Manager, Legal Compliance

About the role

Mastercard is looking for a Manager, Legal Compliance to strengthen its anti‑money‑laundering and sanctions program in the region. The role will protect the integrity of the network by identifying, assessing and mitigating financial‑crime risks across customers, products and geographies.

Key responsibilities

• Support regional AML and sanctions standards, controls and governance processes.
• Plan, coordinate and execute enhanced due‑diligence reviews and remediation tracking.
• Lead data‑driven AML initiatives such as transaction monitoring analysis, alert dispositioning and system tuning.
• Analyze customer and transaction data to identify emerging risks and recommend control enhancements.
• Coordinate investigations of suspicious activity and prepare clear analysis and recommendations.
• Respond to regulator, law‑enforcement and internal requests related to AML, sanctions and financial crime.

Required profile

• Fluency in Spanish and English.
• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Data Analytics, Mathematics, Finance, Business, Law or related field.
• 5–10 years of experience in AML compliance, sanctions compliance, risk management or related financial‑services area.
• Working knowledge of BSA/AML requirements, USA PATRIOT Act, FATF standards and international sanctions expectations.

Required skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel, including Power Pivot, pivot tables and complex formulas.
• SQL or similar query language for data extraction and analysis.
• Strong data‑extraction, cleaning, manipulation and summarization abilities.