About the Role
The Manager, Client Due Diligence (CDD) is responsible for executing and supporting Visa’s client due diligence and acceptance program in accordance with global AML, ATF, and Sanctions policies and procedures. This role involves conducting complex CDD and EDD reviews, performing ongoing monitoring activities, leading teams, and providing subject matter expertise to internal stakeholders and clients. Additionally, this role will perform secondary reviews, quality assurance checks, and provide constructive feedback and guidance to team members to ensure consistency, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
- Execute and support Visa’s client due diligence and acceptance program.
- Conduct complex CDD and EDD reviews.
- Perform ongoing monitoring activities.
- Lead teams and provide subject matter expertise to internal stakeholders and clients.
- Perform secondary reviews and quality assurance checks.
- Provide constructive feedback and guidance to team members.
Requirements
- 5 years of relevant experience.
- 7–10 years of experience in AML, ATF, BSA, USA PATRIOT Act, and Sanctions compliance, with a strong focus on Client Due Diligence.
- Demonstrated experience performing complex CDD and EDD reviews, including high-risk clients and jurisdictions.
- Strong working knowledge of global AML and sanctions regulations and regulatory expectations.
- Proven ability to conduct secondary reviews, exercise sound judgment, and provide clear, constructive feedback to team members.
- Demonstrated strong leadership, effective relationship management abilities, project management experience, and a proven track record of managing teams.
- Excellent analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments of varying complexity with minimal supervision.
- High level of attention to detail, organization, and record-keeping.
- Ability to perform effectively under pressure and collaborate across teams and functions.
- Self-motivated and adept at working independently or in a team on multiple and varied tasks.
- U.S. Applicants Only.
Skills
- AML
- ATF
- BSA
- USA PATRIOT Act
- Sanctions compliance
- Client Due Diligence
- EDD reviews
- Global AML and sanctions regulations
- Leadership
- Relationship management
- Project management
- Team management
- Analytical skills
- Research skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Written communication skills
- Verbal communication skills
- Interpersonal communication skills
- MS Suite proficiency
- Advanced MS Excel knowledge
- Advanced MS PowerPoint knowledge
- Attention to detail
- Organization
- Record-keeping
- Collaboration
- Independent work
- Teamwork
- Fluent in English
- Fluent in Spanish
- Portuguese is a plus.
Location
- Office setting
Work Type
- Hybrid (at least 3 days in office)
Experience Level
- 5 years of relevant experience
- 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree
- 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree
- Up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree required
- Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
- PhD
- Professional AML certification (e.g., CAMS) preferred.
Salary/Compensations
- $116,300.00 to $186,000.00 USD per year
- May include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable).
- May be eligible for bonus and equity.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k)
- FSA/HSA
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Wellness Program
About the Company
- Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories.
- Dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
- At Visa, you’ll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.
- Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world.
- Progress starts with you.
- At Visa, we are driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
- Our evolving technology keeps us at the heart of the digital economy, connecting people to 80+ million businesses worldwide.
- Backed by a resilient, proven model, our expanding network fuels growth—for Visa and for your career.
- Your journey starts here — discover how we hire.
- Ready to take the next step?
- Learn more about life at Visa, explore our hiring process and get first-hand insights by hearing directly from our recruiters about what to expect.
- Apply with confidence today!
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Equal Opportunity
- Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protect veteran status.
- Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
