Team Lead - Business Compliance Advisory Officer at Palmpay Limited

PalmPay is an Africa-focused fintech firm, launched in 2019. PalmPay is a mobile payments platform that offers a number of financial services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Lead - Business Compliance Advisory Officer

Location: Lagos

Description

• The Business Compliance Advisory Officer provides expert regulatory and compliance advisory support across all PalmPay Nigeria business units.
• The role ensures products, services, agent activities, merchant acquiring processes, and operating models comply with applicable regulations.
• Acting as a bridge between business teams and Compliance, the role embeds compliance-by-design, prevents regulatory breaches, and strengthens PalmPay Nigeria’s compliance posture.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide timely and accurate compliance advisory to business units on applicable regulatory frameworks.
• Review new business initiatives, products, PRDs, system changes, and feature updates to ensure compliance prior to rollout.
• Interpret regulatory circulars, guidelines, and supervisory notices, providing impact assessments and actionable recommendations.
• Advise business teams on audit readiness, compliance reviews, and regulatory examinations.
• Support compliance gap assessments by interpreting regulatory obligations and advising on remediation approaches.
• Ensure operational teams clearly understand and effectively execute regulatory requirements.

Requirements & Core Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in financial services compliance, preferably within PSPs or fintechs.
• Professional certifications (e.g., CAMS, ICA) are an added advantage.
• Strong knowledge of Nigeria’s financial regulatory environment and CBN guidelines.
• Proven experience reviewing products, conducting compliance risk assessments, and advising senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, advisory, and product risk evaluation capabilities.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical business actions.
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, and professional influencing skills.
• High integrity, independence, attention to detail, and sound judgment.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume digital financial environment.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving, issue identification, and escalation.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.