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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 2 days PawaPay's roles stay open a median of 27 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of PawaPay's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at PawaPay
- high 2 stale, 0 reposted of 4 open
- Hiring momentum
- 4 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from PawaPay's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for PawaPay.
About this role
As a Compliance Officer at PawaPay, you will be responsible for the hands-on execution of merchant onboarding, KYC reviews, transaction monitoring, and screening to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. You will work within established frameworks to manage a portfolio of merchants, investigate alerts, and support compliance reporting and audits. Your role focuses on maintaining the integrity of payment licenses while balancing speed and risk in a fast-paced environment.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of PawaPay as an employer.
What you need
- 3 years in KYC, transaction monitoring or a similar compliance role, ideally within a regulated, partner-dependent or scale-up environment
- Fluent English (written and verbal)
- Comfortable working across ClickUp, Slack and Google Workspace, plus transaction monitoring and screening platforms
- Strong organisational skills, technology-savvy and comfortable in a remote, autonomy-driven environment
Nice to have
- Fluent French
- Exposure to mobile money or African payment markets
- Experience working with regulators (particularly in Africa)
- Compliance certifications (e.g. ICA, CAMS)
- Experience handling live investigations
What you get
- Competitive remuneration
- 35 days of paid leave per year (inclusive of public holidays) and more
Worth weighing
- Role focuses on execution rather than policy-setting or team management
- Success metrics are based on quality and timeliness of decisions, not just volume
- Fast-paced environment may require quick adaptation to changing regulations
Summarised from PawaPay's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by PawaPay on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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