Ooredoo Tunisia wishes to strengthen its teams in charge of developing its new Mobile Payment/FinTech business in Tunisia, looking for a Senior Risk & Compliance profile with significant experience in a financial institution in Tunisia.
About the role : As the Risk & Compliance Officer for Ooredoo Tunisia :
- You will play a critical role in ensuring regulatory compliance and managing the risk landscape.
- You’ll report to the Head of Mobile Payment in Ooredoo Tunisia, and also be part of the function of the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer for OFT Group, joining a team of risk & compliance officers and subject matter experts across OFT markets in MENA and beyond.
- Your primary responsibility will be to manage the risk & compliance function for Ooredoo Tunisia, focusing on understanding, communications and helping ensure compliance with our company obligations as a licensed payment services provider in Tunisia.
- Your contributions in this new Mobile Payment activity will be essential in safeguarding Ooredoo Tunisia’s reputation and financial integrity.
Some of your key activities will be:
- Leading Ooredoo Tunisia Mobile Payment’s Financial Crime program as its MLRO, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML) /Counter Financing of Terrorism (CFT), Know Your Customer (KYC), and fraud management procedures and the submission of financial crime reports to local authorities.
- With the help of subject matter experts, overseeing the proper application of Ooredoo Tunisia Mobile Payment policies and controls for all our risk & compliance areas.
- Supporting the Enterprise Risk function with local risk insight, measurement and reporting.
- Performing periodic risk assessments, control reviews and other exercises in understanding Ooredoo Tunisia Mobile Payment risk profile.
- Working with the Legal & Regulatory function to advise on new products and help ensure they are launched with good compliance and risk management controls built in.
- Helping develop and oversee the local rollout of risk & compliance training programs and communicating regularly to foster a positive culture of risk & compliance in Ooredoo Tunisia for the Mobile Payment activity.
- Provide local input to global data protection, continuity and security risk management programs.
- Maintaining a good relationship with local government authorities, including the Central Bank of Tunisia, including by tracking and delivering on commitments and submitting timely and accurate reports.
We’d love to hear from you if you have ...
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area (law, management, accounting), relevant compliance certification (e.g., CAMS, ACAMS) and min. 3 years of experience in a compliance, risk management, or financial crime prevention role, ideally with exposure across multiple risk & compliance areas.
- Experience working with the Central Bank of Tunisia and a comprehensive understanding of relevant regulatory frameworks and reporting requirements.
- Experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining AML/CFT/KYC and transaction monitoring procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
- Demonstrated ability to provide compliance guidance and advisory support to various business units.
- Highly effective project management, problem solving and planning skills, and comfort applying them in an ambiguous start-up environment.
- Ability to work in the dynamic and fast-paced environment of a fintech start-up, managing multiple country needs and priorities simultaneously.
- Enthusiasm for and comfort with technology and an online, collaborative way of working, with an eye for continuous improvement, automation and efficiency.
- A credible and coherent communication style, able to convey risk & compliance information in a concise and understandable way.
- Well-developed influencing skills, able to engage individuals at all levels in complying with requirements and understanding changes.
- Has a ‘find a way or make a way’ mentality - happy to be hands-on and take on tasks to support the Head of Mobile Payment and their team in the growth of the Ooredoo Tunisia Mobile Payment activity.
Ooredoo FinTech*(OFT)