Nium, the Leader in Real-Time Global Payments
Nium, the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, was founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. With the onset of the global economy, its payments infrastructure is shaping how banks, fintechs, and businesses everywhere collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders. Its payout network supports 100 currencies and spans 190+ countries, 100 of which in real-time. Funds can be disbursed to accounts, wallets, and cards and collected locally in 40 markets. Nium's growing card issuance business is already available in 34 countries. Nium holds regulatory licenses and authorizations in more than 40 countries, enabling seamless onboarding, rapid integration, and compliance – independent of geography. The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.
About the Role:
Join our Risk & Compliance team as part of the Compliance PMO supporting the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer (CRCO). You will work closely with the Global and Local teams within the Risk & Compliance function to drive strong governance, impact management and leadership decision support.
This is a PMO role with a Compliance lens, as you ensure global and local Compliance initiatives are organised and translate requirements into clear actions, accountable owners and deadlines.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the tracking, coordination and maintenance of Risk & Compliance initiatives across all regions, including status updates, dependencies, and risk logs.
- Maintain central SharePoint or Confluence spaces for document control and artefact management.
- Assist in establishing effective communication channels with relevant stakeholders. This involves providing regular updates, facilitating collaboration, and addressing stakeholder concerns to ensure alignment and transparency.
- Support the Risk & Compliance Monthly Updates to CRCO, including status updates, risks, issues, follow-up actions and timely resolution of issues & actions.
- Assist in preparing leadership-facing materials such as dashboards, status decks, and summary write-ups under the direction of the team.
- Support annual and quarterly planning activities, including data collation for regional reviews, budget and vendor tracking, and HC planning inputs.
- Assist in managing external requests from banking and network partners globally from a Risk & Compliance standpoint.
- Support the continuous improvement initiatives within Risk & Compliance function to increase overall effectiveness and efficiency.
- Assist in documenting operating model, ownership and process maps, and escalation paths for key compliance processes.
- Support relevant initiatives in execution, evidence gathering or validating outcomes.
Requirements:
- Prior internship or full-time exposure to Financial Crime Compliance, PMO, Management Consulting, or a similar cross-functional role (internships count).
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to organise information clearly and support structured problem-solving.
- Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare clear, well-organised materials.
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable working with data and spreadsheets/dashboards.
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills for dashboards, reporting, and executive presentations.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks in a dynamic environment.
- Eagerness to learn, take ownership of assigned tasks, and grow into broader strategy and PMO responsibilities.
- Proficiency in use of AI technology to assist in day to day operations.
What we offer at Nium
We Value Performance: Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work.
We Care for Our Employees: The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible working hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office).
We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.
We Celebrate Together: We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!
We Thrive with Diversity: Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.
