About Zepz
Zepz powers two leading global remittance brands, WorldRemit and Sendwave, to build the next generation of cross-border payments. Serving over 9 million customers across 4,000 corridors, Zepz is transforming how money moves across borders by making it faster, safer and more convenient. Its innovative digital solutions are designed to break down financial barriers and expand access to better financial tools. Zepz operates across a broad global footprint, connecting the global north and south and enabling migrants to support loved ones, fuel local economies and build better futures.
Come join us
Our Commitments:
* Velocity - We are fast
* Outcomes - We work for our customers
* Integrity - We do the right thing
About the role
We are seeking a Partner Assessment Analyst to join our Partner Assessment team on a 12-month maternity cover. In this role, you will be responsible for reviewing and assessing current and new partners, ensuring they comply with internal policies, regulatory standards, and AML/CTF requirements. You will play a key role in supporting the business to identify, assess, and mitigate risks while maintaining high compliance standards.
Key Responsibilities:
* Complete information requests from Partners and internal stakeholders.
* Review current and new correspondents to ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
* Conduct due diligence on banking and Money Service Business (MSB) partners.
* Review licensing requirements and ensure ongoing compliance.
* Analyse partners' AML/CTF policies and procedures.
* Conduct assessments of sanctions and PEP matches, and perform adverse media checks.
* Escalate compliance issues to the regional compliance officers with detailed research findings.
* Provide AML/CTF assessments of banking and MSB partners..
* Check and maintain Zepz documentation to ensure it is up to date and accurate.
* Ensure adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and guidance, including Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance standards, as well as company policies and procedures.
What We're Looking For:
* Experience reviewing information and creating structured cases.
* Strong written, analytical, communication, and organisational skills.
* Open-minded attitude, comfortable raising issues and helping to resolve them.
* Ability to perform successfully under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
Desirable Skills & Experience
* Experience reading and interpreting regulatory information.
* Knowledge of Compliance, AML, or Risk
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 800 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.