Chipper is the largest mobile cross-border money transfer platform in Africa. We are a small passionate team, dedicated to expanding financial inclusion in some of the global regions most in need of accessible, interoperable, easy-to-use, and affordable financial services.
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This position supports the Legal, Risk and Compliance Function, reporting to the Global Head of Compliance Risk & Governance.
The Head of Regulatory Compliance role is to help lead in terms of assessing and overseeing all compliance issues across the organisation this includes providing objective risk assessments of the company's compliance with regulatory, organisational and commercial requirements across multiple jurisdictions including Africa; North America and Europe.
Responsibilities
Work with risk & compliance representatives to identify all related compliance requirements (i.e. privacy, data integrity, etc.) associated with the laws and regulations within all relevant jurisdictions.
Ensure all related compliance policies and standards are updated, based on any relevant regulatory changes or new laws.
Create a regulatory change management process that identifies and coordinates the modification of related techno functions, business processes and/or compliance controls.
All regulatory compliance reporting and submissions
Developing Policies and procedures
Compliance monitoring and assurance programme, reporting, and MI
Customer complaints
EMI licence management
Working closely with the Compliance Risk Management Lead to ensure risk management frameworks and processes are embedded
Qualifications
Proven experience developing and submitting compliance reports to governing bodies, legal entities and/or external authorities.
Experience in planning, organising and developing policies, standards, procedures and practices.
Experience conducting risk assessments, including 3rd party assessments and assurance.
Exceptional leadership and relationship management experience to build and manage a talented team working across investigations, financial crime and or related control area.
Ability to translate understanding of the organisation's goals and objectives into pragmatic compliance requirements.
Ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Able to influence, persuade and collaborate with senior business leaders and external parties to ensure solid outcomes.
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