Senior Manager – FIU (Airtel Money) at Airtel

Reporting To: Group Airtel Money Chief Compliance & Risk Officer

About the Role

• We are looking for an experienced Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) leader to help set up, embed, and manage the Group-wide Airtel Money AML/CFT Compliance Program focused on transaction monitoring, sanctions, STR/SAR reporting, and investigations. This role will play a critical part in ensuring Airtel Money operates in a legally compliant, ethical, and risk-aware manner across markets while supporting business growth.

Why Join Us

• Play a key role in shaping a Group-wide FIU and financial crime monitoring capability across multiple markets.
• Work at the intersection of compliance, technology, and digital financial services.
• Partner closely with senior leadership, regulators, and law enforcement agencies.
• Contribute to building scalable, future-ready transaction monitoring and investigation frameworks.
• Be part of a high-impact team strengthening trust, integrity, and financial inclusion at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the inclusion and management of AML/CFT, ABAC, and Ethics/Whistleblowing monitoring and reporting risks within the Group Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
• Contribute to Group-wide compliance risk assessments, including identification, prioritisation, mitigation strategies, and tracking of regulatory and audit action plans.
• Lead the development and operationalisation of Group-wide AML/CFT, ABAC, and Ethics/Whistleblowing monitoring and regulatory reporting frameworks.
• Oversee Group-wide transaction monitoring, insider threat monitoring, investigations, and incident management.
• Lead FIU activities and coordinate investigations related to legal requests for information, subpoenas, and regulatory matters.
• Support OpCos in building transaction monitoring and investigations frameworks, SOPs, and operating models.
• Maintain Group-wide compliance monitoring and reporting policies and associated regulatory universes.
• Implement and manage STR/SAR filing, investigations, and transaction monitoring trackers.
• Coordinate compliance reporting (monthly, quarterly, annual) and contribute to Board and committee submissions.
• Coordinate and support transaction monitoring audits and regulatory inspections.
• Manage liaison trackers for law enforcement and regulatory engagement.
• Provide compliance advisory support on STR/SAR, LER requests, investigations, and new products and services.
• Oversee financial crime compliance and sanctions monitoring, systems tuning, and tool effectiveness.
• Build, lead, and mentor the Compliance FIU team.

Key Competencies & Skills

• Agile, resilient, structured, and methodical approach to investigations and monitoring.
• Strong ability to work with cross-functional and international teams.
• Proven experience in AML/CFT compliance, FIU operations, and financial crime investigations.
• Strong understanding of global AML/CFT, sanctions, and ABAC regulatory requirements.
• High standards of integrity and professional ethics.\

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Law, or a related field.
• Professional certification required (e.g., CAMS, CRM, CRISC, or equivalent financial crime certification).
• Strong analytical background.

Experience

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in Mobile Money, FinTech, and/or Banking.
• Strong experience in digital financial services and money/value service products.