We’re making Africa the first cashless continent.
In 2017, over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That’s for good reason—the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.
We’re solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don’t always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.
Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that’s where you come in…

How you’ll help us achieve it
We are looking for an AML Investigator familiar with money laundering trends and comfortable investigating complex cases to support our Financial Security Team’s mission to prevent, detect, and report suspicious activity. The position will report to our Senegal Compliance Analyst.

In this role, you will:
• Conduct investigations on alerts generated by our AML Transaction Monitoring system.
• Participate in enhancing alerts to reduce overall false positives and prioritize the investigation of suspicious activity.
• Support the Financial Security Manager in reviewing reports generated by other Analysts.
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the Transaction Monitoring System by identifying weaknesses and proposing improvement measures.
• Contribute to the generation of Financial Security reports.
• Participate in awareness-raising and training activities relating to financial security.
• Carry out investigations into suspicious transactions and activities.
• Prepare suspicious transaction reports.
• Contribute to drafting reports and dashboard updates for Decision Makers.
• Assist the Financial Security Manager in ensuring the implementation of embargo restrictions issued by the regulator, with the approval of Wave’s governing body.
• Gather information about requisitions from law enforcement authorities and/or the financial intelligence authority.
• Other duties may be assigned as required.

Key details
• Location: You’ll work from our office in Dakar.
• You must have work authorization in Senegal.
• This is a permanent contract.
• Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula.
• We offer generous health insurance for yourself and your dependents.
• We support working parents – we offer (26 weeks for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers) and subsidized child care when you return to work.
• We help you live your fullest life now- we subsidize gym memberships and fitness classes.
• Airtime reimbursement.
• Free food and a beautiful office space.

Requirements
• Proficiency in spoken and written French and English. Fluency in Wolof and another local language would be an advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree or above in IT, finance, criminology, Risk Management, or other relevant disciplines.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in AML Transaction Monitoring and/or Sanctions Screening at a financial institution.
• Compliance certifications, such as ACAMS, are a plus.
• Proficient knowledge of AML/CFT risks.
• Good knowledge of UEMOA financial security regulations.