Compliance Officer

**About Thunes**

Thunes is a global, fast-growing, and innovative Fintech scale-up that uses technology to disrupt and transform the existing financial system.

We have a strong Mission: to create a better global payments network, and a great Purpose: to connect the world to economic opportunities and address systemic inequality when it comes to financial services.

We are proud to power payments for the world's fastest-growing businesses and work with some of the amazing global brands - from Gig Economy giants such as Uber and Deliveroo and Southeast Asia's super-app Grab, to global Fintech leaders such as PayPal and Remitly.

Our Products help to drastically simplify the Payment integration experience for our customers: with a single, simple connection, businesses and consumers can send payments to - and get paid in - every corner of the world. Instantly.

Thunes is headquartered in Singapore with regional offices in Barcelona, London, Paris, Shanghai, New York, Dubai, and Nairobi.

**Context of the Role**

Reporting to the Enhanced Due Diligence Manager, the Compliance Officer (EDD), will partner with Legal, Sales and Product team members situated globally to conduct level one reviews of the ongoing due diligence of Payment Service Providers, Banks, and other regulated and non-regulated companies across the globe. This role provides an exciting opportunity to work on an international stage, alongside household names, and join a rapidly growing FinTech company making a real impact on the lives of people in developed and emerging markets alike. The role will be in Manila, Philippines and the role will be a hybrid model split between the office and work from home.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Assisting the EDD Manager in delivering the Enhanced Due Diligence plans.
- Acting as a L1 to help manage requests and perform level 1 reviews of data received.
- Liaising with partners to ensure timely completion of EDD objectives.
- Supporting the end-to-end assessment of partners' compliance governance and framework inclusive of policies, procedures, systems, and controls including sample checks if the partners transaction monitoring, sanction screening and KYC files.
- Producing of EDD reports and driving progression of EDD actions
- Escalating of any high-risk findings to the EDD Manager, Head of AML and Regional Compliance managers as required.
- Preparing summary finding reports for the EDD Manager and Head of AML as required.
- Providing EDD related support to the compliance team.

**Professional Experience/Qualification**
- Bachelor's degree and/ or hold a professional compliance qualification (e.g., ICA, ACAMS, CFE) preferred.
- 2 years+ of compliance experience gained within the Financial Services Industry.
- Experience conducting Corporate KYC/EDD in a financial institution including good understanding of corporate organizational structures.
- Knowledge in transaction monitoring, sanctions, and PEP screening.
- Knowledge in relation to onboarding/ongoing due diligence requirements.
- Knowledgeable about payments industry and passionate about technology/start-ups.
- Strong internal and external stakeholder management skills.
- Sound organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to work under pressure and manage own workload.
- English language skills required. Additional Languages beneficial.
- Experience working with international counterparties.
- Strong time management skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Problem solving skills.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft related products such as Excel and Word.