Know the Company:

PeepalCo is a canopy for brands serving India with tailored wealth-tech products, Making Money Equal for All. Founded by Ashish Singhal, Govind Soni, and Vimal Sagar Tiwari, PeepalCo’s products include CoinSwitch. The Group is backed by blue-chip investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Tiger Global, Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India), Ribbit Capital, Paradigm, and Coinbase Ventures.

PeepalCo is the brand name for our Group entity and will house all our wealth-tech brands. The largest of our brands, CoinSwitch, will be housed under PeepalCo, so will our forays into Indian Equities, Mutual Funds.

For more information, visit: https://peepal.co | For media queries, contact: press@peepal.co

What you will do: 

• Manage the overall process of AML, KYC monitoring, fraud detection and risk management controls.
• Develop and implement appropriate risk-based KYC/AML policies and procedures.
• Setup and oversee the transaction monitoring to fulfill end to end reporting obligations.
• Conduct review on alerts generated for transaction monitoring or screening alerts in Sanctions, Adverse Media and Politically Exposed Persons.
• Work with the Product, Engineering and Data teams to constantly improve and evolve our systems, for example refining the transaction monitoring and AML rules to reduce false positives and catch more suspicious activities.
• Review suspicious account activities, analyze trends, and take measures to deter fraud.
• Experience in regulatory reporting of suspicious and fraudulent activities.
• Build and lead a team as per business need.
• Research emerging underwriting and fraud trends to innovate on decisioning systems and policies.
• Evaluating and where necessary, improving processes, in accordance with our policies, to ensure that we meet rigorous financial crime standards, whilst increasing efficiency where possible.
• Assure adherence to the guidelines set by the company and regulators especially around PMLA and FATF.
• Investigate suspicious activity, including all forms of funds and crypto transfers

What you should have:

• Bachelor's degree in a Business, Finance, or Legal or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 6-7 years of experience in regulatory compliance with a specialization in KYC/AML and transaction monitoring.
• Expertise in regulatory guidelines around AML and KYC rules in India and regulatory reporting.
• Experience on building automated systems for transaction monitoring and fraud detection.
• Experience working with third-party data sources KYC providers etc.
• Strong compliance instincts and risk mitigation mindset.
• Passionate about fighting financial crime with great knowledge of financial crime risks.
• Highly data driven, comfortable in setting goals and KPIs, forecasting and planning.
• Strong attention to detail and communication (written and verbal), time management, analytical, and investigative skills.
• Knowledge of crypto and web3 would be required

Life at PeepalCo

We take great pride in what we do, and are committed to our mission. And we have a lot of fun while at it!

Here’s how we do things at PeepalCo:

• Customer-first: That’s the North Star. Everything we do is to make our users’ investment experience better and simplified.
• Ownership: We don’t sport lab coats, but we experiment—a lot. And we take ownership. We even have a catchphrase for this: Think big, fail fast, and build better.
• Data-driven: The source of truth. Simple as that.
• Fun: PS5, anyone? Or do you prefer Foosball? Or perhaps Carrom? And yes, our HR team has a whole list of activities: Disco nights, offsites, gift boxes, and more!
  
  

Speaking of lists, the perks and benefits are so extensive, this space isn’t enough. Here are a few:

• Parenthood: Up to 8 months of Maternity leave and 1 month of Paternity leave
• Gender Reassignment Surgery: Be the best version of you! We’ll support you and reimburse your medical bill.

Disclaimer: We are an equal opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.