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SAFARICOM

Telecommunications

Principal Officer - Money Laundering Reporting Office

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Description

This role will report to the Senior Manager, Anti Money Laundering.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent.
  • Professional certification in AML, Compliance or Fraud Management.
  • At least 3 years’ experience in AML/Compliance in a Telco/Financial Services environment.
  • At least 3 years in data analytics environment generating business insights by running long lead, real-time and ad-hoc analysis.
  • Good understanding of AML and regulatory/legislative requirements.
  • Working experience with payment products, services, and operations.
  • Possess high professional and ethical standards.
  • Ability to work in in complex environments and multiple projects simultaneously with strict deadlines to deliver on commitments.
  • Team player who works effectively with others to identify and resolve issues.
  • Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.


  • Uphold the company code of conduct, policies and procedures, ensuring integrity and accountability in every aspect of your work.
  • All employees have a responsibility to adhere to safety, health, and wellbeing policies, guidelines and procedures in all actions and decisions.
  • Ensure implementation and adherence to the organization’s AML, CTF and CPF controls.
  • Ensure that M-PESA and any other qualifying service offered by the organization is/are compliant with laws and regulations.
  • Ensure controls are in place to prevent the M-PESA service from being used by criminals to launder money, fund terrorism or commit other financial crimes.
  • Investigate and report incidents and/or suspicions of money laundering to the Financial Reporting Centre and to Senior management.
  • Maintain a detailed knowledge of current AML regulations, legislation requirements, as well as future developments within the AML scope. This should drive enhancement of the existing procedures.
  • Conduct AML training sessions as per agreed plans, such as during agent forums and staff induction sessions.
  • Perform regular reviews of AML & CTF controls in the various business areas to assess their effectiveness and recommend improvements.
  • Perform due diligence, transaction monitoring and sanction screening reviews. This should lead to timely detection, investigation, and reporting of suspicious activities in line with internal policies and guidelines.
  • Prepare weekly/monthly reports to internal stakeholders on Compliance exceptions and follow through for resolution of the same.
  • Automation of reporting dashboards for the department in order to reduce the effort and time taken to generate management reports.


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