Provides legal and regulatory support across jurisdictions, including compliance monitoring, licensing and market entry, regulatory submissions, regulator engagement, contract review, legal research, AML/CFT and sanctions compliance, policy development, risk assessments, remediation, and governance documentation.
Job Summary
This role provides legal and regulatory support to the Company across its jurisdictions of
operation, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, licensing conditions and
regulatory obligations. The Legal & Regulatory Compliance Officer will support new market
entry and licensing, regulatory engagements, compliance monitoring, legal documentation,
and the implementation of regulatory requirements across the business.
The role requires strong knowledge of financial services and payments regulation, excellent
research and analytical skills, and the ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical
business actions.
Key Responsibilities
• Regulatory Compliance: Monitor changes in laws, regulations and regulatory directives
across jurisdictions; assess their impact and advise relevant teams on required actions.
Maintain regulatory obligations, licensing and compliance registers and track
regulatory deadlines and commitments.
• Licensing & Market Entry: Lead/co-ordinate preparation of regulatory licensing and
market-entry packs for new jurisdictions, including application forms, business plans,
corporate and governance documents, policies, risk assessments and other supporting
documentation. Coordinate responses to regulator queries and track pre- and post
licensing requirements.
• Regulatory Engagement: Prepare and coordinate regulatory submissions, returns,
notifications and responses. Support regulatory examinations, inspections, audits and
remediation of regulatory findings, and maintain appropriate records of regulatory
correspondence and approvals.
• Legal Advisory & Contracts: Conduct legal and regulatory research and provide practical
advice on products, partnerships, business activities and market expansion. Review,
draft and support negotiation of commercial agreements, ensuring appropriate legal,
regulatory and risk protections.
• Compliance Frameworks: Support implementation and monitoring of requirements
relating to AML/CFT, sanctions, data protection, consumer protection, financial crime,
and other applicable regulatory obligations. Support compliance reviews, regulatory
risk assessments and remediation activities.
• Governance & Documentation: Support development and review of legal, regulatory
and compliance policies, procedures and governance documents. Maintain an accurate
repository of licences, regulatory filings, contracts, legal opinions and other key records,
and provide legal/regulatory updates to management and relevant governance forums.
Requirements
Key qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB); admission to practice is an advantage.
• 4–6 years’ experience in legal, regulatory compliance, financial services, fintech,
payments or banking.
• Proven experience in regulatory licensing and market-entry processes, preferably
across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong knowledge of payments/financial services regulation, AML/CFT, sanctions, data
protection and consumer protection.
• Experience in contract review, legal research and regulatory advisory.
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