Compliance Officer

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🇷🇼 Rwanda – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🚔 Compliance

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HoneyCoin

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2020

💳 Fintech

₿ Crypto

🤝 B2B

💰 $4.9M Seed Round - HoneyCoin on 2025-08

Fintech • Crypto • B2B

HoneyCoin is a fintech platform that provides infrastructure for international and African-focused payments, wallets, virtual accounts, OTC trading, and stablecoin on/off-ramps. The company offers multi-currency fiat and crypto wallets, virtual cards, bulk payouts, developer APIs and SDKs, fraud monitoring, and same-day settlements—targeting finance and product teams that need to run cross-border payments, payroll, lending, and treasury operations. HoneyCoin supports stablecoins (USDC/USDT) across many African markets (18–21 countries), provides licensed local rails, and positions itself as a regulated, developer-first B2B payments and treasury solution; it also recently closed a $4. 9M funding round.

📋 Description

• Manage HoneyCoin Rwanda’s day-to-day AML/CFT compliance programme • Oversee transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, customer due diligence and regulatory reporting • Maintain and review AML/CFT policies, procedures and internal controls • Monitor financial-crime controls and recommend improvements • Advise management and business teams on emerging money-laundering, terrorist-financing and proliferation-financing risks • Assess AML/CFT risks relating to customers, products, transactions, partners, delivery channels and geographic markets • Review new products, partnerships and market initiatives from an AML/CFT perspective • Review unusual or potentially suspicious activity and determine whether Suspicious Transaction Reports should be submitted • Ensure accurate and timely submission of Suspicious Transaction Reports and Currency Transaction Reports • Maintain confidential records of investigations, reporting decisions and regulatory submissions • Act as primary AML/CFT liaison with the Financial Intelligence Centre, National Bank of Rwanda and other competent authorities • Respond to regulatory and law-enforcement requests and coordinate inspections, reviews and meetings • Escalate significant regulatory matters, breaches and financial-crime risks to senior management and the Board • Report annually and as needed to the Board on AML/CFT programme effectiveness, risk assessments, incidents, control weaknesses and regulatory developments • Coordinate independent AML/CFT audits and track remediation actions • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Legal and Commercial teams to embed AML/CFT controls • Support AML/CFT training and promote a culture of compliance and ethical decision-making

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, Accounting, Compliance, Risk Management, Business or a related field • Demonstrable experience in AML/CFT, financial-crime compliance, regulatory compliance or risk management within fintech, banking, payments, remittances or another regulated financial institution • Experience managing or supporting an AML/CFT compliance programme • Practical experience reviewing unusual activity and preparing Suspicious Transaction Reports or Currency Transaction Reports • Experience working with financial regulators, auditors or law-enforcement authorities • Experience preparing compliance reports for senior management, committees or Boards • Strong knowledge of Rwanda’s AML/CFT laws, regulations and reporting requirements • Good understanding of the regulatory expectations of the Financial Intelligence Centre and the National Bank of Rwanda • Strong knowledge of transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, KYC/KYB, customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence • Understanding of Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing risks • Ability to interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into practical policies, procedures, workflows and internal controls • Familiarity with compliance-monitoring systems, case-management tools and regulatory-reporting processes • A relevant professional qualification in AML, compliance, financial crime or risk management, such as ACAMS or ICA, is preferred • Any regulatory approval or professional designation required to perform the role in Rwanda will be an advantage • Strong analytical and investigative skills • Sound professional judgement, integrity and independence • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Strong regulatory-reporting and policy-drafting ability • Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately • Strong stakeholder-management skills • Ability to challenge constructively and escalate matters appropriately • Highly organised, detail-oriented and evidence-focused • Comfortable working in a fast-moving, technology-driven environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • Opportunity to work at a fintech building financial infrastructure for Africa’s next wave of commerce • Exposure to cross-border payments, digital assets and stablecoin rails • Professional development through AML/CFT training and collaboration across Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Legal and Commercial teams