Our Client

Our client is an American-based company that is expanding globally by being one of the first movers to bring cryptocurrency to Africa and the Middle East at large. Their mission is to make cryptocurrency/blockchain and other FinTech services more accessible, and affordable, than ever before. Our client’s vision strives to form a committed team of forward-thinkers who collectively create a supportive, welcoming and highly innovative environment for all.

Requirements

• Relevant education and experience and/or related professional designations / certifications (CAMS, CFE, Audit)
  

• Minimum of 5 years of previous work experience in Sanctions compliance roles at a financial institution
  

• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in a corporate management/supervisory position with multiple direct reports.
  

• Post-secondary degree in Compliance, Risk, Finance, Legal or equivalent combination of educational and work experience
  

• Fluent English, French and Arabic are beneficial and a combination of local languages are essential for this role, as is a willingness to travel across your assigned region
  

• Team player and enjoy supporting and achieving team goals
  

• Highly adaptable to work with multiple teams, personalities and styles
  

• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) experience
  

• Proficient level with Access, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
  

• Availability to travel
  

Our Client

Our client is an American-based company that is expanding globally by being one of the first movers to bring cryptocurrency to Africa and the Middle East at large. Their mission is to make cryptocurrency/blockchain and other FinTech services more accessible, and affordable, than ever before. Our client’s vision strives to form a committed team of forward-thinkers who collectively create a supportive, welcoming and highly innovative environment for all.

Requirements

• Relevant education and experience and/or related professional designations / certifications (CAMS, CFE, Audit)
  

• Minimum of 5 years of previous work experience in Sanctions compliance roles at a financial institution
  

• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in a corporate management/supervisory position with multiple direct reports.
  

• Post-secondary degree in Compliance, Risk, Finance, Legal or equivalent combination of educational and work experience
  

• Fluent English, French and Arabic are beneficial and a combination of local languages are essential for this role, as is a willingness to travel across your assigned region
  

• Team player and enjoy supporting and achieving team goals
  

• Highly adaptable to work with multiple teams, personalities and styles
  

• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) experience
  

• Proficient level with Access, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
  

• Availability to travel
  

Responsibilities

• Provide second line support and challenge the business during onboarding and ongoing oversight of new Outsourced Service Providers.
  

• Providing advice to ensure internal processes and procedures are updated to reflect
  

• regulatory requirements.
  

• Conduct gap analysis of regulatory implications of changes and track actions required for completion.
  

• Advice on policy or procedural changes required to incorporate the identified changes.
  

• Ensure All policies remain fit for purpose and appropriate for the changing regulatory and business environments.
  

• Provide guidance to the financial crime team and when required to aid wider team objectives.
  

• Ensure that key Financial Crime regulatory issues are reported to the Financial Crime
  

• Manager with options and recommendations analyzed to facilitate reporting to senior management
  

• Assist in the design and provision of training to all bank staff.
  

• Assist in the investigation and reporting of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).
  

• Responsibility for the sanction screening process, management of sanctions queries and escalations.
  

• Monitoring of transactions (including OTC) and escalation of any exceptions.
  

• Undertake other tasks as and when reasonably required
  

• Participate in complex initiatives and identify opportunity for process improvements within scope of responsibilities
  

• Perform risk assessment and modeling to provide input and recommendations for financial crimes strategies and models
  

• Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes and internal controls
  

• Conduct data and onsite reviews, review findings, determine risk level and recommend fraud prevention strategies
  

• Review and assess business, operational, or technical assignments or challenges that require research, evaluation, and selection of alternatives, and exercise independent judgment to guide medium risk deliverables
  

Do we spark your interest? Then apply today!