About Company:
Kora is the marketplace for everything payments. We offer a robust payment API for payment collections, disbursements and conversions for businesses anywhere in Africa. Our vision, which is at the core of what we do every day, is to create a world void of digital financial barriers. We are committed to delivering reliable, secure, and easy-to-use digital financial solutions to every single customer with a guarantee that it is improving their lives. To achieve this mission, we need people like you.
Job Description:
- As the AML/CFT/CPF Compliance Associate at Kora, you will be responsible for ensuring overall compliance with applicable anti-money laundering, countering of terrorism finance, and countering proliferation financing of weapons (AML/CFT/CPF) regulations and standards across the African markets we currently operate in.
Outcomes:
- Ensure that Kora remains compliant with all regulatory requirements regarding AML/CFT/PFW.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide support and advice on compliance issues e.g. all business units, new products, new jurisdictions, and new regulatory initiatives.
- Assist as and when required, in the development, drafting, and updating of procedures/processes/policies and related training programs/manuals and the delivery of training that is tailored to the operations & finance units' needs.
- Review, test, and recommend updates to Kora’s AML/CFT/CPF operations, standards, and controls.
- Carry out KYC on new merchants and conduct on-doing due diligence on existing merchants
- Assist in implementing compliance measures and determine appropriate remedial action plans (including, where necessary, timeframes and responsibilities).
- Draft, manage, and execute policies and procedures that govern the organization's enterprise AML/CFT/CPF) program
- Conduct transaction monitoring and generate STR/SAR reports
- Ensure that the organization complies with existing and developing international and national laws and regulations
- Carry out periodic evaluations of the compliance programs and make appropriate changes and improvements
- Handle end-to-end process flow for all requests and enquiries from regulators and LEAs.
- Ensure Kora follows its year-on-year training plan by owning the Compliance training and awareness function.
Requirements:
- A minimum of 2 years experience as a Compliance Officer or similar role experience in a B2B environment, FinTech services, or banking industry that operates across multiple African markets
- Certification - DCP/CAMS/ACFCS
- Proven AML/CFT/CPF compliance experience.
- Knowledge of Transaction monitoring and KYC/CDD.
- Quick and agile learning and problem-solving.
- Understanding the complex interactions of regulatory frameworks in the international finance space
- Experience in a high-growth team and/or startup experience.
- Strong interpersonal, organizational, communications, analytical, and project management skills.
- Thorough knowledge of products, services, operations, & systems and extensive dealing with laws, regulations, and regulatory agencies related to assigned areas.
- Proficiency with personal computers and pertinent mainframe systems and software packages.
Reporting Structure: This role reports to the Lead, Compliance
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Sponsored and tailored training
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time-off
- Flexible work style
- Annual performance bonus
- Low-interest loans
- Group Life Insurance
- Access to up to four therapy sessions monthly
- Day off on your birthday 🎂 🎁 🎉
- Employee interest groups that provide supportive communities within Kora
- Great company culture and the opportunity to work with a highly collaborative team building something great!
Salary
Very attractiveApplication Closing Date: Not specified
Application Instructions:
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Note:We recognise imposter syndrome is real - any candidate who does not perfectly fit every characteristic of this role is still strongly encouraged to apply.
Job Information
Deadline
Not specified
Job Type
Full-time
Industry
Compliance
Work Level
Experienced
State
Lagos
Country
Nigeria