CDD Senior Associate - Gaming & Gambling

Overview

Are you ready to write your next chapter?

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for an experienced CDD Senior Associate – Gaming & Gambling to join our ever evolving team and help us unleash the potential of every business.

Location – London Based only – Hybrid working option available

Our Business Enablement Worldpayers are the engine that propels us forward. Their curiosity and openness to new ideas feed our strategic direction and ultimately make our vision a reality.

As a member of our Vertical Growth Enablement team, you will play a crucial role in safeguarding the company’s reputation and mitigating financial crime risks by conducting thorough investigations ensuring alignment with Worldpay policies and risk appetite.

What you\’ll own as the CDD Senior Associate – Gaming & Gambling

• Perform customer due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence (EDD) for merchants operating in the gaming and gambling vertical for Worldpay Gaming Solutions, LLC. This includes establishing customer profiles and ownership structures in line with Worldpay\’s policies.
• Identify complexities in this high-risk vertical and ensure the right skills, tools, and analytical methods are used for onboarding.
• Perform ongoing monitoring of existing customer relationships following trigger events or through scheduled periodic reviews.
• Collaborate with 2nd line Compliance, Risk and Legal to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and industry best practice whilst managing operational impact.
• Assess sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening hits, with particular attention to gaming industry connections and regulatory risk/violations, escalating findings where necessary.
• Support the development of compliance and risk frameworks to enhance operational efficiency. This includes contribution to, or where necessary the creation of, practical controls and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Collaborate with commercial teams to identify and assess operational challenges related to Merchant growth, including monitoring and reporting. Balancing commercial objectives whilst maintaining operational adherence.
• Support and implement key initiatives across impacted Operational business units.

Relationship Management

• Develop and maintain an open and positive relationship with internal and external stakeholders, as necessary.
• Create a customer focused culture that has a clear understanding of risk and an innovative can-do mindset that achieves both the regulatory objectives and a good customer experience.

Training and Development

• Where necessary, attend and contribute to relevant meetings, such as those focused on risk and compliance to represent and understand the operational impact for strategic initiatives.
• Keep up with global regulatory changes to better understand operational risks.

What you\’ll Bring

• 3 years of experience and strong knowledge in the application of customer due diligence, anti-money laundering or financial crime compliance within a regulated payments industry.
• A demonstrable understanding of American legal and regulatory gaming and gambling requirements pertaining to customer due diligence, Wolfsberg industry standards & card network rules.
• Experience in the payments industry.
• You have a strong practical understanding of the importance of a rigorous control environment.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to identify, mitigate and communicate risks and issues that could impact the organisation and the customer experience.
• Ability to build a positive culture of continuous improvement and learning, encouraging professional development opportunities and knowledge sharing initiatives.
• Ability to maintain strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation, ensuring effective communication and alignment.
• Highly analytical and strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and make informed decisions.
• Working towards or committed to obtaining professional qualification(s) (e.g., ICA Certificate in AML, ACAMS).
• Experience with CDD/KYC tools such as Orbis, Actimize, Salesforce, or LexisNexis.

About the team

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What makes a Worldpayer

What makes a Worldpayer? It’s simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions and finding creative solutions to simplify the complex.

We’re dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we’re determined, always staying open and winning and failing as one.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer. Apply now to write the next chapter in your career.

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Sourcing Model

Recruitment at Worldpay works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. Worldpay does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

Explore the benefits we offer to Worldpayers in the United Kingdom

My Health

We provide a healthcare allowance towards the costs of your health benefits, giving you the flexibility to choose the coverage you and your family needs across our medical, dental and healthcare cash plans. Our medical plan also includes a neurodiversity assessment pathway.

My Money

We offer access to a pension scheme with a company contribution of 9% of base salary if you contribute at least 3%. You can also own your personal finances through our Workplace ISA and GIA.

My Lifestyle

We offer Employee Assistance Programs to support through any changes that matter to you.

My Family

Our family inclusion network offers support for Worldpayers raising families and caring for family members.

My Protection

We offer company-funded life and income protection insurance with the option to purchase additional insurances, including critical illness for you and your partner, life insurance for your partner, and personal travel insurance.

My Time Off

We offer paid time off and public holidays so you can rest, recharge and spend time on what matters most.

My Specialized Support

We offer company-funded annual Health Assessments. We also provide free access to a Virtual GP for you and your family, and full funding for female Worldpayers to access our Menopause Support Plan.

My Specialized Support

We provide a monthly wellbeing allowance for you to spend on anything that supports your physical and/or mental wellbeing.

Application steps

Here\’s where we\’ll learn a little about you, why you want to join Worldpay, and why you\’d be a good addition to our team. You\’ll also need to upload your resume and a cover letter too.

Application Review

Once you’ve submitted your application, Worldpayers will review it and see if you’re a good match for the role, team and culture. If you’re successful, we\’ll invite you for an interview where we can get to know each other better.

Interview with a Worldpayer

This is the time where we get to know you better, and your opportunity to learn more about us. The best way to thrive is to bring your whole self to the conversation. We’ll ask about your skills and experiences, as well as your career aspirations. Depending on the role, you might have multiple interviews with various Worldpayers.

Offer and Onboarding

The exciting part! If you’re the best candidate, your recruiter will be in touch to confirm your offer. If you accept, we’ll walk you through the next steps of what you can expect during your background check and onboarding process to get you ready to become an official Worldpayer.

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