Senior Compliance Officer

About Thunes Thunes is the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies. Thunes’ network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, as well as 15 billion cards via more than 320 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more. Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house SmartX Treasury System and Fortress Compliance Platform, ensuring Members of the network receive unrivaled speed, control, visibility, protection and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments, globally. Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks. Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 14 locations, including Abidjan, Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco and Shanghai. For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/ THUNES IN THE UK We act as a trusted, neutral aggregator in a deeply fragmented industry. We offer on one hand end-to-end payments solutions to tackle the speed, cost-efficiency, and accessibility challenges for emerging markets ; and on the other payment capacities related to virtual world games. Thanks to Thunes’ Authorized Payment Institution license in the UK, as well as other registrations across the world, Thunes UK is able to provide a variety of Accept (payment acquisition) and Pay (payout) services to clients and partners based in the UK and abroad. CONTEXT OF THE ROLE Based in London, reporting to the UK Compliance Manager & MLRO based in London, this role will support the compliance function in the United Kingdom, and will support Thunes activities all across the world where the license and registrations are used. This role is expected to partner with the Global Compliance function (including the Financial Crime team, the KYC team, and the Risk team, among others) and other cross-functional teams (Legal, Account Management & Business Development, Finance & Treasury, Product etc) based across the world. The role is an office-based role, based out of the Company’s offices in London. The position provides an exciting opportunity to work on an international stage, alongside household names, and join a rapidly growing FinTech company making a real impact on the lives of people in developed and emerging markets alike. The ideal candidate should be someone who has previously held senior payments’ compliance roles in organisations like: Payment Services Providers (incl. MTOs, acquiring PSPs) Banks or Financial Institutions Traditional banks active in the digital payments space Neo-banks (e.g. Monzo, Revolut and the likes) BaaS actors (Banking as a Service like Cybrid, Plaid) Crypto assets actor (e.g. exchange, liquidity provider, blockchain infrastructure) KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Supporting the business Reviewing the adequacy of Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB), source of funds, client information, client profiling and suitability during the account opening process - ensuring that financial crime risks are assessed and mitigated, meeting all best practice, regulatory and statutory requirements, Provide guidance and support to senior management and the board regarding the firm's risk-based approach to AML/CTF, Support and manage client reviews (sometimes onsite) conducted by Thunes as part of enhanced due diligence activities. Compliance risks management Conduct regular risk assessments to identify potential money laundering and terrorist financing risks and assess the effectiveness of the controls that the firm has put against these risks, Working with the business to ensure that the firm establishes and