Compliance Analyst
NALA
$0-$0 / yr
Salary
brazil
Region
ASAP
Start Date
About NALA
We’re on a mission to increase economic opportunities for Africans across the globe, and we’re keen to hear from capable, ambitious, and creative people who want to help bring this vision to fruition. 🚀
Our first product was a mobile money service in East Africa, which gained over 2,000 customers. Now we’ve set our sights on building a bank for the African diaspora across the globe and our initial focus is on remittances. We’re currently launching an international money transfer service for African living overseas, who send money home to their loved ones.
We’re backed by: Balderton Capital, Y- Combinator, Accel Partners, and several incredible fintech angel investors including the founders of Monzo, Comply Advantage, Luno, and Simple.
Find us on TechCrunch
What we are currently building 🚀
We want to build a bank for the African diaspora globally, initially by starting with a cross-border money transfer service. We believe this is critical to solve to channel economic value back to the African continent. We believe using remittances is one of the best forms of true economic development and we would like to use it as an entry point before building new layers of financial services for the African diaspora.
At a starting point we are excited about:
Building Remittances 2.0 - we know remittance fees are a race to the bottom and believe the current model has some things that need to be changed.
Enabling credit - for senders sending money back to Africa so they don’t have to wait till they get their paycheck at the end of the month.
Building infrastructure - enabling payments infrastructure locally in Africa.
Building a community of African diaspora helping us build an incredible product together.
About this Role.
NALA is building Payments for the Next Billion. Faster, smarter, and fairer transfers for everyone. Since 2022, we've grown our business 120x, grown the team from 9 to 150+, raised $50M+ from top-tier investors, and were named to the Forbes Fintech 50 in 2025.
We operate two core products:
NALA, our consumer app making cross-border payments cheaper, faster and more reliable for the global diaspora.
Rafiki, our B2B payments infrastructure, powering global payments.
Our team includes alumni from Wise, Stripe, Monzo, Revolut, and CashApp — operators whoʼve scaled world-class products. We act with urgency, think deeply, and put our customers first always.
At NALA, this isnʼt just a job. Itʼs ownership, impact, and the chance to change global payments forever.
Join us in building Payments for the Next Billion.
🙌 Your Mission
Your mission is to provide oversight and expert guidance on financial crime risk. You will lead complex investigations, support regulatory compliance, and train our 2LOD team to strengthen NALA’s defenses against financial crime.
🎯 Your Responsibilities in this Role
Lead complex investigations into suspicious activity and high-risk customers across products and jurisdictions
Respond to regulatory exams, internal audits, and partner reviews with timely and accurate documentation
Oversee and complete escalated SARs, supporting officers in regulatory report submission
Manage LEA requests and court order responses in line with local laws and data policies
Train and mentor the 2LOD team and new hires on escalation frameworks and investigative techniques
Conduct detailed transaction analysis to support risk rule refinement and typology development
Draft and maintain clear, auditable desk procedures for 1LOD and 2LOD teams
Support ad hoc projects and initiatives at the request of the Head of Compliance and the MLRO.
🔥 Must-have requirements
Proven experience in financial crime investigations, including SAR/STR handling and typology development
Strong working knowledge of CDD, EDD, sanctions screening, and AML regulations in high-risk jurisdictions
Experience managing LEA requests and handling confidential legal correspondence
Ability to interpret complex transaction patterns and assess financial crime risk
Confident decision-maker with clear documentation of rationale
Experience working in an international money transfer business
💪 Nice to have requirements
Prior experience training or mentoring junior investigators
Experience with regulatory exams or internal audit preparation in fintech or financial institutions
✅ Success in the role looks like
3-Month Metrics
Deliver training sessions to up skill remote 2LOD team on escalation and investigation standards
Respond to all regulatory and partner queries with zero errors and within required timelines
6-Month Metrics
Implement updated escalation/decision matrices with measurable improvements in investigation consistency
Identify and document 3+ new suspicious activity typologies for internal use and partner reporting
➡️ Interview Process
You will need to first submit your application through our ATS Workable. There is no need to submit a Cover Letter.
If successful you will be selected for our interview process which has 4 stages:
[30mins] Interview with the Talent Team
We want to understand your experience and motivations.
[1hr] Interview with the Hiring Manager
A deeper dive into your CV and real-world experiences.
[45mins] Peer/team Interview
You’ll meet with 2 people from our compliance ops team focusing on scenario based questions
[30mins] Leadership Interview
A final conversation with a member of our leadership team to discuss motivations and ask your own questions.
⭐️ Benefits
35 Days Off including your local bank holidays: Take the time to decompress. Working at a startup is hard!
Birthday Leave: Celebrate your special day with a bonus day off to take off in that month.
Enhanced Parental Leave: We offer 16 weeks of full pay for the primary caregiver and 4 weeks of full pay for the secondary caregiver (After a 6-month probationary period)
Learning Budget: Fuel your growth with $1000 annually for learning and development.