Staff/Principal Engagement Manager
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⚖️ Legal⏰ Full-time🎯 Lead / Principal💰 $180k-230k🇺🇸 USA
19h ago
Nium·about 1 month ago
Nium provides global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments. We were founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. Our platform enables banks, fintechs, and global businesses to move money instantly, everywhere.
Co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore with offices in 14 markets worldwide, we are entering one of the most exciting chapters in our journey. In March 2026, we delivered the largest month in our 11-year history with record revenue, record volumes, and EBITDA profitability. Today, Nium moves nearly $60B in payments annually, almost entirely for enterprises, while continuing to strengthen an already healthy balance sheet.
It is an incredible time to join us, and we are only just getting started.
Our payout network spans 190+ countries and 100 currencies, with 100 + corridors in real time. We power seamless transfers to accounts, wallets, and cards, support local collections in 35 markets, and as a principal card issuer on Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and UATP, Nium issues over 50 million card tokens every year. Backed by regulatory licenses in 40+ markets, we make it simple for our partners to onboard, integrate, and scale globally. This scale and innovation have earned us recognition as one of CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2025, winner of Best Cross-Border Payments Solution at the PayTech Awards, and inclusion in FXC Intelligence’s Top 100 Cross-Border Payments Companies list.
In 2024, we raised US$50 million in Series E funding at a US$1.4 billion valuation to accelerate network expansion, product innovation, and talent growth. With the B2B payments market projected to hit US$175 trillion by 2030, Nium offers ambitious builders the chance to shape the future of global money movement with the scale of a leader and the energy of a high-growth company.
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.
Act as the primary point of contact for the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), DFSA, and law enforcement agencies.
Develop, implement, and monitor comprehensive compliance policies, procedures, and internal controls to meet UAE regulatory standards (e.g., CBUAE, DFSA, SCA).
Identify, assess, and mitigate compliance and financial crime risks. Perform regular compliance assessments and audits to ensure compliance integrity.
Provide expert guidance to senior management and staff on regulatory matters. Act as the primary point of contact for regulatory inspections and audits.
Oversee KYC, EDD, transaction monitoring, and sanction screening.
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.
Ensure Nium’s global compliance teams are aligned with applicable UAE regulatory requirements and frameworks.
Minimum 8 years’ experience in compliance roles within regulated environments.
Strong understanding of UAE Regulatory frameworks (CBUAE, SCA, DFSA, etc.) and international AML standards.
Strong expertise across Compliance and AML/CFT domains, including KYC/KYB, sanctions, and financial crime.
Solid understanding of the Payments and Fintech industry in UAE.
Prior experience in payments or fintech strongly preferred.
Prior experience in stablecoins is highly preferred
ACAMS and/or ICA certification preferred
Strong analytical skills with experience in problem solving and being able to implement and deliver solutions.
Demonstrate clear sense of accountability in performing the role and a positive demeanour.
Ability to identify risks, control gaps, inefficiencies, see the bigger picture, challenge the current status quo and define scalable and sustainable processes and methodology.
Ability to lead end-to-end process and control improvements cross-functionally and across various regions.
Able to prioritize quickly and meet deadlines even under pressure.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Team player with strong collaborative qualities, including some previous experience (or willingness) to build, lead and motivate a team.
Proficiency in English is essential and fluency in Arabic is strongly preferred