Compliance Officer

The role

The Compliance Officer will lead and manage the compliance program for Payoneer Mexico as a regulated IFPE. This person will serve as the designated Compliance Officer and local Money Laundering Reporting Officer.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and enhance Payoneer Mexico's compliance program.
• Serve as the designated Mexico Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer.
• Act as primary compliance liaison to Mexican authorities, law enforcement, and regulators.
• Oversee suspicious and unusual activity reporting processes to the UIF.
• Maintain and refresh compliance policies, procedures, standards, and controls.
• Support transaction monitoring and investigations workstreams.
• Facilitate annual AML and Sanctions Risk Assessments.
• Prepare and present periodic compliance reports for the Payoneer Mexico Board of Directors.
• Oversee local Sanctions, PEP, and Negative News screening decisions.
• Assist with local Mexico regulatory examinations and audits.

Required qualifications

• 7–10 years of progressive compliance and AML/CFT experience within a bank, fintech, IFPE, casa de cambio, or another entity regulated by the CNBV, Banco de México, and/or subject to AML regulation in
• Hold a valid CNBV certification in PLD/FT (Prevención de Lavado de Dinero y Financiamiento al Terrorismo).
• Extensive knowledge of Mexico's AML/CFT framework, including the General AML/CFT Provisions applicable to IFPEs, and UIF reporting requirements.
• Demonstrated experience filing Unusual Activity Reports and managing interactions with local Mexico regulators authorities.
• Experience with higher-risk customer types, complex transactional flows, and typologies relevant to global cross-border payments.
• Fluent Spanish and strong professional English.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Proficient computer skills, especially Microsoft Office and experience with compliance case management tools.
• Strong analytical, project management, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have

• Cross-border payments experience is strongly preferred.
• Prior experience serving as a designated Compliance Officer, Oficial de Cumplimiento, or similar registered/statutory compliance role before the CNBV is strongly preferred.
• Professional certification preferred (e.g., CAMS or equivalent AML certification).

About the company

Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders. It has over 2,500 colleagues working in over 190 countries and territories.