Job Description
Job Summary:
The company is seeking to hire an experienced compliance officer who will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight, development, and management of quality systems, contract compliance, and operational business processes. In addition, s/he will oversee interventions throughout the programming cycle and ensure compliance with the company’s established policies, procedures, strategy, and also regulatory laws.
Key Responsibilities:
- Constantly reviewing and revising Compliance policies, including corporate governance and anti-money laundering.
- Respond to regulators about AML/Sanctions compliance, consumer protection, and data privacy.
- Develop, implement, and execute the internal compliance training program.
- Work closely with Legal on all Compliance, Risk Management, and Business Development matters across Africa.
- Liaise with regulators, including coordination for any regulatory on-site inspections across the company’s operating locations.
- Ensure suspicious transaction reports, screening, and KYC are fully investigated in line with regulatory requirements.
- Support applications for and continuing maintenance of FinTech-related business licenses.
- Assess various risks such as – country, customer, product, and cyber and report to Management and Board.
- Carry out Companywide AML/TF Internal Risk Assessment.
- Pre-empt, prevent, and correct compliance breaches.
- Stay updated on industry developments and new FCA, AML, and KYC rules and regulations.
- Provide compliance regulatory risk assessment and program implementation.
- Escalate regulatory risks and policy breaches or discrepancies, wherever necessary to the appropriate authority.
- Implement compliance frameworks of digital payment to ensure a smooth launch into new markets and new products.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Law, Finance, Business Administration or related field
- Minimum of 3 years cognate experience as a Compliance Officer from the financial or fin-tech industry.
- Experience working in a startup or a fast-paced environment will be a plus.
- Excellent communication skills.
- High attention to detail.
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Suites.
- Great team player.
- Demonstrates a high level of critical and analytical thinking.
- Demonstrates great attitude to work.