AML Compliance Officer

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🔥 12 hours ago

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🚨 AML and Financial Crime

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Yellow Card App

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51 - 200 employees

💳 Fintech

💸 Finance

💰 $40M Series B on 2022-09

Fintech • Payments • Finance

Yellow Card App is a pan-African fintech company operating in 20 countries. It is the largest and first licensed Stablecoin on-ramp/off-ramp on the African continent, offering secure and cost-effective solutions for businesses to buy and sell Stablecoins like USDT, USDC, and PYUSD using local currency. The platform facilitates borderless transactions and business payments through their Payments API and Widget, targeting businesses of all sizes. Yellow Card ensures secure and seamless financial operations across Africa with an emphasis on digital assets and mobile money integration.

📋 Description

• Serve as the local AML compliance lead and money laundering reporting officer for Yellow Card Zimbabwe • Act as the in-country subject matter expert on Zimbabwean AML law and supervisory expectations • Provide day-to-day compliance support in a high-volume operational environment • Advise the Group MLRO on Zimbabwean AML obligations, FATF and ESAAMLG expectations, and VASP requirements • Translate regulatory developments into actionable advice for product, operations, customer-facing, and leadership teams • Build relationships with the FIU, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe, banking and payment partners, and other stakeholders • Act as the resident compliance contact for registration, renewal, reporting, inspections, and information requests • Support the design, implementation, and improvement of the AML program, policies, procedures, risk assessment, and customer risk-rating methodology • Ensure controls cover customer due diligence, beneficial ownership, record keeping, ongoing monitoring, and internal reporting • Review and dispose of high volumes of transaction monitoring alerts • Conduct enhanced due diligence on high-risk customers, counterparties, and fiat and digital-asset transactions • Perform on-chain analytics, source-of-funds, and source-of-wealth assessments • Prepare and support suspicious transaction reports to the FIU • Support customer onboarding and periodic reviews for KYB, beneficial ownership, and PEP requirements • Conduct sanctions and PEP screening against UN, OFAC, EU, and local lists • Implement and operate Travel Rule processes, including counterparty VASP due diligence and information-sharing workflows • Deliver AML, sanctions, and crypto-specific risk training • Support reporting to regulators, auditors, the Board, and relevant committees • Track regulatory and supervisory developments and assess business impact • Maintain management information and metrics demonstrating AML program effectiveness

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in law, finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related field • One to three years of hands-on AML, financial crime, or compliance experience at a bank, financial institution, payment provider, remittance company, or fintech regulated in Zimbabwe or a comparable jurisdiction • Strong working knowledge of Zimbabwean AML laws and regulations, including the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act, VASP registration regime, FIU reporting obligations, and FATF standards as applied in Zimbabwe • Direct experience working with crypto or digital assets • Understanding of VASP-specific risks, blockchain analytics, wallet screening, and Travel Rule implementation • ACAMS Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification required • Business-level proficiency in English, written and spoken • Zimbabwe residency and the right to work in Zimbabwe • Additional certifications such as CCAS, CCI, CFCS, or equivalent are advantageous • Completed FIU, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, or ESAAMLG-related AML training or workshops is advantageous • Experience working with Zimbabwean banks, payment providers, or regulators, including direct FIU engagement, is advantageous • Familiarity with Chainalysis, TRM Labs, or Elliptic is advantageous • Knowledge of Shona and/or Ndebele is advantageous • Exposure to cross-border payments and emerging-market financial services is advantageous

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Meaningful health coverage • Stock option plan for all full-time employees • Fully remote work environment • Learning and development resources, support, and autonomy • Mental health support services • Global and diverse multicultural team environment • Professional development support • Continued education and certification renewals • Direct mentorship from the Group MLRO • Exposure to senior leadership and external stakeholders