Risk, Payments & AML Compliance Advisor (Remote)
Prestigious Consulting Group
About the Role
- We are seeking an experienced Risk, Payments & AML Compliance Advisor to provide senior-level risk and compliance guidance to an early-stage research-funding and cross-border payments platform.
- The Advisor will review the platform's operating model, identify regulatory and financial-crime risks, recommend appropriate controls, and support the team in achieving launch readiness.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess payment, escrow, licensing and regulatory requirements across relevant markets.
- Conduct AML/CFT, sanctions and financial-crime risk assessments.
- Develop risk-based KYC, KYB, CDD/EDD, sanctions-screening and transaction-monitoring requirements.
- Review escrow, banking and payment partners and their agreements.
- Identify fraud, bribery, corruption, operational and payment risks.
- Develop/review risk registers, KRIs and incident-response procedures.
- Review data-protection, cybersecurity and information-security risks.
- Draft/review AML, sanctions, anti-fraud, risk and data-protection policies.
- Translate regulatory requirements into practical product and operational controls.
- Advise founders and the product/engineering team on compliance and launch readiness.
- Support control testing, implementation and post-launch monitoring where required.
Requirements
- Degree in Law, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Risk Management or a related field.
- Minimum 10 years' experience in risk management, financial-crime compliance or regulatory compliance, including at least 5 years in a senior/leadership role.
- Direct experience in payments, fintech, banking, money transfer, escrow or custody.
- Strong knowledge of AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC/KYB, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring and suspicious activity reporting.
- Experience with payment regulation in at least two African markets, preferably Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya or South Africa.
- Experience designing compliance frameworks for new products, markets or start-ups/scale-ups.
- Experience conducting third-party/partner due diligence and reviewing commercial agreements.
- Strong understanding of cross-border payments and FX-related risks.
- Excellent written communication and ability to provide practical, commercially sound advice.
Preferred:
- CAMS, ICA, CFE, FRM, PRM, CRMA or equivalent certification.
- Experience in grant-making, development finance, NGO or research-funding environments.
- Familiarity with ARS 1651 / Good Financial Grant Practice.
- Experience with Canadian, UK or EU payment regulations.
- Experience working with regulators, central banks or financial intelligence units.
- Familiarity with RegTech, ISO 27001 or PCI DSS.
Key Competencies:
- Strong independent judgement and integrity
- Practical, risk-based approach
- Commercial awareness
- Excellent analytical and communication skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Strong collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams
- High level of confidentiality and discretion
Compensation
- Fixed monthly retainer or day rate, commensurate with experience.
Application Closing Date
23rd November, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested and candidates should submit their CV and a brief cover note highlighting relevant experience in risk, payments, AML/CFT and regulatory compliance to: using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Note: Please indicate your availability for 8–12 hours per week and your preferred monthly retainer or consulting/day rate.
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