Compliance Specialist
HybridCairo, Cairo, Egypt
Job Summary
Conduct business partner due diligence and enhanced due diligence (KYC/KYB) for new and existing partners while supporting AML/CTF and sanctions monitoring by reviewing alerts and investigating suspicious activity. Monitor legal, sanctions, and card-scheme developments across markets to translate them into actionable requirements for internal teams. Work directly with Product and Engineering teams to embed compliance requirements into new products and features from the design stage. Support the maintenance of internal policies, procedures, and controls, and assist in managing relationships with acquirers, PSPs, auditors, and card schemes. Report to the General Counsel on complex challenges spanning multiple jurisdictions, acting as a trusted advisor to enable safe global growth.
Required Qualifications
- 3-5 years of hands-on compliance experience within payments, fintech, or financial services
- hands-on experience with KYC/KYB processes
- AML/CTF frameworks
- sanctions/AML screening
- transaction and fraud monitoring
- solid knowledge of financial crime, sanctions and scheme frameworks
- experience with card scheme rules
- experience working with acquirers/PSPs, auditors, or banking partners
- ability to translate complex compliance requirements into clear, practical guidance for non-compliance audiences
- structured, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- pragmatic and solution-oriented, finding ways to meet requirements without slowing the business down
- fluent in English
Desired Qualifications
- experience with card scheme rules is a plus
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