Financial Crime & Law Enforcement Specialist

Black Pen Recruitment; Remote; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for a Financial Crime & Law Enforcement Specialist to join a premier fintech firm focusing on stablecoins. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years' experience in financial crime prevention and a strong background in fintech/cryptocurrency. Responsibilities include analyzing risks, investigating potential fraud, and developing compliance procedures. This full-time role is fully remote and offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in the financial technology space.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in financial crime, fraud, or regulatory compliance.
• Experience in fintech or cryptocurrency roles.
• Certifications such as CFE, CAMS, ACFS are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and perform risk evaluation to prevent fraud.
• Review accounts for potentially fraudulent activities.
• Proactively identify and report financial crime patterns.
• Work on compliance risk and fraud-related detection tools.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Ability to work under pressure

Communication with external stakeholders

Education

University degree from a recognized tertiary institution

Tools

Monitoring systems

Job description

Financial Crime & Law Enforcement Specialist (FinTech/Cryptocurrency/Stablecoin/Remote)

Johannesburg, GP, South Africa

Job Openings Financial Crime & Law Enforcement Specialist (FinTech/Cryptocurrency/Stablecoin/Remote)

About the job Financial Crime & Law Enforcement Specialist (FinTech/Cryptocurrency/Stablecoin/Remote)

Our Client is the largest and the first licensed on/off-ramp platform for stablecoins in Africa. They are dedicated to offering innovative solutions in the African stablecoins space. Our client is committed to making stablecoins accessible and understandable for everyone, providing their customers with secure and user-friendly platforms for their financial transactions.

Job Type: Full-time

Workplace: Remote

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
• 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

Responsibilities

• Analyze, 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.