dLocal
Regulatory and Licensing Officer - EMEA (francophone countries )
TLDR
Support Compliance and Regulatory matters across Dlocal’s operations in Francophone Africa while enabling business growth and mitigating regulatory risks effectively.
What’s the opportunity?
As our Regulatory and Licensing Officer based in with the Francophone African region, you will support all Compliance and Regulatory matters related to Dlocal’s business and operation and will help maintain oversight for Dlocal’s legal entities. In this role, you will help enable business growth while serving as a gatekeeper to prevent regulatory, legal, and reputational harm.
What will I be doing?
What skills do I need?
1. Provides legal knowledge and expertise on financial, payments, and fintech regulations in MENA countries.
2. Provide effective advice to all the internal teams to find solutions and identify potential risks on implementing the regulatory requirements for Dlocal's entities, advising in any regulatory impact from the initial stage to the end, enabling the business to scale and grow.
3. Advice relevant stakeholders in identifying laws and regulations that could impact to the company, training on material and method to be used, assessing training competence, and monitoring adherence to and compliance with training plans.
4. Advise line management on possible legal and regulatory impact across all divisions of regulatory developments and trends while highlighting potential revenue generation/cost-saving opportunities.
5. Liaising with relevant stakeholders across Dlocal´s business divisions to drive compliance with identified regulatory and statutory requirements and obligations.
6. Supporting activities to create company-wide awareness of regulatory and statutory requirements and the importance of complying with these requirements.
7. Contribute to drafting company policies and internal processes.
8. Maintaining a compliance calendar and submitting legal and regulatory returns when due, in collaboration with the respective teams.
9. Assess and continuously advise the respective departments on AML & CFT, Data Privacy, and fintech regulations.
1. Advanced degree in (preferably) law, compliance, finance, or a comparable study.
2. 5+ years experience in a regulatory or compliance officer role or legal advisor.
3. You are fluent in English and French(written and spoken) is mandatory.
4. Experience gained in an international company, Payments, financial institution, or law firm is a must.
5. Highly analytical with strong attention to detail.
6. Professional, flexible, and highly responsible and hands-on.
dLocal offers a robust payment processing solution designed for global enterprises to navigate cross-border transactions in emerging markets. By facilitating local payments and payouts in 40 countries, we help major brands enhance conversion rates and streamline their payment operations.
- Founded
- Founded 2016
- Employees
- 500+ employees
- Industry
- Diversified Financial Services
- Total raised
- $360M raised