Regulatory Compliance

**Company Profile**:Candi is a dedicated solar partner for businesses across Asia and Africa. Combining the international capital of our Swiss-based platform with local expertise in these regions, we’re able to provide a unique offering to this underserved sector. In doing so, we aim to have a big social impact, reduce carbon emissions, create jobs, increase energy access, and save money for businesses of all sizes in emerging markets.

**Job Summary**: The company is looking to recruit an ambitious and energetic Regulatory Compliance - Due Diligence Intern, who will help Candi to lead the revolution of solar. Given that Candi is taking solar into a new realm with a new set of tools, the role will require creativity, innovation and a new way of thinking. The internship will run for 12 months.

Specifically, the job requires supporting our compliance team in South Africa with the following

tasks and responsibilities at a global level:

- Evaluating the current high-risk client base to identify and validate relationships with Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and other high-risk entities.
- Performing in-depth due diligence for identified high-risk and PEP clients to ensure
- compliance and risk mitigation.
- Analyzing the risk profiles of existing clients and assessing new clients entering relationships with Candi.
- Assisting with developing and enhancing the automatic risk base model.
- Conducting comprehensive background checks on clients flagged by the AML (Anti-Money Laundering) risk model and identifying clients posing a higher AML risk, including PEPs - and developing detailed client profiles for these entities.
- Escalating significant findings, such as adverse information or heightened AML risks, to senior management for review.
- Conducting ad hoc reviews of client relationships as required by the business.
- Performing annual reviews of high-risk and PEP relationships to ensure ongoing compliance.
- Reporting any suspicious transactions or activities (STRs) identified during due diligence processes.
- Actively engaging with business units and branches to facilitate the flow of client activity, transaction data, and other pertinent information.
- Supporting the business in making informed, risk-based decisions concerning client relationships.
- Providing targeted training sessions to business units on AML compliance and risk management as needed.

**Location**:Johannesburg, combined with working from home

**Hours**: Full time.

**Job Requirements**:

- LLB or BCom Law
- Proficiency in MS Excel
- Up-to-date with legal, compliance and market risk-related issues
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Sound judgement
- Advanced analytical abilities
- Effective research and professional networking skills
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills

**Working Culture**:

- You agree to live out the Candi values every day of your employment: this includes to put empathy before ego, being authentic no matter what, that we get it done as one and follow the Candi principle that less is more
- A dynamic, cross-functional team player, willing to take initiative on projects in the context of a multicultural scale-up trying to execute big, bold ideas.
- Having experience working for an international company, or having studied or worked abroad, is considered a plus.
- You must be open, honest, trustworthy, a strong communicator, and understand that what we get done as a team surpasses what we get done individually.
- Candi is an equal opportunities employer.

**Candi is unique because...**
- We focus on helping businesses of all sizes in emerging markets get access to cheap, clean rooftop solar energy.
- We have a strong emphasis on a client-centric & innovation-driven working culture.
- We are an international team where remote working is commonplace, where we trust our team members to actively carve out a role for themselves according to their skillset.