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Wave is building financial services for Africa, enabling millions of users across 9 countries to send money, deposit cash, and make payments via mobile without traditional banking barriers. As Risk & Compliance Officer based in Freetown, you will lead field audit efforts and maintain operational integrity across Wave's Sierra Leone operations while supporting global risk and compliance standards.
You will supervise and coordinate field audit activities including agent audits, spot checks, and reconciliations. Working closely with field audit and agent operations teams, you'll escalate and address control deficiencies, monitor implementation of control measures, and support rollout of internal control frameworks across business functions.
On the compliance side, you'll monitor implementation of KYC and agent onboarding controls, participate in incident reviews, and follow up on remediation actions. You'll support AML and CFT investigations in Sierra Leone, including submission of Suspicious Transaction Reports to the Financial Intelligence Authority. Additional responsibilities include preparing periodic and ad hoc compliance reports with regulatory agencies, conducting due diligence requests, providing training on regulatory requirements, and assisting with operational risk identification.
You'll also coordinate fraud investigations and awareness efforts as needed, escalating fraud signals and trends to regional and global teams. This is a ground-level role requiring work authorization in Sierra Leone, with occasional travel to field locations.
Requirements: minimum 4 years in compliance, risk management, or audit; Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Business & Economics, or related field; proven team management experience; AML expertise. Mobile money or financial services sector experience is advantageous. You should be passionate about risk mitigation, dependable, intellectually curious, and skilled at cross-functional collaboration.
