KingMakers

AML Officer

KingMakers

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Cape Town • South Africa

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About the role

  • Play a key role in strengthening and maintaining KingMakers’ Anti-Money Laundering framework.
  • Conduct oversight testing on critical AML controls, validating results, and escalating material risks where required.
  • Work closely with local and international stakeholders across the first, second, and third lines of defence.
  • Contribute to test planning, reporting, and continuous improvement of monitoring and testing programmes.
  • Thrive in a fast-paced, regulated environment.
  • Combine strong analytical thinking with operational execution.
  • Protect the business and its customers.

Requirements

  • Proven experience working in **Anti-Money Laundering (AML)**, Compliance, Risk, or Financial Crime roles.
  • Strong understanding of **AML control frameworks**, including control design, operating effectiveness, and oversight testing.
  • Experience conducting or supporting **oversight testing, monitoring, or assurance activities**.
  • Familiarity with **regulatory requirements** relevant to AML, ideally within regulated industries such as gaming, financial services, fintech, or payments.
  • Understanding of **three lines of defence** models and how AML oversight operates across them.
  • **Technical & Operational Skills**
  • Ability to conduct **oversight testing on key AML controls** in line with defined methodologies.
  • Experience preparing:
  • - Oversight test plans
  • - Executive summaries and reports
  • - Issue logs and escalation documentation
  • Strong analytical capability, with the ability to assess data, identify control weaknesses, and recommend improvements.
  • Comfortable validating testing results and **escalating material risks** clearly and appropriately.
  • Ability to stay up to date with **regulatory changes and industry best practices** and apply them practically.
  • **Stakeholder & Communication Skills**
  • Proven ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with:
  • - First-line operational teams
  • - Second-line compliance teams
  • - Third-line audit or assurance partners
  • Confident communicator, able to explain complex AML concepts to **local and international stakeholders**.
  • Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and contributing to discussions on program enhancement.
  • **Ways of Working & Behavioural Fit**
  • Hands-on, execution-oriented mindset with the ability to operate effectively in a **fast-paced, start-up environment**.
  • Curious and inquisitive approach, with a willingness to ask questions and challenge existing processes constructively.
  • Strong problem-solving ability and comfort dealing with ambiguity.
  • Flexible and adaptable working style, able to collaborate across functions and geographies.
  • Customer- and product-aware, with an understanding of how AML controls impact customer experience.
  • **Personal Attributes**
  • High attention to detail with a strong sense of accountability.
  • Ability to work independently with guidance, while also contributing positively to team capability and dynamics.
  • Resilient and composed under pressure, able to bring structure to complex situations.
  • Willingness to explore new ways of working while leveraging established frameworks.
Benefits
  • Health Support: Employer contribution toward your monthly medical aid, helping you invest in your health and wellbeing.
  • Comprehensive Insurance: Group risk cover providing additional protection and peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
  • Future Planning: Employer contributions to a provident fund to support your long-term financial security and retirement planning.
  • Performance Bonus: discretionary rewards that celebrate your impact*
  • Hybrid Work: a flexible arrangement with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote each week
  • Work with global teams across Nigeria, Spain, Malta & the UK.
  • **Eligibility for the discretionary bonus depends on the onboarding cycle and start date; employees joining after a certain point in the year may not be eligible for the 2025 cycle.*

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Anti-Money Laundering (AML)AML control frameworksoversight testingmonitoring activitiesregulatory requirementsthree lines of defenceanalytical capabilityexecutive summariesissue logsescalation documentation
Soft skills
analytical thinkingcommunication skillsstakeholder managementproblem-solvingflexibilityadaptabilityattention to detailresiliencecuriositycollaboration