This is Adyen
Adyen is the payments platform of choice for the world's top companies, delivering frictionless payments across online, mobile, and in-store channels. Our team members are motivated individuals that help each other do remarkable things every day. We face unique challenges and we solve those as a team. And together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that transform the way the world pays.
Senior Regulatory Counsel
Adyen is looking for a Senior Regulatory Counsel with extensive experience in banking, financial services, payments, or card networks. As a senior member of the team, you will deeply influence the importance of regulatory compliance in India and act as a strategic business partner to both local and global stakeholders. You will advise on the evolving regulatory framework, including laws, regulations, and compliances prevailing in India, with a specific focus on payment aggregation and financial services.
What You’ll Do
- Regulatory Monitoring: Monitor regulatory developments in India, including Reserve Bank of India circulars and policies, and advise on their impact and implementation on Adyen’s local and global operations.
- Operational Excellence: Operationalize complex regulatory requirements in India and monitor compliance on an ongoing basis.
- Advisory & Support: Provide pragmatic legal and regulatory advice to internal stakeholders (Risk, Legal, Finance, Operations and Commercial teams) to accelerate the growth in India. Be a trusted partner to the Product and Tech teams to design, build and launch innovative payments/financial products in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- Regulatory Submissions: Manage various routine and ad hoc regulatory requests, filings, engagements and reporting obligations with the RBI and other relevant authorities.
- Strategic Representation: Represent the regulatory team on cross-functional projects to frame regulatory strategy and align it with global organizational objectives.
- Commercial Partnership: Advise on and negotiate various agreements with merchants, service providers, and external partners while ensuring compliant solutions align with commercial strategy.
- Policy Analysis: Analyze and summarize regulatory policies, guidelines, bills, and acts (e.g., PA-CB, KYC Master Directions, DPDP Act 2023).
- Apply expert regulatory expertise to provide exemplary advice on complex regulatory matters across multiple domains.
- Shape Adyen’s regulatory and integrity frameworks, acting as a subject matter expert for both internal and external stakeholders.
- Skillfully strike a balance between risk and commercial needs, acting as a multiplier by guiding other team members to achieve the same.
- Understand the mindset and policies of regulators and auditors to make strategic regulatory decisions.
- Masterfully adapt communication style and messaging (written and verbal) to different audiences, providing clear and concise updates and challenges.
- Advocate Adyen’s position on complex matters to external stakeholders and effectively influence their views.
- Provide mentorship to junior colleagues, applying a multiplier effect across the team.
- Initiate and own complex, high-impact cross-functional projects, managing stakeholders and resources effectively while navigating roadblocks.
- Identify opportunities to involve junior colleagues in projects to support their professional growth.
- Assist with creating Global Function OKRs and develop dedicated program management for projects within the team.
- Identify large-scale projects that drive organizational efficiencies globally with a 10x mentality.
- Offer guidance in complex situations and clear roadblocks that hinder regional or global progress.
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