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Compliance & Risk Officer
Rise Vest Technologies
Legal
Nairobi, Kenya
Posted on Dec 5, 2025
Job Title: Compliance & Risk Officer
Location: Remote (Kenya)
Department: Operations & Business Development
Reports to: Head of Operations
About Rise
Risevest is a digital wealth management company helping individuals across Africa build long-term wealth through expert-managed investment portfolios. With a mission to make investing simple, transparent, and accessible, Risevest empowers users to grow and preserve their wealth through global and local asset classes. We are a certified Great Place to Work 2025, with a culture of innovation, excellence, and impact.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Chief Financial Officer / Finance Manager for our subsidiary, Hisa, a stock trading company allowing everyday Africans to easily invest in both local and global assets including stocks, ETFs, bonds and alternative investments.
The Compliance & Risk Officer will build and oversee Hisa’s compliance framework and enterprise risk management system to ensure full adherence to CMA regulations, AML/CFT obligations, and operational risk controls across the platform.
What You’ll Do:
1. Compliance
- Develop and implement compliance policies and manuals aligned with CMA Regulations.
- Oversee AML/CFT framework, user monitoring, suspicious activity reviews, and reporting.
- Ensure adherence to the Capital Markets Act, Corporate Governance Regulations, and relevant guidelines.
- Conduct compliance reviews, gap assessments, and internal monitoring.
- Lead regulatory reporting and communications with CMA.
- Train staff on compliance standards, AML/CFT, and regulatory updates.
- Support licensing documentation, governance structures, and ongoing requirements.
2. Risk Management
- Develop Hisa’s enterprise risk management (ERM) framework.
- Identify, assess, and monitor operational, financial, market, and technology risks.
- Maintain risk registers, incident logs, and early-warning systems.
- Lead risk assessments for new products, integrations, and strategic initiatives.
- Work with finance, product, engineering, and operations to implement risk controls.
- Prepare periodic risk reports for senior management and the board.
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, Risk, Business, or a related field.
- Professional certifications (CAMS, CFE, FRM, CRM) are strong advantages.
- Strong understanding of CMA regulations, AML/CFT, and ERM frameworks.
- 3 years in compliance and/or risk within fintech, banking, investment, or other regulated institutions.
- Experience interacting with regulators is highly preferred.
You’ll Thrive in this Role If You Have:
- Strong analytical and investigative ability.
- Excellent policy drafting and documentation skills.
- High integrity, confidentiality, and sound judgment.
Why Rise?
- Opportunity to drive meaningful impact across a fast-growing pan-African fintech.
- Competitive compensation.
- Flexible work setup and supportive, mission-driven culture.
- Health insurance, paid time off, pension contributions, parental leave, and learning opportunities.
- Work with a team obsessed with excellence, transparency, and innovation.
Rise is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.