Due Diligence Analyst

**Who We Are** At MFS Africa, we believe that the only currency that matters is access. Our mission is to make borders matter less by connecting Africans to each other and to the world, giving them access to the global digital economy. We are Africa's leading omnichannel payments platform, enabling real-time cross border cross scheme and cross currency payment within, from and to the continent digitally and offline. We partner with mobile network operators, mobile transfer operators, global enterprises, and financial institutions to connect over 320 million mobile money users to a world of limitless possibilities. As a fintech company, we strive toward elegance and simplicity in everything we do. Our mission is to make borders matter less, and our values are to simplify, care, and be revolutionary. Our people are talented, curious, passionate, and the reason our company does exceptional things. Excellence in nurturing our people and their passions is foundational to our success as a business. The MFS Africa team has doubled in the past year and continues to grow rapidly. Our offices include Abidjan, Accra, Johannesburg, Kampala, Lagos, London, Nairobi and Port - Louis and many employees work remotely from locations where we do not have offices. We pride ourselves on world-class team and world class operations. We are regulated by the FSC in Mauritius, BoG in Ghana, BoT in Tanzania, BCC in the DRC, and FCA in the UK. **The Role** We are looking for a Due Diligence Analyst to provide partner due diligence support to the group due diligence shared services function and team. The Due Diligence Analyst will be required to support MFS Africa’s adherence to legal standards, best practice and in-house policies in respect of CDD (Customer Due Diligence), EDD (Enhanced Due Diligence), risk ratings, record keeping and monitoring. We are looking for a person with either a compliance/risk background or a due diligence operations/quality assurance background. **You will be a good fit if you are**: - Strong analytical skills; can organize and analyze complex data sets - Strong verbal and written communication skills - High propensity towards execution and attention to detail - Ability to work efficiently as part of a team and independently - Passionate about consistency, quality and work integrity - Knowledge of mobile money industry is advantageous - Proficiency in written and spoken French is advantageous **Duties and Responsibilities**: - Review CDD and EDD for on-boarding corporate customers (the "Partners”) across the Group’s multiple markets - Research adverse media for potential partners and stakeholders utilizing the public domain and third-party databases - Calculate partner risk rating and update Due Diligence partner database - Escalate high risk customers to Management and obtain approval as per established policies and procedures - Generate and analyze required data to support periodic Management and Compliance reports - Engage with existing partners on continuous reviews of CDD/EDD information based on the customer risk rating - Enhance CDD/EDD recordkeeping and reporting processes by updating partner CDD/EDD database with the most recent partner information - Monitoring and performing quality assurance to ensure the CDD/EDD partner information is valid and up to date - Analyze and update procedural operational due diligence processes and procedures - Provide support for ad-hoc operational due diligence projects - Bachelors’ degree in Law, Finance, Business Administration or a related field - 1+ year relevant experience in Compliance, Risk, Due Diligence Operations or Quality Assurance - Pan-African experience is advantageous **Why work for us**: - We are the cutting edge of fin-tech in Africa - Ranked by Fast Company as Second Most Innovative Company in Africa - Attractive package including flexible benefits and competitive remuneration - Diverse, inclusive, gender-balanced company culture representing >28 nationalities and speaking >20 languages - Massive growth potential - We operate a flexible remote working and unlimited leave policy - We solve relevant problems for Africa and the world to create access for the millions of users who also believe in what we do