The Role

We’re looking for a hands-on, solutions-oriented and technically strong Compliance Manager to join our team at Ziina. In this role, you’ll lead the operational implementation of our AML/CFT program, spanning AML, regulatory reporting, transaction monitoring, and policy development. You’ll work cross-functionally with teams across the business to ensure our processes align with regulatory requirements while enabling speed and innovation. This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, brings strong operational discipline, and is excited to build and scale compliance foundations in a modern fintech setting.

As a Compliance Manager at Ziina, you will:

• Curate and manage Ziina’s compliance program, including policies, risk assessments, and internal controls tailored to fintech operations.
• Manage the STR/SAR process, ensuring timely, accurate reporting and strong documentation practices.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and FinCrime Operation team to optimize transaction monitoring systems, reduce false positives, and maintain risk-based rules.
• Leverage data tools to analyze trends, automate workflows, and maintain high data integrity across compliance systems.
• Develop and maintain real-time dashboards that surface key compliance metrics, risks, and operational performance.
• Serve as the first point of contact for compliance-related BAU queries from internal teams (e.g., onboarding flows, beneficial ownership, activity reviews), escalating only material issues.
• Stay ahead of regulatory obligations across jurisdictions, ensuring our processes meet both local and international standards.
• Contribute to the preparation of regulatory submissions and internal audit/supervision readiness efforts alongside the Head of Compliance.
• As the function matures, progressively take ownership of second-line quality assurance including periodic testing .

To succeed in this role, you likely:

• Have 4+ years of experience in AML, Compliance, testing areas, , risk, in a fintech, payments, or financial institution—ideally with exposure to high-velocity transaction environments.
• Are deeply familiar with AML frameworks, suspicious activity indicators, and regional/international reporting standards.
• Are comfortable using data tools (e.g., SQL, Excel, Python) to perform investigative analysis and automate repetitive tasks.
• Can communicate compliance needs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Have experience collaborating with or guiding engineering teams in building internal compliance tools.
• Operate with a detail-oriented mindset and can manage competing priorities in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment.
• Have built or significantly contributed to an AML system from scratch.

What would amaze us:

• You’ve worked across jurisdictions and implemented scalable compliance frameworks across multiple regulators.
• You’ve built internal tooling or workflow automations that meaningfully reduced manual effort.
• You’ve designed dashboards or tooling that improved visibility into alerts, rule performance, or STR metrics.
• You’ve helped prepare for and/or respond to regulatory supervisions, reports and risk assessments.
• You’re known as someone who takes ownership, drives initiatives to the finish line, and delivers scalable compliance outcomes.