Legal & Compliance - Singapore Compliance, AVP/VP

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The candidate will join Blackstone's Legal and Compliance department in Singapore and report to the Singapore Head of Compliance to support its businesses throughout the region. Blackstone has offices across Asia Pacific including Hong Kong, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Shanghai, and Beijing. A large part of the work will be compliance related, with a focus on Singapore regulatory matters. The candidate will also provide compliance support to activities throughout the region. The primary responsibilities will be:

• Monitoring the regulatory obligations of CMSL holder

• Making regulatory filings and coordinating with local regulatory officials

• Ensuring adherence to Blackstone's corporate governance and compliance policies

• Conducting regulatory gapping and keeping abreast of regulatory developments in Singapore

• Reviewing and monitoring the regulatory compliance of sales and distribution rules in Asia

• Developing and implementing compliance programs, policies, procedures and controls

• Conducting testing of compliance programs and procedures

• Providing compliance support across the region as required

The ideal candidate would possess:

• 6+ years of legal and regulatory experience, gained in a legal, compliance, or internal audit role at an investment bank, asset manager or other financial institution.

• Qualified lawyer preferred

• Knowledge of the MAS regulatory structure and key MAS regulations

• Excellent written and spoken English language skills required

• Business Mandarin language skills desirable

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

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If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at US), EMEA) or APAC).

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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