Head of Compliance and Regulations

The Head of Compliance & Regulation plays a critical role in the development, implementation and execution of our clients compliance, regulatory, and risk management strategy. This role supports the Head of Legal and works closely with Product, Payments, Treasury, Engineering, and external stakeholders to ensure compliant scaling of payments, cross-border money movement, crypto, and Merchant-of-Record (MoR) operations across multiple jurisdictions.

Job Type: Full-time

Workplace: Remote

Location: Johannesburg

Report: General Manager

Department: Legal, Regulatory and Compliance

Competency framework: Enabling Competencies

Requirements

• 8–12+ years of experience in compliance, regulatory, or risk roles within payments, fintech, crypto, or financial services.
• Strong expertise in payments regulation, cross-border money movement, Merchant-of-Record models, and domestic acquiring.
• Hands-on experience with AML,...