Head of Compliance

SUMMARY:
Seeking an innovative Senior Compliance Superstar to join a fin-tech startup that is making headway in it's growth-phase. Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit with a compliance and risk background to rival the best?, let's chat.

POSITION INFO:
This role reports directly to the CEO with the primary responsibility of heading up the compliance and risk side of the business and apply some new flavour to the role with creative thinking around the business'' current offerings and the implementation thereof.

Crucial for this role is an individual who is an experienced leader with considerable expertise in compliance, governance, and the financial regulatory field, someone with a strong focus on AML and money transfers internationally.

The Key Functions of the role:

• To develop and improve upon the current compliance framework using a risk based approach.
• Lead and mentor a team, ensuring that frameworks are implemented as well as the smooth running of day-to-day operations.
• Own and manage improvements in compliance systems to enhance workflows and streamline automation
• Implementation of improvements with consideration to downstream impacts.
• Take a proactive approach in auditing processes, practices and documentation to filter out weaknesses.
• Take the lead on overall due diligence processes relating to customers, agents and payment partners.
• Act as advisory to the business and Executive Management in order to mitigate compliance risks.
• Support the expansion of new products and new territories taking into account all regulatory considerations.

• 8-10 years of experience in a mid-senior compliance management role.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of industry practices and professional standards as well as legal requirements and controls relating to Money Laundering etc.
• Experience in systems implementations of robust compliance frameworks within AML and Consumer Fraud.
• Experience in dealing with payment partners and third-party agents and risk management.
• A big advantage would be experience in the design and implementation of risk management programmes.

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