Senior Compliance Officer

Company Description

Global Remit is a boutique fintech company revolutionizing cross-border payments with advanced digital solutions and personalized banking services. Headquartered in Kfar Saba, Global Remit is trusted by tens of thousands of clients to securely and conveniently send and receive payments. Known for its reliable performance and exceptional customer experience, the company enables Cross-Border payments and making International money transfer simple, secure, and convenient. Our platform is connected on-line with tens of Leading Banks and Financial institutions worldwide, to allow our customers seamless money transfer at competitive rates, via our advanced Mobile App.

Role Description

Global Remit, a leading Fintech company specializing in cross border payments and financial/banking services, seeks Compliance Officer to join our family and become the key function in ensuring the company's operations in accordance with the provisions of financial regulation in Israel. The role includes daily work with business and operational interfaces, performing in-depth controls, and assisting in protecting the organization from regulatory exposures.

Qualifications

• Enforce and implement the organization's Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering (AML/CTF) policies.
• Perform complex Know Your Customer (KYC) processes and due diligence (CDD/EDD) for private, business, and high-risk clients.
• Review, develop and handle our compliance and monitoring systems (Transaction Monitoring) and detect unusual activities suspected of money laundering.
• Manage "extraordinary reports" to the Money Laundering Prohibition Authority and the Bank of Israel/Capital Market Authority.
• Conducting scans and checks against international sanctions lists (OFAC, UN, EU) and lists of public figures (PEPs).
• Implement and control international tax regulations such as FATCA and CRS.
• Collect data and prepare periodic compliance reports for the company's management and the board of directors.
• Provide ongoing response and advise the company's employees on daily compliance issues; Provide professional training.

Job requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Economics, Business Administration or Accounting - mandatory.
• At least 3-5  years of experience in the field of compliance, anti-money laundering (AML), internal control, or risk management in a financial/banking entity – a significant advantage.
• In-depth familiarity with the Anti-Money Laundering Order and the guidelines of the financial regulators (Bank of Israel, the Securities Authority or the Capital Market Authority).
• Experience working with financial screening and monitoring systems (such as anti-money laundering systems) – an advantage.
• High analytical ability, curiosity and the ability to get down to details (a must in the work of analyzing accounts and movements).
• Full control of Office applications, with an emphasis on high-level Excel.
• English at a very high level (reading international regulations, correspondence with foreign bodies).

Personal Skills:

• Professional integrity, reliability and high discretion in dealing with sensitive financial information.
• Ability to withstand pressures and manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to work independently alongside collaborative teamwork.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and "regulatory service" vis-à-vis the organization's business departments.