IT Compliance Specialist

Overview:

The role is responsible for supporting the creation, enhancement, monitoring, and implementation of the Compliance Program, with a specific focus on IT Compliance and its regulatory requirements. It ensures that technology‑related activities, systems, and processes comply with applicable regulations and internal standards, while helping manage the broader compliance‑related functions within Maya ecosystem

What you will do:

• Identification, assessment, and cascade of relevant regulations and its requirements
• Participate in conducting compliance risk assessments of new products, services and processes to ensure conformity with regulations and accepted standards
• Recommends adequate and mitigating controls to provide early detection and prevention of potential compliance issues
• Coordinates with internal and external examiners for audit deliverables
• Monitoring, reporting and/or escalation of significant internal (Internal Audit) and external findings (regulators) to include evaluation of actions taken by different teams to resolve regulatory or internal findings
• Directly work with the business and support units to develop, communicate and implement strategies, procedures and technology systems to enhance Maya’s compliance with applicable rules and regulations
• Maintaining a good working relationship with the regulators and internal/external stakeholders
• Support and manage additional regulatory compliance initiatives beyond IT-related regulations, including cross-functional or enterprise-wide compliance activities, as assigned by the Compliance Manager.
• Perform other compliance-related duties and regulatory projects as may be reasonably assigned in support of the organization’s overall compliance framework.

What we are looking for:

• 2–3 years of experience in IT compliance, regulatory compliance, or technology risk management within a BSP-regulated financial institution (bank, FinTech, EMI, or similar)
• Experience supporting compliance of IT systems and digital platforms with BSP requirements and internal policies
• Exposure to BSP examinations, audits, or regulatory reviews, including preparation of documentation and response to findings
• Working knowledge of financial institution’s operations and systems (e.g. Electronic Money Issuer (EMI), VASP, OPS, Remittance, and banking related products. Sound understanding of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) regulatory requirements relevant to IT compliance and technology risk
• Sound understanding of AMLA/CTF, the Data Privacy Act, and corporate governance requirements impacting IT environments 
• Experience in IT risk management, including identification of technology risks and support for control monitoring or remediation activities