Compliance Associate, Capi
£45-55k
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3+ days a week in office
Reliable global payments for importers in emerging markets
Job no longer available
Reliable global payments for importers in emerging markets
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
£45-55k
+ Share options
3+ days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To grow GDP in emerging markets by making the global financial system fairer and more accessible.
Role
Who you are
- Fluent in English and French
- 2-5 years’ work experience in a compliance operations role, ideally in a regulated Fintech
- Detailed understanding of the regulatory requirements with regard to KYB, CDD and EDD in the UK
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally
- Be a skilful and determined problem solver, embracing the challenge of applying local regulatory expectations to developing markets such as Africa
Desirable
- Knowledge of or experience working with Canadian AML regulations
- Relevant Compliance and AML qualifications
- “No task too small” mindset
- Previous experience at early-stage VC-backed start-up, or at top-tier consultancy, etc
- Previous experience working in or with emerging markets
- You care about our mission and believe the current situation facing African businesses is unfair
- Hungry for high pace, rapid growth, broad exposure, and autonomy
- Ability to understand other foreign languages
What the job involves
- You will join our 10-person team at a fast-growing seed-stage fintech. We’re on a mission to transform how $670 billion in cross-border business payments are made each year in Africa
- Reporting to the Compliance Officer / MLRO, you will become the second member of Capi’s compliance team and will be responsible for owning all operational elements of our compliance program, ensuring that our day-to-day compliance activities are completed in a timely manner and in line with internal policies and regulatory requirements
- Own the operational elements of our compliance and financial crime function, including onboarding customers in line with our policies, reviewing screening and monitoring alerts and responding to information requests from our banks
- Proactively identify ways to improve and streamline existing processes in relation to all aspects of compliance operations and collaborate with other business teams as needed, whilst ensuring that regulatory requirements are met
- Become Capi’s subject matter expert for onboarding customers across all geographies, with a detailed understanding of UK regulatory requirements including those as outlined in the JMLSG Guidelines and the Money Laundering Regulations
- Update, test and optimise external vendor tools for onboarding, screening and transaction monitoring, in conjunction with the MLRO
- Escalate suspicious activity to the MLRO, and support them with reviewing and submitting both internal and external SARs as needed
- Support the Compliance Officer with due diligence documentation relating to Capi’s growth plans including with other banks, PSPs, and regulators
Application process
- Deadline to Apply: February 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC
- Start date: Dec / Jan (ideally within the next 3 months; we are aware that a notice period may need to be fulfilled, and can adjust accordingly)
Our take
In emerging markets, goods importers pay as much as 10% to settle their invoices - and wait weeks for the payment to arrive. Capi is setting out to combat this, with its international payments platform built specifically for importers in countries with rapid market growth.
Through the platform, users can pay suppliers in EUR, UDS or GBP at competitive rates and with settlement in just 24 hours. This represents a significant improvement over the current situation, which makes Capi stand out almost by default.
With strong support from investors, with a 17.2 million euro Series A raise in 2025, Capi is well-positioned to continue broadening its impact. With 25,000 international payments and counting across 92 countries and its local presence in emerging markets on the rise, Capi strives towards a future where companies in the developing world have the same quality of payments as in the US and Europe.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2025
$20.3m
SERIES A
Mar 2023
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $20.5m
Company benefits
- 25 days of annual + bank holidays
- 4 weeks of fully remote work
- Hardware provided - MacBook, monitor etc
- Pension Scheme
- Private health and medical insurance
- Enhanced parental leave
- Regular company socials and offsite retreats
- Weekly team lunches paid by Capi
- WeWork Office - near Old Street (includes pass, free coffee/beer, amenities and kitchen facilities)
- International travel & office exchange schemes
Company values
- We go the extra mile for customers - Capi serves businesses in emerging markets: their needs, struggles, and insights drive everything we do. We go the extra mile to understand our customers’ problems, spending time in their warehouses, down at the port, at trade fairs, or drinking tea with them. As we scale, it will become harder to stay close to every entrepreneur we serve, but we will invest in the people and systems to do this.
- Always be curious - We thrive in complexity across cultures and contexts, from supplier hubs in Yiwu to bustling markets in Lomé. There is no “business as usual” and our assumptions won’t guide us - only our curiosity can. This curiosity isn’t just about others - it’s also about ourselves. We build from first principles, question our biases, and aren’t afraid to ask stupid questions. This is what fuels innovation, builds trust, and ensures we’re solving the right problems in the right ways.
- Extraordinary talent, no egos - Our mission is too important (and difficult) to hire anyone but the best performers. We seek people who are default owners and extraordinarily effective. We also believe that how we achieve our mission matters: we leave ego at the door, put team before self, and believe no task is beneath us.
- Build resilience from hard things - We recognise that we are addressing inherently hard problems and that set-backs occur regularly. When they do, we remain calm and solutions focused. When we make mistakes, we own them and learn from them openly. Our mission will take time to achieve and so we support one another to stay resilient, both mentally and physically, ready to face the next challenge together.
- Move fast and don’t break things - We act with urgency, ensuring our customers, partners, and regulators experience high-quality and timely service. When obstacles slow us down, we do what it takes to get back on pace, like getting on a plane or joining a whole-team sprint. We prioritise getting things done over perfection — but in a regulated industry that’s not always possible, so we constrain our speed with prudence and good judgment.
Company HQ
Paris office
Leadership
Mitch R.
(Co-Founder & CEO)Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, former COO/CFO/GC at Taptap Send, and was Regional Director and Evaluation Lead at GiveDirectly.
Scott Liddle
(Co-Founder)Previously Head of Markets (CRO & CMO) at Taptap Send, Founder at SpareHand and Director of Policy at Rory for London.
People progressing
Previously with ReD Associates, and then Central Growth Lead at Taptap Send; promoted from Commercial Lead to Head of Growth at Capi.
Founding Engineer at Capi, promoted to Head of Product.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Capi
Sophia Guy-White (Head of People & Communications )
- We currently have 70 team members from over 15 different nationalities. As you can imagine, that is a lot of languages spoken! We all love to travel and learn about each other's cultures. The team is currently 60% male and 40% female identifying, with a goal to be 50/50 in the next 12-18 months.
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