Senior Manager – Compliance Operations and Reporting

Careem Pay’s vision is to become the leading digital financial services platform of the region serving consumers, captains and merchants. Its purpose is to empower people to lead better lives by simplifying their payment experiences and access to financial services.

As an early-stage start-up within Careem, we are building a team of energised, start-up-minded colleagues who are super excited about the massive fintech opportunity in the region.

Our team is growing rapidly, and we are looking for talented colleagues to help us in our mission to simplify and improve the lives of people and build a lasting institution that inspires.

What You’ll Do

• Promotion of positive compliance culture within the business;
• Preparation of licensing applications across different jurisdictions;
• Coordinating with the business on the operational requirements to launch in each jurisdiction;
• Supporting the business (e.g. Integrity, Product, People Ops, Risk, Finance, Public Affairs, and Data Management and Protection) in understanding their compliance obligations, providing advice and preparing processes/procedures where necessary;
• Preparing internal reports on new regulations or regulatory requirements in new jurisdictions (including impact analysis);
• Turning regulatory requirements into practical process (e.g. development and maintenance of a reporting schedule);
• Maintenance of compliance policies and procedures;
• Preparation of internal MI reports and external reports to central banks and regulatory authorities;
• Conducting risks assessments, due diligence and periodic audits/quality review of outsource service providers and business partners; and
• Implementation and management of our internal compliance training programme.

What You’ll Need

• Top-tier educational background and a t least 4+ years’ experience in a compliance role within financial services;
• FIntech and/or payments experience would be preferred.
• ICA Diploma or equivalent would be preferred.
• Willingness and ability to work cross-functionally with colleagues in other Careem Pay and Careem teams (e.g., including product, finance, business units, marketing, corp dev, markets) from inception to delivery of projects
• Start-up mindset; Self-starter with high level of ownership and limited need for oversight and support

What We’ll Provide You

In addition to a competitive long-term total compensation with salary and equity, we have a reward philosophy that expands beyond this.

As a Careem Colleague You Will Be Able To

• Be part of a Remote-First organisation
• Work from any country in the world for 60 days a year
• Use Unlimited Vacation days throughout the year
• Access fitness reimbursements for health activities including: gym, health club and training classes.
• Work and learn from great minds
• Create impact in a region with untapped potential
• Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day