Aliexpress Senior Aml Officer Singapore

We seek to hire the AML Officer / Senior AML Officer (e-Payments) who will have overall responsibility in supporting various regulatory compliance initiatives, with a focus on the anti-money laundering aspects of e-payments and financial compliance of the AliExpress global e-commerce platform and any payments related regulatory approvals and licenses maintenance. This is an opportunity to build an e-payments AML infrastructure from the ground up, and oversee the growth and implementation of a world-class payments compliance program that operates to effectively identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks, and embed the highest standards of compliance. The AML Officer / Senior AML Office will be based in our office in Singapore or Hong Kong. The key areas and requirements that we are looking for are those listed below: Primary Responsibilities Reporting to General Counsel, AliExpress / Chief Compliance Officer, you will: - design and implement policies and processes to comply with regulatory requirements and internal standards for AliExpress’ e-payments and related financing operations, with a focus on AML matters;
- ensure effective monitoring and testing to ensure compliance and data quality, including transaction monitoring and all necessary reporting processes to regulatory bodies and partners;
- conduct periodic risk assessment to ensure program effectiveness and risk mitigation through continuous iteration and improvements to payments compliance policies, procedures and infrastructure;
- establish regulatory engagement SOPs (on items such as reporting, inspections, and investigations) and lead engagement with the relevant regulators;
- work closely with AliExpress’ Legal, Risks, Technology and other teams to structure and provide commercially viable advice on business operations, compliance processes, product design and structuring, and regulatory engagement strategy;
- design and supervise relevant compliance operational functions, such as, anti-money laundering operational and financial risk specialists;
- working with the Legal team, conduct research on market and regulatory landscape in relevant jurisdictions;
- design and maintain a compliance roadmap and forecast for AliExpress’ e-payments AML operations;
- incident management (e.g., responding to regulatory investigations / inspections by authorities / assisting in PR incident responses);
- provide training to the relevant stakeholders and management on financial compliance issues and regulatory developments;
- develop in-house legal tools and policies, and knowhow database.
Ae least 10 years of continuous relevant financial compliance experience, with solid experience in international payments services, and solid track record in managing teams;
- Extensive experience in interacting with regulators, particularly with the central banks and ministries of finance in Singapore/Hong Kong/Europe;
- Demonstrable track-record in compliance and anti-money laundering matters;
- Strong systems thinker, able to build complex program from ground up and see to implementation, and able to articulate compliance concepts clearly to non-compliance stakeholders;
- Relevant certification in financial compliance;
- Prior experience in the payments industry or a fintech company, and/or with e-commerce or cross-border trade transactions strongly preferred;
- Proficiency in both English and Chinese (Mandarin) languages essential. Both languages will be your principal work languages;
- Highly-motivated and able to work independently and under pressure in a start-up environment, taking ownership of problems and comfortable holding the pen on policies, procedures and other documents relating to the regulatory compliance framework;
- Sincere interest in technology, innovation and business. Strong commercial sense with solid foundation in compliance and/or legal training;
- High integrity and desire to collaborate with others;
- Open to frequent international travel.