Compliance Business Analyst

Job Description

Nium, the Leader in Real-Time Global Payments

Nium, the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, was founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. With the onset of the global economy, its payments infrastructure is shaping how banks, fintechs, and businesses everywhere collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders. Its payout network supports 100 currencies and spans 190+ countries, 100 of which in real-time. Funds can be disbursed to accounts, wallets, and cards and collected locally in 40 markets. Nium’s growing card issuance business is already available in 34 countries. Nium holds regulatory licenses and authorizations in more than 40 countries, enabling seamless onboarding, rapid integration, and compliance – independent of geography. The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.

About the role:

• Engages and coordinates with compliance, risk management, and software engineering teams, translating regulatory and business requirements into reliable, auditable systems.

• Analyzes current processes and system parameters, identifies gaps, and works with technology teams to implement solutions that meet regulatory standards.

• Ensures timely updates to policies, systems, and controls, minimizing disruption and maintaining compliance

• Acts as a Liaison Between Compliance, Technology, and Business; bridges these gaps, ensuring clear requirements, proper testing, and successful implementation.

• Supports Compliance / Financial Crime initiatives managed by Project Management Operations (PMO).

Key Responsibilities:

•  Ensures implementations are accurate, consistent, and defensible from a regulatory perspective.
• Helps with the design of detection rules engines, workflows, alerts, and reporting capabilities.
• Supports the Compliance & Financial Crime Governance structure, performing related tasks e.g. action items management, development of supporting documentation.
• Works with compliance officers, operations, and technology teams to capture business needs.
• Create detailed Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) and Functional Specifications for compliance initiatives.

Requirements:

• 2-4 years in AML, sanctions, or financial crime compliance roles.
• Strong understanding of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions Screening, Fraud, Know Your Customer (KYC).
• Proven experience in requirements gathering, process mapping, and gap analysis.
• Ability to create Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) and Functional Specifications.
• Experience with stakeholder management across compliance, operations, and technology teams.
• Understanding  of compliance & financial crime risk management and frameworks.
• Ability to transform data into insights to support decision making in a risk management context
• Ability to interpret regulations and convert them into clear, requirements and processes.
• Strong documentation, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

What we offer at Nium

We Value Performance:Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work.

We Care for Our Employees:The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with ²⁴⁄₇ employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible working hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office).

We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.

We Celebrate Together:We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!

We Thrive with Diversity:Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.

For more detailed region specific benefits :  https://www.nium.com/careers#careers-perks

For more information visit www.nium.com

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