Manager, Compliance and MLRO at Transsnet Payments Ghana Ltd (PalmPay)

About Us

We are recruiting for the position of a Manager, Compliance and MLRO for our Palmpay App. The individual will be responsible for leading the development, implementation, and management of the compliance programs for internal controls and external laws and regulations. This role will also be responsible for ensuring that qualifying service offered are compliant with provisions of Regulatory Guidelines, Anti Money Laundering (AML), Privacy and other related legislation.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Meeting statutory reporting requirements in the capacity of local MLRO
• Building and maintaining a compliance universe for both regulatory obligations and policies and processes, that will be used as the base for development, enhancement, monitoring and oversight over compliance requirements in this space
• Holding relevant business units accountable for the implementation of effective strategies to ensure compliance to all relevant laws and regulations and policies and processes
• Staying abreast of all relevant compliance and regulatory requirements, assess the impact of these and assess whether the business is adequately informed to prepare for changes
• Working with the TRANSSNET Regulatory functions and provide input into Regulatory policies/regulations, legislative framework and future impact of new Regulatory policies and legislation – with a specific focus on the impact of such regulations or policies on TRANSSNET’s business
• Monitoring the effective cascading of the Compliance strategy into the Compliance Monitoring business plans to ensure vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing strategies
• Evaluating the effectiveness of existing policies and procedures, and work with business units to initiate enhancements as identified

Job Requirements

Education

• Minimum of 4 year tertiary degree (Ideally, Statistics / Accounting / Banking & Finance / Mathematics / Law)
• MBA or Masters will be an added advantage.
• Relevant certification / accreditation / membership with professional body as required for role (ICA / CCO / CA/ACCA / Six Sigma / CRISC / Risk Management Certification).

Experience

• Worked across diverse cultures
• Experience working in a medium to large organization

Other Requirements:

• Contract Management
• Government Relations
• Information Management
• Legislation and Compliance
• Negotiation
• Policy Design and Development
• Project Planning and Control
• Research Orientation
• Stakeholder Relations Management
• Telecommunications Business Savvy
• Computer literacy – MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel.