About Thunes
Thunes is a global, fast-growing, and innovative Fintech scale-up that uses technology to disrupt and transform the existing financial system. We have a strong Mission: to create a better global payments network, and a great Purpose: to connect the world to economic opportunities and address systemic inequality when it comes to financial services. We are proud to power payments for the world's fastest-growing businesses and work with some of the amazing global brands - from Gig Economy giants such as Uber and Deliveroo and Southeast Asia's super-app Grab, to global Fintech leaders such as PayPal and Remitly. Our Products help to drastically simplify the Payment integration experience for our customers: with a single, simple connection, businesses and consumers can send payments to - and get paid in - every corner of the world. Instantly. Thunes is headquartered in Singapore with regional offices in London, Paris, Shanghai, New York, Dubai, and Nairobi.
Context of the role
Reporting to the Partner Due Diligence Manager, the Compliance Officer (PDD), will partner with Legal, Sales and Product team members situated in Singapore, UK, Africa, and USA to onboard and control Payment Service Providers, Banks, and other regulated and non-regulated companies across the globe. This role provides an exciting opportunity to work on an international stage, alongside household names, and join a rapidly growing FinTech company making a real impact on the lives of people in developed and emerging markets alike.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct Know Your Partner analysis, including the following:
- Conduct research on legal entities in the Company's systems (WorldCheck, Bureau Van Dijk, Graydon etc.) as well as in official government records and other public websites.
- Conduct basic corporate research on legal entities using closed databases public websites (sector/industry type, products, services sold, localization of main suppliers, main clients and operation locations).
- Evaluate client risk according to predefined risk criteria.
- Communicate with clients, as needed, to gather and understand information on beneficial ownership or on any other missing documents.
- Conduct enhanced due diligence on clients, including the following:
- Ensuring that the partners' transactions are in line with expected behavior.
- Conduct interviews with the partners' compliance departments to assess that the partners AML-CTF framework is in line with Thunes expectations.
- Identify situations where a client's information or documents appear fraudulent or suspicious.
- Implement new compliance policies and procedures.
- Take part in different projects under the supervision of the PDD Manager.
- Centralize and coordinate remediation of audit findings.
- Create and analyze reports of compliance management information.
Professional Experience/Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and/or hold a professional compliance qualification (e.g. ICA, ACAMS, CFE etc.).
- ~3-5 years+ experience focusing on KYC within a financial institution.
- Demonstrated expertise in risk and regulatory compliance from a financially regulated company.
- Extensive experience conducting Corporate KYC in the financial sector.
- Understand the principles and be familiar with Payment products.
- Good understanding of corporate organizational structures.
- Able to work under pressure and manage own workload.
- Passionate about technology and start-ups.
- Strong internal and external stakeholder management skills.
- Portuguese language skills are beneficial.
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