Compliance Officer

We are looking for a Compliance Officer to join our team in Miami. This role is a great opportunity for candidates looking to have hands-on experience working in a licensed fintech company.

As a Compliance Officer, you'll be working with our global compliance team and play a pivotal role in ensuring regulatory compliance and operational excellence. You'll coordinate regulatory activities, drive improvements in key compliance areas such as KYC and AML, assist in audit preparations, conduct risk assessments, and oversee internal procedures related to merchant onboarding and transaction monitoring.

Responsibilities:

• Compliance Procedures Development: Draft, coordinate, and monitor regulatory inspections, investigations, thematic reviews, inquiries, self-assessments, surveys, questionnaires, reporting, and consultations to ensure timely and quality submissions; Help with the application for MTL licenses.
• Audits and Risk Assessments: Drive improvements in KYC, AML, privacy regulations, and general compliance awareness through evaluating needs, and delivering a training and development program, with input from compliance and risk-based monitoring programs. Conduct periodical risk assessments concerning money laundering and terrorist financing risks and advise the company's governing body/senior management on necessary actions to mitigate those risks.
• Reporting Obligations: Investigate, monitor, and report transactions and accounts, including when required using monitoring tools, to monitor, detect, prevent, and report on possible money laundering, terrorism financing, corruption, and other suspicious activity.
• Training and Guidance: Provide training to employees on compliance matters, ensuring awareness and adherence to legal requirements.
• Stakeholder Communication: Ensure smooth communication and timely information sharing with internal stakeholders and company management.
• Regulatory Communication: Past experience in communicating directly with financial regulators and/or obtaining financial licenses is a significant advantage.

Requirements:

• Certifications: Relevant compliance certifications (e.g., ICA, ACAMS) are highly desirable.
• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Business, International Studies, or Law with related studies in Anti Money Laundering and similar studies.
• Analytical Skills: Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities; effective communication with stakeholders at all levels.
• Work Ethic: Confident, self-motivated, and capable of working independently while fostering a collaborative team environment.

Skills and Competencies Required

• Analytical Skills: Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities; effective communication with stakeholders at all levels.
• Work Ethic: Confident, self-motivated, and capable of working independently while fostering a collaborative team environment.