Compliance Officer (Fin Tech) at iRecruiters Africa Limited

Job Description

• Constantly reviewing and revising Compliance policies, including corporate governance and anti-money laundering.
• Respond to regulators in relation to 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 Company wide 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 details.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Suites.
• Great team player.
• Demonstrates a high level of critical and analytical thinking.
• Demonstrates great attitude to work.

Benefits

Highly Competitive