Compliance Analyst

Join our fast-growing FinTech startup as Compliance Analyst!

We're looking for a driven individual to join our dynamic and growing team. At Navro, we value diversity and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels supported and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives.

Who we are

We are building the world’s first regulated payments curation layer. By consolidating a best-in-class payments infrastructure under our ecosystem, we will enable marketplaces and eCommerce brands to scale their payments operations smoothly around the world.

We are building a workplace that encourages growth, development, and fun. Working in a startup can be both rewarding and challenging, we’ll be with you throughout the highs and lows as one team. We need people who have grit, resilience, a willingness to find solutions, not just problems, and work well within our global team of almost 30 nationalities.

About the role

As a Compliance Analyst, you'll play a pivotal role in upholding regulatory standards and ensuring ethical practices within Navro. You'll be instrumental in integrating compliance measures into our innovative initiatives and driving our commitment to regulatory excellence forward.

Compliance analysts act as an oversight function to the activities within a company or organisation to ensure compliance with governmental regulations.

As a second line function, you will ensure that all policies and procedures are implemented and well-documented and perform internal Quality Assurance reviews to identify compliance problems that call for further or formal attention.

You will be involved in the development of policies and risk management strategies at the organisation to help avoid non-compliance, and likely to be fluent in industry compliance regulations and policies and you may liaise with compliance regulators.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide advice and guidance to the business on regulatory issues including new regulations, guidance on how to comply with existing regulations, and advice on new products and services.
• Manage compliance and regulatory requests. Resolve issues and concerns from external and internal clients/auditors.
• Conduct Quality Assurance and temperature checks on the business activities.
• Provide support and guidance for first-line functions who conduct KYC and CDD checks on a range of customers across various jurisdictions, including establishing UBO information, nature and purpose of relationships, and carrying out risk rankings and sanctions / PEP screening.
• Monitor the activities of our clients, who may be other financial institutions.
• ⁠Prepare regulatory returns for filing on a periodic basis, and guide other firm employees on the content of those reports

• Analyse and adjudicate on escalations from the operations team.
• Respond to queries from law enforcement agencies.

• Maintain and update assigned compliance programs and risk assessments.

• Manage and prepare internal compliance reports.

• Monitor regulatory changes as they relate to the program.

• Help to determine the need for and sometimes deliver, training to the business.

• Support the business in investigating and resolving compliance problems, questions, or complaints.

• Assist with the development of policies, standards, and procedures and collaborate on changes to internal and regulatory policies as well as oversight for compliance monitoring and testing.

• Advise and educate lines of business in order to ensure full AML compliance.
• Carry out project assignments related to the compliance framework of the business.

What are the qualifications for this role?

• Bachelor's or Graduate's Degree in a compliance-related subject, or equivalent experience.

• ⁠Knowledge of PSD 2 and the Electronic Money Regulations.
• Ability to research international obligations.

• A natural problem solver with strict attention to detail and focus to deliver high-quality results.

The Opportunity

• You will be working with a highly experienced and driven team where, alongside your day-to-day activities, you will learn the ins and outs of creating and growing a technology company.
• Whilst we are a remote-first company, and the majority of the time you will be working remotely, you will be expected to come into the Dublin office at regular intervals to establish personal and meaningful relationships with your team and the rest of the company, as well as partake in collaboration days. Your manager will provide reasonable notice in advance for these meetings.

We are committed to fostering inclusivity by welcoming applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of whether their experiences align precisely with the advertised role. We encourage those with most of the required skills, along with grit, passion, a desire to learn quickly, and the willingness to get stuck in, to apply, as we believe you can bring value to the team!

Benefits

As part of this role, you will receive the following:

• You will enjoy 26 days of annual leave (excluding Bank holidays)
• 2 Day Volunteering
• Compassionate leave
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Company Options Scheme
• Team socials and a company offsite to Spain in October
• Comprehensive, interactive & engaging Training - Leadership, Communication and Presentation Skills, Behavioural Profiling, Conflict Management, etc
• Career frameworks
• Working hybrid/remotely with cross-cultural teams; whilst we love to have you in the coworking space for occasional workshops and team collaboration, you mostly will be working remotely
• Flexibility surrounding other commitments; within your team, we will work around child care or other appointments you have. We just ask for advance notice!
• Working in a diverse and inclusive environment where we ensure that our people thrive

Navro does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Navro will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.