Compliance and AML officer

Description
The Compliance and AML Officer will be responsible for ensuring that Avada adheres to legal standards and internal policies, particularly in the realm of financial compliance. This position will involve identifying and assessing money laundering's risks and terrorist financing, and implementing most reliable policies, procedures and controls to solve those risks. He will also ensure that these measures are well documented, proportionate and updated to Avada's nature and size.

Requirements
The candidate must: 

• Have more than 2 years of experience in payment or financial industry
• Have at least one valid AML/Compliance certificate
• possess strong analytical skills, and
• maintain integrity and independence in their functions
• Reside in Congo DRC
• Start as soon as possible
• Have a good level in speaking and writing English
• Know and understand the main requirements for payment licenses in remittance, payment aggregator and forex. 

Responsibilities
The Compliance and AML Officer will be responsible for: 

• Conducting risk assessments
• Ensuring regulatory compliance
• Understanding of the legal and regulatory landscape,
• Development and implementation of internal AML/ Compliance policies and procedures.
• Overseeing the effectiveness of internal controls and procedures related to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing.
• Employee Screening with regard to the compliance policies of Avada.
• Submission of adequate, timely and sufficiently detailed AML and compliance reporting to the competent authority.
• Education of all employees/Contractors of Avada on the impact of the money laundry and terrorist financing risks on their business-wide risk profile.
• Ensuring that the AML and Compliance policies, procedures and internal control measures are ideal and proportionate, considering the characteristics of the credit or financial institution and the ML/TF risks to which it is exposed
• and more...

Nice to have
This position is opened only to DRC/ Kinshasa residents

Working conditions
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