Compliance Manager (AMLRO & Data Protection Supervisor)
Ezra
Ghana
Permanent
Full-time
2 days ago
This role is responsible for maintaining and operating the company’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and data protection practices and policies across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Serving as the officially appointed AMLRO, this role is considered a Key Management Personnel (KMP) position under Bank of Ghana regulatory requirements. The position also acts as the designated Data Protection Supervisor across the company, so the successful candidate will have demonstrable experience across compliance, AML, and data protection with suitable qualifications. Through cross-functional collaboration, the successful candidate will embed compliance practices into business operations, ensuring standards and procedures meet relevant regulatory requirements, local privacy laws, and uphold ISO 27001:2022 standards. Ezra provides B2B digital lending solutions for emerging markets in partnership with mobile and digital wallet operators and financial service providers. Ezra supports 24 operations in 23 countries, across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Our key office locations are in Nairobi, Kenya and Dubai, UAE. Our flagship products are Airtime Credit Services (ACS), Nano and BNPL. ACS is an airtime or data advance offered to prepaid mobile subscribers at the point of low credit. Nano is a micro cash advance offered to mobile wallet users on demand. BNPL facilitates payment installments for products and services As a FinTech company, our business is entirely technology and data driven, from determining subscriber eligibility, generating relevant offers, managing risk, loan issuance, recovery, optimizing performance and reporting, reconciliation and billing. Each day we process approximately 21M loan requests and 1.4 TB of data across our markets. This process needs to be robust, reliable and secure. But it doesn’t end there. We’re exploring new ways of using our platform and transactional data to improve our products and develop new product opportunities. Requirements: Qualifications and Experience: A Bachelor's degree in Law is preferred, but someone with a degree in a relevant field will be considered. 6+ years of experience in AML, data protection, and compliance roles, preferably within the FinTech or financial services industry. Professional certification in Anti-Money Laundering (e.g., CAMS, ICA International Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering). Professional certification in data protection (e.g., CDPS, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPP/A, CIPT, CDPO). Strong demonstrable understanding of global standards, laws and regulation for AML and data protection. Proven experience in developing and implementing compliance, AML and data protection frameworks, policies, and procedures. Proficiency in conducting DPIA, managing data breach incidents, liaising with regulators. Preferred Qualifications: Fluency in French would be highly advantageous. Experience working with large-scale data processing systems and technologies.