Black Pen Recruitment – Our client is an American-based company that is expanding globally by being one of the first movers to bring cryptocurrency to Africa and the Middle East at large. Their mission is to make cryptocurrency/blockchain and other FinTech services more accessible, and affordable, than ever before. Our client’s vision strives to form a committed team of forward-thinkers who collectively create a supportive, welcoming and highly innovative environment for all.
They are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Financial Crime & Law Enforcement Specialist (FinTech / Cryptocurrency)
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Remote | Full-time
Industry: Financial Services
Responsibilities
- Analyse, prepare and perform risk evaluation to prevent financial crime, including fraud and other related typologies.
- Review accounts and transactions for potentially fraudulent activity and take quick, decisive action
- Review, investigate and respond to requests from law enforcement, regulators and financial institutions
- Proactively identify, monitor and report financial crime patterns with insightful MIS and dashboard reporting
- Identify areas of improvement in the company’s products to ensure their continued customer security.
- Actively participate in improving internal procedures and processes linked to Compliance Risk, Financial Crime, Fraud, Payments and AML.
- Work alongside the internal teams on the development and upgrade of financial crime and fraud related detection/prevention tools and mechanisms
- Creation and implementation of the procedures for Financial Crime prevention enhanced due diligence checks (EDD), monitoring, reporting and management.
- Maintain detailed logs of incidents and prepare regular and ad-hoc management and regulatory reports.
- Provide investigative support for Financial Crime and other related forensic investigations and reporting requirements.
Requirements
- University Degree from a recognized tertiary institution
- +5 years’ experience in a similar role
- Forensic investigations, CFE, CAMS, ACFS certification advantageous
- Financial services, online payments, ,e- commerce and mobile wallet experience and monitoring required
- Experience in fintech/cryptocurrency is required
- Attention to detail, strong sense of responsibility and very high level of integrity
- Ability to take charge in critical situations and work on resolving problems
- Fluent in English
- Fluency in French advantageous
- Enhanced knowledge of Financial Crime, AML and STR/SAR directives.
- Proficient in Monitoring systems and rules tuning
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work across all levels of the organization and with external stakeholders
- Working knowledge of forecasting and KPIs
- Build, mentor and manage a team
- Results driven, ability to work under pressure with a high degree of independence and focus
Remuneration
Salary + Benefits.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online