Job Vacancy AML/CFT Auditor

AML/CFT Auditor

Monitor invoicing, collections, and engagement profitability to ensure assignments are financially sustainable;
Authorise and track expenditure related to assignments (e.g., travel for offsite audits, software licences, external consultants);
Provide regular financial oversight reports to senior management, highlighting delays in collections or unprofitable engagements.

Assign tasks to team members, monitor daily progress, and provide on-the-spot guidance where required.
Review staff outputs, ensuring quality and consistency across working papers and reports.
Conduct daily/weekly operational meetings with audit staff to track progress and address blockers.
Oversee performance, identify skill gaps and organize targeted training or mentoring to strengthen delivery capacity.

Lead internal training sessions to build technical audit and compliance expertise within the team.
Deliver external client training programs on AML/CFT obligations, audit findings, and best practices, as and when required.
Evaluate training effectiveness and update programs in line with regulatory changes and evolving AML/CFT risks.
Mentor and develop audit staff through ongoing supervision and knowledge-sharing.
Maintain an internal knowledge base of evolving typologies, regulatory circulars, and industry best practices.
Brief senior management and staff regularly on emerging risks and compliance expectations.

Undertake other cognate duties assigned by senior management, particularly where operational coordination is required.
Attending client meetings as and when required.
Reporting during Board meetings and at frequent dashboards of the Company.

Direct and oversee day-to-day audit operations, ensuring all client assignments are progressing according to agreed timelines, budgets, and scope.
Maintain a centralized assignment tracker covering status, deliverables, deadlines and responsible staff, with escalation protocols for delays.
Supervise scheduling and resource allocation to ensure optimal use of team capacity.
Oversee offsite operations at client premises, ensuring logistics, documentation, and reporting are properly managed.
Ensure audit outputs (working papers, reports) are reviewed and approved before release to clients.
Follow up with clients on pending documents, clarifications, or approvals required to complete engagements.
Ensure continuity of audit operations especially for time-sensitive assignments.
Regularly assess the efficiency of control systems, flag operational risks to senior management and recommend effective improvements.
Develop and implement policies and procedures as may be required for the provision of the services provided by the Company.
Act as the primary operational point of contact for client boards, MLROs and compliance teams during audit execution.
Manage follow-ups on remediation actions post-audit, ensuring clients address deficiencies identified.
Oversee timely and accurate preparation of reports for regulators, ensuring delivery of required documentation.

Identify opportunities for new service lines (e.g., thematic reviews, regulatory gap analyses, outsourced MLRO).
Evaluate the operational feasibility of new ventures and ensure adequate capacity before execution.

Design, implement and enforce daily monitoring controls to ensure assignments meet internal quality benchmarks.
Conduct ongoing review of audit testing procedures, ensuring they remain consistent with methodology and regulatory expectations.
Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, or recurring issues in operations and initiate corrective measures.
Report daily/weekly progress and operational KPIs to senior management.

Either a Degree in Finance and Accounting, Law and Management, Business Administration, or a Professional Qualification (ICSA/ACCA/CFA/STEP).
6+ years of working experience within the offshore sector with at least 2 years’ experience in a supervisory role; and
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Tools.

Kindly express your interest by sending your CV on: recruitment@juristax.com

Deadline for application: 28 February 2026

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Level 3, Ebene House, Hotel Avenue 33 Cybercity, Ebene, 72201 Mauritius. Tel: (+230) 465 5526 | Fax: (+230) 468 1886 Website: www.juristax.com