Compliance Officer (Microfinance Bank) at iRecruiters Africa Limited

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.