Compliance Specialist
The Compliance area is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the AML/CTF (LAFT) risk management framework of the company. As we build a financial institution from the ground up, this area plays a critical role in ensuring regulatory compliance, protecting the company from financial crime risks, and enabling sustainable and responsible growth aligned with supervisory expectations.
Challenges that await you:
- Co-build and scale a data-driven Compliance framework from the ground up within a fast-growing fintech environment.
- Support and lead SARLAFT compliance monitoring and risk assessments to identify, prevent, and mitigate money laundering and terrorist financing risks across business operations.
- Conduct customer and third-party due diligence (KYC/CDD), transaction monitoring, and suspicious activity investigations while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.
- Support regulatory audits, reporting processes, and compliance reviews by maintaining accurate documentation, preparing risk reports, and strengthening AML/SARLAFT controls and governance frameworks.
- Design, implement, and continuously enhance data segmentation models, information classification systems, and compliance risk methodologies to improve decision-making and operational efficiency.
- Analyze data to identify risk patterns, operational inefficiencies, and automation opportunities that optimize Compliance processes and strengthen monitoring capabilities.
- Balance strong regulatory requirements with scalable, efficient, and data-driven operational processes in a high-growth environment.
- Adapt quickly to evolving regulatory landscapes by translating regulatory expectations into structured frameworks, policies, controls, and data governance practices.
- Thrive in dynamic environments with incomplete, dispersed, or rapidly evolving data sources while contributing to the development of scalable compliance infrastructures.
- Manage ambiguity while maintaining high standards of data governance, traceability, documentation, and regulatory readiness.
What makes you a great fit:
- Over 5 years of hands-on experience in AML/CTF across the financial sector and fintech environments.
- Proven ability to thrive in settings where processes are built from scratch, not inherited, and where structure evolves alongside growth.
- Highly proactive and hands-on, with the autonomy to deliver results effectively in environments with limited supervision.
- Strong regulatory expertise combined with an analytical, data-driven mindset to support sound risk-based decision-making.
- Creative, resilient, and deeply motivated to help build and scale a regulated financial institution from the ground up.
- Energized by fast-paced, high-impact environments and unafraid of hard work or complex challenges.
- Conversational English and Spanish is a must-have requirement.
Our ways of working:
- Innovative Spirit: A commitment to creativity and groundbreaking solutions.
- Honest Feedback: valuing open, transparent communication.
- Supportive Team: a strong, collaborative community.
- Celebrating Achievements: recognizing our wins together.
- High-Tech Environment: a team full of smart and revolutionary people who date to challenge the status quo of incumbent finances.
