Regulatory Compliance Specialist

**Company Description**
“To be the most loved everyday food and groceries destination” - that’s our mission at foodpanda (small ‘f’).

foodpanda is the largest food and grocery delivery platform in Asia, outside of China. Operating in more than 400 cities across 11 markets, we continue to expand and grow in our core food delivery business, as well as in new verticals like grocery deliveries, with a strong tech infrastructure at our core. From our restaurants-partners, cloud kitchens and cloud grocery stores — foodpanda is just one tap away, getting everything you need into your hands quickly and conveniently

If you love working with technology to create solutions and are not afraid to roll up your sleeves to get things done, you will find your tribe here at foodpanda. foodpanda comprises of people from more than 60 nationalities, and we believe in winning through diversity.
foodpanda is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s leading local delivery platform operating in 70+ countries worldwide

The **Regulatory Compliance Specialist** will support the Senior Regulatory Compliance Manager in ensuring that the company operates in full compliance with the Payment Services Act 2019 and Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) anti-money laundering (“AML”), and counter-terrorism financing (“CFT”) regulations.

The role involves managing day-to-day compliance activities, including but not limited to, transaction monitoring, regulatory reporting, and reviewing internal processes, while working closely with business units to maintain adherence to regulatory requirements. As part of a small compliance team, the Regulatory Compliance Specialist will have a hands-on role and the opportunity to contribute directly to the overall compliance strategy.

**General**
- Support the Senior Manager in the implementation of compliance policies and procedures, and in drafting new policies and procedures
- Execute regular reviews and audits of the company’s compliance framework to ensure its effectiveness
- Support the Senior Manager in reviewing, updating and maintaining the company’s compliance program including ensuring an effective compliance risk management and control system.
- Support the Senior Manager in updating the yearly AML training program
- Monitor AML/CFT developments and regulatory changes in Singapore, ensuring the business stays informed and processes align with updates
- Liaise with global / regional teams on compliance procedures and best practices
- Engaging with business teams to understand their operations, objectives, and challenges to provide relevant compliance guidance and ensure alignment with regulatory requirements
- Any other ad-hoc matters including, but not limited to, responding and investigating requests from regulators, addressing compliance related queries from internal stakeholders

**AML**
- Continuously monitor transactions for unusual or suspicious activities using the company’s transaction monitoring platform
- Analyse and investigate red flags arising from the transaction monitoring system
- Perform sanctions screening on relevant parties
- Investigate and resolve potential sanctions hits, escalating confirmed matches as needed
- Maintain accurate records of investigation activities and decision making

**Regulatory Reporting and Audits**
- Support in the preparation and submission of regulatory reports and filings to the MAS, reports to management on a periodic basis on levels of compliance, and/or any issues arising from specific monitoring activities
- Support the year-end external audits and liaise closely with external auditors to ensure that the company’s regulatory reporting is completed on time

**Qualifications**
- 2 years of AML/CFT compliance experience
- Familiarity with the Payment Services Act 2019, AML/CFT regulations, and MAS guidelines is highly preferred
- Excellent communication skills, capable of effectively conveying compliance concepts to internal stakeholders
- Good interpersonal skills to work with different stakeholders; organised and meticulous
- Highly driven, self-motivated and commercially astute, with the ability to balance compliance requirements with business objectives
- Able to work with mínimal supervision under pressure in a dynamic environment
- Ability to work independently in a small team and take on multiple responsibilities

**Additional Information**
Our parent company, Delivery Hero, is a global leader in the food delivery industry processing over 3 million orders every day and operating in 40+ markets in the world, with 18,000 employees and approximately 500,000+ restaurant partners.