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Wave Mobile Money is building financial services across Sub-Saharan Africa, with millions of users across 9 countries. The company's mission is to make Africa the first cashless continent by providing accessible, fee-free financial services.
You will join the Financial Security Team as an AML Transaction Monitoring Analyst, reporting to the Compliance Lead in Abidjan. Your primary responsibility is to investigate alerts generated by Wave's AML Transaction Monitoring system to prevent, detect, and report suspicious activity.
Key responsibilities include:
- Conducting investigations on AML system alerts and suspicious transactions
- Preparing suspicious transaction reports for regulatory submission
- Participating in alert tuning to reduce false positives and improve system effectiveness
- Supporting the Financial Security Manager in reviewing reports from other analysts
- Identifying weaknesses in the transaction monitoring system and proposing improvements
- Contributing to financial security reports and dashboards for decision-makers
- Assisting with implementation of embargo restrictions and regulatory requirements
- Gathering information from law enforcement and financial intelligence authorities
- Participating in awareness-raising and training activities on financial security
You will work from Wave's office in Abidjan. This is a permanent position with competitive salary, comprehensive health insurance for you and dependents, generous parental leave (26 weeks for mothers, 4 weeks for fathers), subsidized childcare, gym membership subsidies, airtime reimbursement, and free meals in a modern office space.
Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree in IT, finance, criminology, risk management, or related field; at least 1 year of relevant AML transaction monitoring and/or sanctions screening experience at a financial institution; fluency in spoken and written French and English. ECOWAS work authorization strongly preferred. Compliance certifications such as ACAMS are a plus.
