Oficial de Cumplimiento - Money Laundering Reporting Officer

Oficial de Cumplimiento - Money Laundering Reporting Officer We are seeking a highly experienced and certified Oficial de Cumplimiento (MLRO) to lead our regulatory and anti-money laundering compliance efforts in Mexico. As the primary liaison with Mexican financial regulators, you will guarantee that our operations adhere to the highest standards of financial integrity under the Fintech Law ecosystem. This role serves as the structural foundation of our Institución de Fondos de Pago Electrónico (IFPE) license application and subsequent live operations. You will be fully responsible for orchestrating, designing, and supervising the local PLD/FT/FPADM (Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism/Proliferation Financing) framework while integrating efficiently with our centralized global compliance pillars and actively pioneering the day-to-day deployment of advanced compliance automation technology. Regulatory Liaison & Governance

• Primary Institutional Contact: Act as the officially designated representative and sole point of contact before Mexican regulatory bodies, specifically the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV), the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF), and CONDUSEF.
• Committee Leadership: Form, manage, and act as a core voice within the local Communication and Control Committee (Comité de Comunicación y Control - CCC), presenting regular statistical reports on suspicious metrics and compliance audits.
• Upward Reporting: Report directly to executive leadership, the local Board of Directors, and the Global Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to facilitate absolute transparency of financial crime indicators.

Program Tailoring & Risk Assessment

• EBR Methodology Execution: Build, scale, and routinely tune the Risk Assessment Methodology (Enfoque Basado en Riesgos - EBR) specifically mapping parameters to customer segments (Organizations, Clients, and Workers), geographic corridors, products (including Stored Value and Pay-ins/Pay-outs), and delivery channels.
• Manual Integration: Design, maintain, and fully implement the local PLD/FT Compliance Manual (Manual de Cumplimiento), validating that all global processes comply entirely with Mexican General Provisions (Disposiciones de Carácter General) applicable to IFPEs.

Operational Compliance & Due Diligence

• Tiered Onboarding & Know-Your-Customer (KYC/KYB): Oversee and implement high-rigor Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) operations. Ensure strict validation of corporate clients (KYB) by collecting official incorporation instruments, registers of shareholders/members (UBO identifying ≥ 25%), and verifying power of attorney flags (Poderes).
• Natural Person Verification: Ensure all natural person contractors, employees, or sole proprietors pass local identity safeguards, including the validation of CURP, RFC, valid official identifications, and proof of address.
• PEP and Sanctions Screening: Manage real-time filtering and daily background re-screening against global and national lists (such as blocking interaction with OFAC, UN, EU targets, or locally blocked person lists compiled by the UIF).

Transaction Monitoring & Reporting

• Alert Infrastructure Supervision: Cooperate with core systems and advanced monitoring platforms to map custom behavioral and transaction velocity logic rules, analyzing deviations from historical user profiles.
• Regulatory Report Filing: Prepare, review, and execute the timely filing of mandatory regulatory reports via the electronic platforms provided by the authorities, specifically focusing on:
• Reportes de Operaciones Inusuales (Unusual Operations Reports - within 30 calendar days or 24-48 hours for critical cases).
• Reportes de Operaciones Relevantes (Relevant Operations Reports - cash cash-equivalent velocity checks over mandatory thresholds).
• Reportes de Operaciones Internas Preocupantes (Worweiss Operations Reports - identifying internal fraud or collusion risks).

Automation & AI Agent Workstreams

• AI Agent Workstream Automation: Drive, manage, and optimize the day-to-day integration of specialized AI Agents and Large Language Model (LLM) workflows into core operational compliance routines (such as initial KYB document classification, first-line alert triage, and auto-generation of case timeline chronologies).
• Technology Risk Collaboration: Partner closely with the Global Compliance Systems, Engineering, and Analytics teams to validate that AI automation tools maintain strict compliance with data retention, cybersecurity standards (Joint IFPE Provisions), and local confidentiality frames (LFPDPPP).
• Human-in-the-Loop Governance: Ensure robust quality control systems remain active over automated systems, guaranteeing that AI Agent recommendation models undergo strict human review prior to final risk determinations, offboarding actions, or regulatory filing approvals.

Audit, Training, and Strategy

• Independent Audit Coordination: Support internal testing teams and external independent auditors during mandated annual compliance evaluations, driving swift tracking and remediation of any system weaknesses.
• Staff Awareness Enablement: Coordinate regular, function-specific PLD/FT training initiatives for all local operational personnel and executive segments.

Qualifications & Requirements Mandatory Licensing & Certifications

• CNBV Certification: Must hold a valid, current Certificación en materia de PLD/FT/FPADM issued by the National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores). Applications missing this registration token will not be considered.

Professional Experience

• Sector Expertise: Minimum of 2–3 years of direct experience working inside an IFPE licensed entity (or an entity under advanced stages of authorized operation) in Mexico.
• Track Record: Proven practical experience navigating the unique ecosystem of Mexican Fintech legislation, handling regulatory responses directly with the CNBV, and building compliance frameworks tailored to technology platforms.
• Background: Solid experience in financial crime operations, KYC/KYB architecture, transactional analytics, or specialized legal fields inside payments infrastructure or payroll sectors.

Education & Core Competencies

• Academic Foundation: Bachelor's degree in Law, Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related field.
• Language Skills: Complete professional proficiency in both Spanish and English (written and verbal), with the ability to articulate highly technical local legal provisions into central group policy frames.
• Operational Mindset: Highly autonomous execution capacity, strict attention to detail under fast deadlines, and an entrepreneurial start-up drive to handle cross-functional demands.
• Adaptability to Modern Tech: Strong comfort level and openness to embracing digital innovation, automation, and tech-forward tooling. While prior AI knowledge is not required, the candidate must be enthusiastic about learning, implementing, and supervising automated flows and agentic tools to streamline operational workflows.