Senior Compliance Officer at Apollo Agriculture

About the Role 

We're seeking a highly motivated, detail oriented and experienced compliance professional to join our team as Senior Compliance Officer. As a Senior Compliance Officer at Apollo, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our organization's adherence to all relevant laws, regulations, and contractual obligations. Your primary responsibility will be to monitor and oversee our company-wide compliance efforts, mitigating risks, and fostering a culture of ethics and accountability. 

If you're excited about the details and seeking an opportunity to have a lasting impact in a fast-growing fintech, then this is the right opportunity for you! 

Responsibilities: 

• Ensuring company-wide compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and contractual obligations.
• Owning the further development, implementation, and maintenance of Apollo’s comprehensive compliance program, addressing measures relating to anti-money laundering, counter terrorist financing, anti-bribery and corruption, and data protection, among others.
• Project managing the development of a comprehensive compliance risk assessment framework, coordinating closely with the CFO and external legal counsel. 
• Developing and delivering comprehensive information to senior management on compliance matters. Coordinating with senior management to determine compliance reporting metrics and develop a system to track them.
• Working closely with external legal counsel and the CFO to design and implement an ongoing AML/KYC/DAP training program for Apollo employees.
• Ensuring up-to-date documentation of all compliance related documents, policies and procedures. 
• Working across Apollo to ensure that compliance policies are adhered to and partnering with teams to improve the implementation of compliance policies, where necessary.
• Conducting compliance audits to ensure adherence to the company’s compliance program.
• Draft and review contracts, agreements, and other legal documents and liaise with external legal counsel as required.

Requirements: 

• A Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in a business, legal or related field 
• 3-5 years of work experience. A paralegal background or experience working in a law firm or regulated institution is an added advantage.
• Additional compliance-related certifications, including training in anti-corruption, fraud prevention or similar are an advantage
• Outstanding attention to detail 
• A high degree of integrity and responsibility 
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English