Junior Compliance & Operations Officer - Bellville - R22 000 - R28 000

Recruiter:

The Legends Agency

Job Ref:

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Date posted:

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

Salary:

Market-related

SUMMARY:
Junior Compliance & Operations Officer - Bellville - R22 000 - R28 000

POSITION INFO:

Junior Compliance & Operations Officer - Bellville - R22 000 - R28 000

This hybrid role at a regulated South African fintech focuses on compliance, onboarding, daily transaction monitoring, and operations for an enterprise client base.

About Our Client

The company is a regulated South African Third Party Payment Provider (TPPP). They build payout infrastructure for enterprise clients.

The Role: Junior Compliance & Operations Officer

This role exists to manage compliance and onboarding for an enterprise client base, paired with daily transaction monitoring and operations. It contributes to the business by executing a hybrid split consisting of thirty percent compliance and onboarding work alongside seventy percent transaction monitoring and daily operations. The main focus areas are running client checks, collecting due diligence documentation, monitoring platform payout flows, investigating transactional exceptions, and resolving client operational queries.

Key Responsibilities

Possess a minimum of 1- 2 years of experience in fintech, payments, banking, or a related regulated environment.
Run Know Your Business and Know Your Customer checks on new enterprise clients.
Collect, verify, and file customer due diligence packs in line with FICA.
Maintain onboarding files, the client risk register, and supporting documentation.
Monitor daily payouts to watch platform volumes, statuses, and anomalies.
Investigate exceptions such as failed transactions and reconciliation breaks.
Handle transaction logs, month-end packs, internal and regulatory reporting, and client operational queries.
Work with external compliance partners on Risk Management and Compliance Programme execution, audits, and reporting.

About You

1-2 years minimum in fintech, payments, banking, or a related regulated environment
Working knowledge of FICA, POPIA, and the South African AML landscape
Strong attention to detail
Comfortable with spreadsheets and structured documentation
Solid written and verbal communication
KYC / KYB experience with enterprise or B2B clients (Nice to have)
Exposure to payroll, payouts, or disbursement operations (Nice to have)
Familiarity with transaction monitoring or reconciliation tools (Nice to have)
Compliance, finance, law, or business-related qualification (Nice to have)

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