Compliance Specialist 

Role type: Permanent
Division: Compliance and Risk 
Location: Sana’a
Employment type: Full-time
Application Deadline: 25/06/2022

Overview:

WeCash was launched with a clear vision at the beginning of the year2021 as a Yemeni company specializing in the field of electronic financial services for various, segments of society using the best global technical solutions in line with the needs of the Yemeni electronic payments market, meeting its aspirations and keeping pace with the required development for the next stage. With the specialized and expert team, we are planning to lead the financial market to the financial inclusion  

Summary of the Job:

• Responsible for implementing compliance and supervising all policies and procedures related to compliance. Also, preparing all requirements from the Central Bank of Yemen and other official authorities. 

Job Duties of Compliance Specialist:

• Monitoring the company's implementation of compliance requirements, submitting related reports, and complying with relevant laws, regulations, and instructions.
• Follow up on the regular publication circulars issued by the Central Bank and external parties concerned with compliance, and ensure that they are implemented on the company's administrative levels.
• Preparing reports about the level of commitment to all compliance requirements by all administrative levels in the company.
• Checking remittances transfer and preparing the report about suspicious 
• Archiving all reports issued compliance section and the actions to correct any mistakes.
• Enhance employees' awareness of compliance aspects and raise proposals for training needs.
• Ensure that international and local sanctions lists for individuals and companies are reflected on the company’s internal system.
• Following up the commitment to anti-money-laundering and counter-financing of terrorism laws and procedures and KYC rules. 
• Preparing all required information or documentation by the Central Bank of Yemen. 
• Checking all contracts with agents and all documents related to that. 
• Inform the Money-Laundering Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank of any suspicious situation 
• To report regularly the achievements and pending cases.
• Any other tasks.

Practical Experiences

• University degree in accounting or the related fields.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in one of the busy and active fields of compliance. 
• Preferable to have previous experience in the fields of Exchanging Companies, Banks, or Telecommunications.

Behavioral Skills

• Accountability
• Reliable and ambitious.
• Accurate and fast learning.
• Creativity and Initiative.
• Leadership and Managerial Skills.
• Professionalism and Teamwork.
• Have good knowledge about technology.
• Capable of Working Under Pressure.

Technical Skills

• Time management skills and the ability to multi-task.
• Ability to take responsibility.
• The ability to discover suspicious operations and understand the money laundering and terrorist financing operations.
• Teamwork Skills 
• Managing confidential information.