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Title and Summary

Senior Counsel, Regulatory

Mastercard’s Global Regulatory Team is seeking a Senior Counsel to support product specialists in our Commercial and New Payments Flows (CNPF) division in our LAC region. This role focuses on delivering solutions for money transfers that extend beyond traditional point-of-sale transactions. The ideal candidate will be an expert in regulations governing domestic and cross-border card-based or account-to-account flows, particularly G2C or B2C disbursements, push payments (including QR initiated), remittances, and business payments.

Role:
- Serve as regulatory counsel for Mastercard’s CNPF division in the LAC region, advising on product implications of relevant regulations for both domestic and international money transfers.
- Participate in the development and execution of regulatory strategies related to our push payments activities.
- Engage in the product development process to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and licensing requirements.
- Develop global insights for Executive Management on the regulatory implications of strategic initiatives.
- Review and analyze regulatory advice to advance strategic initiatives.
- Collaborate with global and regional Mastercard regulatory and product counsel, as well as external counsel, to provide advice on new licenses, supervisory matters, compliance, examinations, and systems of control related to licensing requirements.
- Provide support to Mastercard’s Franchise and Anti-Money Laundering groups.
- Monitor relevant regulatory changes and work closely with internal stakeholders to determine the impact of these changes.
- Build and maintain a strong working knowledge of laws and regulatory themes related to payments, money transfer, e-commerce, banking/financial services, data sovereignty, domestic payment schemes, and anti-money laundering.
- Coordinate and draft submissions, talking points, and other materials as part of advocacy processes.

All About You:
The successful candidate will possess the following knowledge, skills, and experience:
- A law degree from an established and reputable law school.
- A proven track record in legal practice in fields such as regulation, technology, finance, corporate, commercial, and anti-trust at an international law firm or regulator.
- Deep expertise in payments regulation, particularly related to domestic and cross-border funds transfers.
- Experience in a regulatory affairs and/or product counsel role within a financial services or payments organization.
- Proven success in navigating multi-national organizations and operating effectively within a diverse multicultural environment.
- A proactive, time-sensitive, results-driven approach to all duties, obligations, and responsibilities.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with fluency in both English and Spanish.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.