Sr. Manager - Regulatory Compliance & MLRO (UAE)

Nium is the global infrastructure company powering real-time cross-border payments. Founded to deliver the payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today, we are building a programmable, borderless, and compliant money-movement layer that powers transactions between people, businesses, and intelligent systems — enabling banks, fintechs, payroll providers, travel platforms, marketplaces, and other global enterprises to move money instantly, anywhere in the world.
Co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with offices in 14 markets and team members across 20+ countries, we take pride in a culture anchored in Keeping It Simple, Making It Better, and Winning Together. 2025 was the strongest year in our 10-year history, with record revenue, record transaction volumes, and EBITDA profitability — and we are now entering one of the most dynamic chapters in our journey. We believe the best work happens face-to-face, and we operate a hybrid model with three in-office days per week to strengthen collaboration, alignment, and innovation.
We move over $50B annually across a network that spans 190+ countries, 100 currencies, and 100 real-time corridors. We power fast payouts to accounts, wallets, and cards; enable local collections in 35 markets; and support card issuance in 34 countries — all backed by licenses across 40+ markets.
With over $300M raised to date, Nium offers ambitious builders the opportunity to shape the future of global money movement — at scale.

About the Role

As the Senior Manager - Regulatory Compliance & MLRO, you will be working as part of Nium’s global, dynamic compliance team. The Compliance team oversees regulatory compliance, client onboarding, transaction monitoring, and the detection and prevention of financial crime, including money laundering and terrorist financing.

Key Responsibilities

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Act as the designated Money Laundering Reporting Officer, reviewing, investigating, and filing Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) or Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) with the UAE FIU.

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Act as the primary point of contact for the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), DFSA, and law enforcement agencies.

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Develop, implement, and monitor comprehensive compliance policies, procedures, and internal controls to meet UAE regulatory standards (e.g., CBUAE, DFSA, SCA).

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Identify, assess, and mitigate compliance and financial crime risks. Perform regular compliance assessments and audits to ensure compliance integrity.

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Provide expert guidance to senior management and staff on regulatory matters. Act as the primary point of contact for regulatory inspections and audits.

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Oversee KYC, EDD, transaction monitoring, and sanction screening.

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Provide regular reports to Senior Management/Board on AML risks and the efficacy of controls. Requirement to be part of the management or board of a subsidiary entity, where applicable.

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Ensure Nium’s global compliance teams are aligned with applicable UAE regulatory requirements and frameworks.

Requirements

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Minimum 8 years’ experience in compliance roles within regulated environments.

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Strong understanding of UAE Regulatory frameworks (CBUAE, SCA, DFSA, etc.) and international AML standards.

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Strong expertise across Compliance and AML/CFT domains, including KYC/KYB, sanctions, and financial crime.

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Solid understanding of the Payments and Fintech industry in UAE.

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Prior experience in payments or fintech strongly preferred.

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Prior experience in stablecoins is highly preferred

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ACAMS and/or ICA certification preferred

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Strong analytical skills with experience in problem solving and being able to implement and deliver solutions.

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Demonstrate clear sense of accountability in performing the role and a positive demeanour.

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Ability to identify risks, control gaps, inefficiencies, see the bigger picture, challenge the current status quo and define scalable and sustainable processes and methodology.

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Ability to lead end-to-end process and control improvements cross-functionally and across various regions.

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Able to prioritize quickly and meet deadlines even under pressure.

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Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

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Team player with strong collaborative qualities, including some previous experience (or willingness) to build, lead and motivate a team.

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Proficiency in English is essential and fluency in Arabic is strongly preferred

What we offer at Nium We Value Performance: Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work.
We Care for Our Employees: The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible working hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office).
We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.
We Celebrate Together: We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!
We Thrive with Diversity: Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.