Associate - Compliance Screening

**Title: Associate**

**Location: Bangalore**

**Role overview**:
A successful Sanction Screening Associate ensures that their organization remains compliant with all sanction requirements, helps mitigate legal and financial risks, and contributes to a secure and trustworthy financial environment.

**How you will create impact**:

- **Sanctions Screening Program Management**: Oversee day-to-day operations related to the Sanctions Screening program, including collaboration with compliance officers to meet company goals.
- **Investigation and Analysis**:Conduct investigations and analysis to make compliance decisions, including identifying red flags for escalation based on a risk-based approach.
- **Screening and Escalation**:Screen customers against sanctions lists, perform PEP (Politically Exposed Persons) and adverse media screening, and escalate confirmed or suspicious findings.
- **Use of Compliance Tools**:Conduct manual screening using tools like LexisNexis and adhere to payment compliance obligations.
- **Alert Review and Reporting**:Review alerts related to illegal activity, global watch lists, and trade sanctions, ensuring alignment with the selected sanction list.
- **Regulatory Adherence**:Follow global regulatory guidelines, including KYC, KYB, CFT, and PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) 2002.
- **Due Diligence and Risk Assessment**:Perform initial and ongoing due diligence and risk assessments of accounts and partners, following a risk-based approach.
- **Collaboration with Regional Teams**:Liaise with partner compliance teams and Regional Compliance Officers, addressing vulnerabilities and escalating risks.

**Essential qualifications**:

- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to interact confidently and professionally with customers and internal stakeholders.
- 1 to 3 years of professional experience in Compliance, Audit, or Forensic Investigations, preferably in the fintech or payment industry.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, prioritizing tasks effectively and meeting deadlines consistently.

**Interview rounds & assessments**:
**Table for Two**:
A brief chat with one of our Recruiters to assess your foundational competencies and provide an overview of TerraPay.

**Beyond the Bio**:
A discussion with an SME or the RM to evaluate your role-specific knowledge, problem-solving abilities, and gain a deeper understanding of the company and team dynamics.

**Manager Meetup**:
A comprehensive discussion about the role and responsibilities, expectations, and mapping out potential career growth.

**Why TerraPay**:
TerraPay is a global money movement player on a mission to build a borderless financial world. We believe payments should be instant, reliable, transparent, seamless, and fully compliant.

Registered and regulated across 31 global markets, we are a leading payments partner for banks, mobile wallets, money transfer operators, merchants, and financial institutions.

We are proud to be a twice-certified Great Place to Work and were featured in the 2023 CB Insights Fintech 100 and the 2024 Financial Times 1000 lists.

Read more about TerraPay here.

**Our culture & core values**:
At TerraPay, we don’t just talk about our values—we live by them. **Humility, ownership & responsibility, entrepreneurship, global citizenship, and trusting empowerment** are the principles that guide everything we do. If you’re looking for a career that offers abundant opportunities for innovation and a culture of excellence, TerraPay is the place to be.

With comprehensive healthcare benefits, cab facilities for our India-based employees, and a generous leave policy, we’ve got you covered. Join us in one of our **10 offices worldwide and** collaborate with a diverse team representing **40+ nationalities**.

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