AML/CFT Auditor

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Main Duties:1. Operational Oversight· Direct and oversee day-to-day audit operations, ensuring all client assignments are progressing according to agreed timelines, budgets, and scope;· Maintain a centralised assignment tracker covering status, deliverables, deadlines and responsible staff, with escalation protocols for delays;· Supervise scheduling and resource allocation to ensure optimal use of team capacity;· Oversee offsite operations at client premises, ensuring logistics, documentation, and reporting are properly managed;· Ensure audit outputs (working papers, reports) are reviewed and approved before release to clients;· Follow up with clients on pending documents, clarifications, or approvals required to complete engagements;· Ensure continuity of audit operations especially for time-sensitive assignments;· Regularly assess the efficiency of control systems, flag operational risks to senior management and recommend effective improvements;· Develop and implement policies and procedures as may be required for the provision of the services provided by the Company;· Act as the primary operational point of contact for client boards, MLROs and compliance teams during audit execution;· Manage follow-ups on remediation actions post-audit, ensuring clients address deficiencies identified;· Oversee timely and accurate preparation of reports for regulators, ensuring delivery of required documentation.2. Strategic Development & Business Growth· Identify opportunities for new service lines (e.g., thematic reviews, regulatory gap analyses, outsourced MLRO);· Evaluate the operational feasibility of new ventures and ensure adequate capacity before execution.3. Quality Assurance & Control Systems· Design, implement and enforce daily monitoring controls to ensure assignments meet internal quality benchmarks;· Conduct ongoing review of audit testing procedures, ensuring they remain consistent with methodology and regulatory expectations;· Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, or recurring issues in operations and initiate corrective measures.· Report daily/weekly progress and operational KPIs to senior management.4. Financial Oversight· Monitor invoicing, collections, and engagement profitability to ensure assignments are financially sustainable;· Authorise and track expenditure related to assignments (e.g., travel for offsite audits, software licences, external consultants);· Provide regular financial oversight reports to senior management, highlighting delays in collections or unprofitable engagements.5. Team Supervision· Assign tasks to team members, monitor daily progress, and provide on-the-spot guidance where required;· Review staff outputs, ensuring quality and consistency across working papers and reports;· Conduct daily/weekly operational meetings with audit staff to track progress and address blockers;· Oversee performance, identify skill gaps and organise targeted training or mentoring to strengthen delivery capacity.6. Training & Capacity Building· Lead internal training sessions to build technical audit and compliance expertise within the team;· Deliver external client training programs on AML/CFT obligations, audit findings, and best practices, as and when required;· Evaluate training effectiveness and update programs in line with regulatory changes and evolving AML/CFT risks;· Mentor and develop audit staff through ongoing supervision and knowledge-sharing;· Maintain an internal knowledge base of evolving typologies, regulatory circulars, and industry best practices;· Brief senior management and staff regularly on emerging risks and compliance expectations.7. Additional Duties· Undertake other cognate duties assigned by senior management, particularly where operational coordination is required;· Attending client meetings as and when required;· Reporting during Board meetings and at frequent dashboards of the Company. Qualifications:· Degree in Law/ Finance/ management or other related qualifications.· Minimum 7 years of experience as an auditor;· Prior experience in an audit firm would be an advantage;· Strong knowledge of industry processes and regulations;· Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities;· An analytical mindset with excellent organizational skills.

Level 3, Ebene House, Hotel Avenue, 33, Ebene Cybercity, Mauritius

Phone: 465 5526

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recruitment@juristax.com