Compliance Diligence Manager

• Client: world-leading payments and fintech company
• Duration: until August 2026
• Pay rate: negotiable

Meet our client: "Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable, and secure digital payment network that enables individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive.

Individuality fuels our brand and our global team – we’re proud that we are a talented team of 15,000 individuals with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. Therefore, we understand that you are much more than your day job. We encourage quality of life outside of the office, whether it’s taking advantage of agile work schedules or our wellness programs, our company respects and encourages meaningful work/life balance for everyone.

So, if you’re not satisfied with the status quo, we can satisfy your desire to explore new territory, giving you the runway to really make an impact, whilst connecting you with teams around the world in a truly inclusive culture that celebrates our uniqueness.

If you think you could support us as a Compliance Diligence Manager, we want to hear from you – together, let’s make our company a great place to work."

What’s it all about?

We are seeking a Compliance Analyst to join our Due Diligence team during an exciting time of significant business change.

The purpose of the Compliance Function is to assist senior management to effectively manage designated risks, and to support the business by being an expert trusted advisor, overseeing a robust, integrated, and effective risk control framework.

Compliance has a remit to develop, implement, oversee, and report on a compliance-risk control framework, working closely with the Payments Risk Committee and Payments Board.

The compliance-risk control framework includes financial crime compliance and regulatory compliance. Financial crime focus is on Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF), Sanctions & Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC), and on the associated Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Customer’s Business (KYC/B) & Counterparty Due Diligence (CDD) obligations; including primarily but not limited to:

• On-boarding counterparty due diligence
• Transactional monitoring
• Sanctions screening
• Suspicious activity identification, monitoring and reporting

Requirements:

• Ideally educated to degree level and/or holding relevant professional qualifications, such as International Compliance Association (ICA) Certificates or Diplomas.
• Specialized experience in managing due diligence risk, including risk identification and mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to assess risk and implement effective mitigation measures.
• Solid understanding of risk assessment methodologies, control frameworks, and risk mitigation practices.
• Familiarity with operations processes and IT systems related to payments is highly desirable