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Europe MLRO

13 hours, 22 minutes ago
Belgium
Full-time
Senior
Compliance Manager
Finance and Accounting
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NALA

NALA

NALA is a financial technology company that offers a new kind of mobile money transfer service, empowering Africans globally. They provide safe, affordable, and reliable payment solutions from the UK, US, and EU to various African countries. NALA is on...

Diversified Financial Services
11-50
Founded 2017
$10M raised
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Description

  • Own and evolve NALA’s AML/CFT framework in Belgium in line with local law, EU directives, and NBB expectations.
  • Lead end-to-end suspicious activity investigations and serve as the nominated officer for CTIF-CFI reporting.
  • Deliver and maintain the Overall Risk Assessment (ORA) across customer, product, and corridor-level financial crime risks.
  • Act as the primary point of contact for regulators and law enforcement, including audits, inspections, and ongoing relationship management.
  • Design and monitor internal controls and KPIs/KRIs to assess the effectiveness of the compliance program.
  • Provide strategic advice to leadership on new products, market expansion, and risk appetite decisions.
  • Review the existing AML/CFT framework and create a clear action plan for improvements.
  • Implement scalable compliance processes that support growth without increasing regulatory risk.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of AML/CFT experience within a Payment Institution or Electronic Money Institution.
  • Experience operating as an MLRO or in an equivalent senior compliance role in a regulated environment.
  • Deep knowledge of Belgian AML regulations, NBB expectations, and EU AML directives.
  • Proven track record managing SAR/STR reporting and regulatory interactions.
  • Strong experience conducting complex financial crime investigations, including layering, smurfing, and cross-border schemes.
  • Professional fluency in English and either French or Dutch.
  • Meets the NBB “Fit and Proper” requirements for senior compliance roles.
  • Previous experience in a high-growth fintech or remittance business is preferred.
  • Experience working with transaction monitoring systems and regtech tools is preferred.
  • An LLM or legal/compliance academic background is preferred.

Benefits

  • 35 days off, including local bank holidays.
  • Birthday leave for a paid day off in your birthday month.
  • Enhanced parental leave with 16 weeks of full pay for primary caregivers and 4 weeks for secondary caregivers after a 6-month probation period.
  • $1,000 annual learning and development budget.

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