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Wave is a fintech company building mobile money and financial services across Sub-Saharan Africa, with millions of users across 9 countries. As Risk & Compliance Lead based in Niamey, Niger, you will be the primary risk and compliance officer on the ground, responsible for maintaining operational integrity and ensuring adherence to global risk and compliance standards in a fast-growing market.
You will lead field audit efforts across Niger while supporting internal controls, compliance monitoring, and fraud operations. Your responsibilities span three core areas:
Risk & Compliance Support: Own and maintain all compliance and risk-related policies, procedures, and controls. Serve as the country-level risk and compliance point person, advising leadership and reporting to the board through specialized committees. Identify and evaluate operational risks in coordination with functional teams. Monitor implementation of compliance requirements including KYC and agent/merchant onboarding controls. Participate in incident reviews and follow-up on remediation actions. Support AML and CFT investigations, including submission of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) to CENTIF through partner banks. Contribute to compliance program implementation and provide guidance and training on regulatory requirements. Conduct due diligence with partners and manage relationships with partner banks, the Central Bank (BCG), and other stakeholders. Prepare periodic and ad hoc compliance reports for regulatory agencies.
Field Audit & Controls: Supervise and coordinate field audit activities including agent audits, spot checks, and reconciliations. Work with field audit and agent operations teams to escalate and address audit deficiencies. Monitor implementation of control measures and escalate breaches or gaps. Support rollout of internal control frameworks across business functions.
Fraud Support: Coordinate local aspects of fraud investigations and awareness efforts as needed. Escalate fraud signals and trends to regional and global teams.
You will work from Wave's office in Niger with occasional travel to field locations. This is a permanent position requiring work authorization in Niger.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or audit
- Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Business & Economics, or related field
- Fluency in French and working knowledge of English (strong pluses)
- Experience in mobile money operations or financial services sector (added advantage)
- Proven experience in team management
