Compliance Officer

About Payoneer

Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.

By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.

Role Summary

Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Hybrid

Full-Time

Payoneer is seeking an experienced local Compliance Officer to lead and manage the compliance program for Payoneer Mexico as a regulated Institucion de Fondos de Pago Electronico (IFPE) regulated by the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (“CNBV”). This role will serve as the designated Compliance Officer for Payoneer Mexico. The Compliance Officer also serves as Payoneer Mexico’s local Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and point of contact with Mexico’s regulatory authorities, responsible for developing, implementing, administering, and maintaining all aspects of the AML/CFT Compliance Program in alignment with Mexico’s laws and regulations, internal policies and procedures, and supervisory expectations. The Compliance Officer must be fully knowledgeable of Mexico’s AML/CFT regime and best practices applicable to electronic payment institutions and payment service providers. The Compliance Officer must hold a valid CNBV certification in PLD/FT (Prevención de Lavado de Dinero y Financiamiento al Terrorismo) and will be expected to meet CBNV approval requirements as the designated Compliance Officer of Payoneer Mexico. The role combines hands-on regulatory knowledge with the ability to partner closely with global Compliance, Legal, Risk, Banking, and Product teams to embed compliance requirements into the local business. 

This role will be based in our Polanco, Mexico City office and will functionally report to the Regional Head of Compliance for Americas.

What you’ll do: 

• Design, implement, and continuously enhance Payoneer Mexico's compliance program in line with CNBV general provisions for IFPEs and local regulations applicable to electronic payment funds institutions. 

• Serve as the designated Mexico Compliance Officer of record and Money Laundering Reporting Officer for Payoneer Mexico, fulfilling all statutory obligations attached to that role, including any formal registration or notification requirements.