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That's for good reason-the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.\nWe're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.\nOur goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that's where you come in...\nHow you'll help us achieve it\nAs a Risk and Compliance Lead, you’ll play a key role in maintaining operational integrity in a growing and dynamic environment. You will lead our field audit efforts in Niger while supporting internal control, compliance, and, on occasion, fraud operations.\nYou’ll be the go-to person on the ground to coordinate local execution of our global risk and compliance standards.\nIn this role, you'll;\nRisk & Compliance Support\nOwn and maintain all compliance and risk-related policies, procedures, and controls.\nServe as the risk & compliance point person in the country, advising leadership and and reporting to the board through one of its specialized committees.\nAssist with identifying and evaluating operational risks in coordination with functional teams.\nMonitor implementation of basic compliance requirements (e.g., KYC, agent & merchant onboarding controls).\nParticipate in incident reviews and follow-up on remediation actions.\nSupport documentation and reporting on internal risk or compliance issues.\nSupport AML and CFT Investigations in Niger, including submission of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) to the CENTIF through our partner banks.\nContribute to the implementation of the compliance program.\nProvide guidance and/or training and educational programs, to improve business understanding of related laws and regulatory requirements.\nConduct and respond to due diligence requests from & to our partners.\nManage the relationship with our partner banks, the Central Bank (BCEAO) and other stakeholders.\nPrepare periodic and ad hoc compliance reports with regulatory agencies.\nField Audit & Controls\nSupervise and coordinate field audit activities (agent audits, spot checks, reconciliations).\nWork with the field audit and agent ops teams to escalate and address deficiencies identified during audits.\nMonitor implementation of control measures and escalate any breaches or gaps.\nSupport rollout of internal control frameworks across business functions.\nFraud Support\nHelp coordinate local aspects of fraud investigations or awareness efforts as needed.\nEscalate fraud signals or trends to regional and global teams.\nKey details\nLocation: You'll work from our office in Niger and may travel to field locations.\nWork authorization in Niger is required.\nThis is a permanent position.\nOur salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula. \nWe offer generous health insurance for yourself and your dependents.\nWe support working parents - we offer generous parental leave policies (26 weeks for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers) and subsidized child care when you return to work.\nWe help you live your fullest life now! We subsidize gym memberships and fitness classes.\nAirtime reimbursement.\nFree food and a beautiful office space.\nRequirements\n5+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or audit.\nMaster’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Business & Economics, or a related field.\nFluency in French and working knowledge of English are strong pluses.\nExperience in mobile money operations or the financial services sector is an added advantage.\nProven experience in team management.\nYou might be a good fit if you\nAre passionate about protecting customers, staff, and the company from risk.\nAre dependable, humble, and eager to grow with the role.\nHave a strong understanding of risk management and compliance principles, methodologies, and best practices.\nAre skilled at proposing practical, effective solutions to mitigate risks and address emerging issues.\nHave a proven track record of collaborating and partnering with cross-functional teams.\nCommunicate and present effectively, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.\nAre intellectually curious, creative in tackling problems, and see failure as an opportunity to innovate and improve.\nTake full ownership of projects; you work autonomously but know when to escalate.\nDefault to clear, proactive communication and coordination.\nPossess excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.\nUphold the highest ethical standards and exercise discretion in handling sensitive information.\nOur team\nWe have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Uganda, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon plus remote team members spread across the world.\nWe're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.\nWe foster autonomy for our employees. You'll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production.\nWe raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world-class investors, include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa.\nWe are on Y Combinator's top companies by revenue.\nHow to apply\nFill out the form below, and upload a resume in English and a cover letter describing your interest in Wave and the role.\nWe review applications frequently and recommend that you apply to the role that most closely aligns with your skills, experience and career goals.\nWave is an equal-opportunity employer. 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