.g., FATF, OFAC, EU AML directives).
• Proven ability to manage task tracking, case coordination and follow-ups in a fast-paced and regulated environment.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with a strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience with suspicious activity monitoring program and case investigations.
• Comfortable liaising across departments and working collaboratively with diverse internal stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work independently in a fast-paced matrix environment or as a team player and function effectively in a dynamic, fast paced environment while handling multiple projects and consistently meeting deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to summarize updates and draft clear, professional responses.
• Fluency in English required; additional EEMEA region language skills (Arabic, Turkish, etc.) are highly desirable.
• High level of integrity, discretion, and professionalism when handling sensitive information.