Senior Manager – FIU (Airtel Money) at Airtel

Bharti Airtel Limited is an Indian global telecommunications services company based in New Delhi, India. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia, Africa, and the Channel Islands.

 

Senior Manager – FIU (Airtel Money)

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience8 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldBanking  , Law / Legal 

Reporting To: Group Airtel Money Chief Compliance & Risk Officer

About the Role

  • We are looking for an experienced Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) leader to help set up, embed, and manage the Group-wide Airtel Money AML/CFT Compliance Program focused on transaction monitoring, sanctions, STR/SAR reporting, and investigations. This role will play a critical part in ensuring Airtel Money operates in a legally compliant, ethical, and risk-aware manner across markets while supporting business growth.

Why Join Us

  • Play a key role in shaping a Group-wide FIU and financial crime monitoring capability across multiple markets.
  • Work at the intersection of compliance, technology, and digital financial services.
  • Partner closely with senior leadership, regulators, and law enforcement agencies.
  • Contribute to building scalable, future-ready transaction monitoring and investigation frameworks.
  • Be part of a high-impact team strengthening trust, integrity, and financial inclusion at scale.

Key Responsibilities

  • Support the inclusion and management of AML/CFT, ABAC, and Ethics/Whistleblowing monitoring and reporting risks within the Group Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
  • Contribute to Group-wide compliance risk assessments, including identification, prioritisation, mitigation strategies, and tracking of regulatory and audit action plans.
  • Lead the development and operationalisation of Group-wide AML/CFT, ABAC, and Ethics/Whistleblowing monitoring and regulatory reporting frameworks.
  • Oversee Group-wide transaction monitoring, insider threat monitoring, investigations, and incident management.
  • Lead FIU activities and coordinate investigations related to legal requests for information, subpoenas, and regulatory matters.
  • Support OpCos in building transaction monitoring and investigations frameworks, SOPs, and operating models.
  • Maintain Group-wide compliance monitoring and reporting policies and associated regulatory universes.
  • Implement and manage STR/SAR filing, investigations, and transaction monitoring trackers.
  • Coordinate compliance reporting (monthly, quarterly, annual) and contribute to Board and committee submissions.
  • Coordinate and support transaction monitoring audits and regulatory inspections.
  • Manage liaison trackers for law enforcement and regulatory engagement.
  • Provide compliance advisory support on STR/SAR, LER requests, investigations, and new products and services.
  • Oversee financial crime compliance and sanctions monitoring, systems tuning, and tool effectiveness.
  • Build, lead, and mentor the Compliance FIU team.

Key Competencies & Skills

  • Agile, resilient, structured, and methodical approach to investigations and monitoring.
  • Strong ability to work with cross-functional and international teams.
  • Proven experience in AML/CFT compliance, FIU operations, and financial crime investigations.
  • Strong understanding of global AML/CFT, sanctions, and ABAC regulatory requirements.
  • High standards of integrity and professional ethics.\

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Law, or a related field.
  • Professional certification required (e.g., CAMS, CRM, CRISC, or equivalent financial crime certification).
  • Strong analytical background.

Experience

  • Minimum of 8 years’ experience in Mobile Money, FinTech, and/or Banking.
  • Strong experience in digital financial services and money/value service products.

Check how your CV aligns with this job

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Airtel on www.linkedin.com to apply

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