Consultant - Compliance Quality Assurance

About the job

Nium, the Leader in Real-Time Global Payments    Nium, the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, was founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. With the onset of the global economy, its payments infrastructure is shaping how banks, fintechs, and businesses everywhere collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders. Its payout network supports 100 currencies and spans 190+ countries, 100 of which in real-time. Funds can be disbursed to accounts, wallets, and cards and collected locally in 40 markets. Nium's growing card issuance business is already available in 34 countries. Nium holds regulatory licenses and authorizations in more than 40 countries, enabling seamless onboarding, rapid integration, and compliance – independent of geography. The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.

Key Responsibilities: - Operational effectiveness testing – reviewing the timeliness, completeness and accuracy of Financial Crime Compliance Controls

- Design effectiveness testing – review Standard Operating Procedures and assess against policy requirements

- Planning – Complete Terms of Reference templates and deduce samples using approved sampling methodology for QA reviews

- Reporting – present observations to senior stakeholders for factual accuracy discussions

- Issue management – ensure all issues are remediated in a timely manner

- Record-Keeping & Audit Readiness - ensure that thorough documentation of QA processes and results is maintained. Verify that all compliance documentation, records of AML/CFT activities, decisions, and reports, are properly kept and readily accessible for internal or external review and audits.

Requirements : - Minimum 3+ years of financial crime, Compliance, Audit or QA experience

- Experience with transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, KYC/EDD, and suspicious activity reporting.

- Excellent stakeholder management and regulatory engagement experience.

- Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Experience using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automate manual processes in a controlled environment.

- Familiarity with AML transaction monitoring, CDD and Screening systems and e xperience managing regulatory examinations and remediation programmes.

What we offer at Nium     We Value Performance: Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work.

We Care for Our Employees: The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible working hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office).

We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.

We Celebrate Together: We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!

We Thrive with Diversity: Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.     For more detailed region specific benefits :  https://www.nium.com/careers#careers-perks    For more information visit www.nium.com

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