Zepz Group is the group powering leading global remittance brands: WorldRemit and Sendwave. Zepz Group has been disrupting an industry previously dominated by offline legacy players by reducing the barriers to finance and increasing safety and convenience for users. Every day, Zepz Group and its brands work towards unlocking the prosperity of cross-border communities through finance and technology - driven by the vision of a world that celebrates migrants’ impact on prosperity, at home and abroad. Zepz served over 9+ million users through its presence in over 4,600 corridors with over 40 send countries and 90 receive countries
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Our Commitments:
- We act like owners - We are relentlessly delivering for our users and spending money thoughtfully.
- We embrace embarrassing honesty - We function best when we're open and honest with one another — especially about our challenges and doubts.
- We have a bias to action - We get to first outcomes quickly, iterate and learn.
- We strive to be better - We may make mistakes, but always learn from them.
- We are inclusive - to better reflect and serve our users.
Zepz seeks an experienced Global Sanctions Manager to lead our sanctions compliance program and serve as our board-appointed OFAC officer. This role covers all Zepz Group entities, including regulated entities in the UK, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, the US, and Canada. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in sanctions compliance, policy development, and experience working with regulated money services businesses. This role is responsible for setting the company's global sanctions policy, monitoring compliance with sanctions policies and procedures, evaluating vendor and employee performance under our sanctions program, and managing a team of analysts who perform second-level reviews of potential sanctions hits.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain a comprehensive global sanctions compliance program, ensuring adherence to relevant laws, regulations, and industry best practices across all Zepz Group entities, including those in the UK, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, the US, and Canada.
- Set the group’s global sanctions policy and establish risk-based procedures to prevent, detect, and report potential sanctions violations.
- Collaborate with internal departments, such as legal, finance, and operations, to ensure effective communication and coordination on sanctions compliance matters across all relevant jurisdictions.
- Provide guidance and support to the group in identifying, assessing, and managing sanctions-related risks, and assist in implementing appropriate controls.
- Develop and deliver targeted training programs for employees to enhance their understanding of sanctions compliance requirements and expectations, considering the specific regulatory landscapes of each jurisdiction.
- Keep up-to-date with relevant laws, regulations, and industry best practices across all applicable jurisdictions. Ensure the sanctions compliance program is properly informed of any changes that may impact its effectiveness.
- Prepare and submit regular reports to senior management and regulators on the effectiveness of the sanctions compliance program, including any identified issues and remediation efforts, tailored as needed for different regulatory audiences.
- Oversee a team of sanctions analysts responsible for performing second-level reviews of possible sanctions hits, providing guidance, support, and direction as needed.
- Prepare and submit regular reports to senior management and regulators on the effectiveness of the sanctions compliance program, including any identified issues and remediation efforts, tailored as needed for different regulatory audiences.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, law, or a related field; advanced degree or relevant professional certification (e.g., CAMS, CGSS) is preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in sanctions compliance within a regulated money services business, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or management role.
- In-depth knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and industry best practices related to sanctions compliance, including familiarity with the sanctions regimes of the UK, EU, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, US, and Canada.
- Proven track record of developing and managing effective sanctions compliance programs, including policy development and enforcement.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to handle complex sanctions-related issues.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and maintain a high level of professional integrity.
What you’ll get from us
Please note that the benefits below will apply to permanent roles.
We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa. specifically:
- Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance!
- Private Medical Cover: You can opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well-being.
- Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future.
- Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected.
- Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible.
We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive. In addition to the above, you will discover that we have a range of secondary perks (such as the cycle-to-work scheme and employee discounts) depending on your location, to help you thrive at Zepz!
Why choose Zepz?
- Our team of over 1,000 employees is fully distributed across the world. We are working from coffee shops, homes, and co-working spaces — making us one of the larger fully distributed growth-stage startups in the world but we also offer workspace in our talent cluster locations - spaces we can meet, collaborate and connect.
- We are proud parents, community organizers, farmers, band members, yoga teachers, YouTube influencers, former Olympians, and serial entrepreneurs.
- We collectively speak over twenty languages, including Akuapem, Amharic, Bengali, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Igbo, Kalenjin, Luganda, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
- At Zepz, embodying our commitments binds us together. We are collectively passionate about striving to achieve our vision and purpose - to continue to provide the best service to our users.
Ready to Apply?
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter (optional), highlighting why your experience demonstrates you meet the requirements of the role. Please also indicate the countries in which you have work authorization.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Zepz is a place where everyone can thrive.
So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, and if at all you might need any form of support to make the process as comfortable as possible, please let us know and give us a shot by applying. We want you to be excited to wake up to make an impact every day.
What We Do
Zepz is powering two leading global payments brands: WorldRemit and Sendwave. We represent brands that disrupted an industry previously dominated by offline legacy players by taking international money transfers online - making global digital payments fairer, faster, and more flexible. Our brands currently send from 50 to 130 countries, operate in more than 5,000 money transfer corridors worldwide and employ over 1,400 people globally. Zepz is a remote-first employer, with team members located across six continents.
On the sending side our brands are 100% digital (cashless), increasing convenience and enhancing security. For those receiving money, our brands offer a wide range of options including bank deposit, cash collection, mobile airtime top-up and mobile money.
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