Chief Compliance Officer, Hedge Funds

Posted by - June Tan- Director An exciting opportunity to join a multi-strat hedge fund who has a significant presence in Singapore and expanding in Asia. **_ Responsibilities:_** - Enhance a comprehensive compliance framework, ensuring it remains in line with evolving regulatory requirements and industry-leading standards. - Manage a thorough trade monitoring program to identify and prevent market abuse, insider dealing, and other improper trading activities. - Administer and enforce employee personal trading policies, ensuring adherence to both internal protocols and external regulations. - Lead the firm’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) efforts, ensuring that all client relationships meet global regulatory expectations. - Conduct ongoing reviews of compliance policies, making updates to reflect the latest legal developments, market trends, and business practices. - Offer strategic advice on compliance matters, providing insight and guidance across all levels of the organization as new regulations emerge. - Develop and facilitate compliance training sessions. - Oversee the firm’s management of material non-public information (MNPI), ensuring all personnel comply with established procedures and policies. - Compile, review, and present compliance reports to senior leadership and regulatory bodies as needed. - Act as the firm’s primary contact with external regulators and consultants, ensuring that the firm’s compliance efforts are both effective and well-coordinated. **Requirements**: - Minimum 10 years of experience in a compliance role within hedge funds or asset management companies. - Legal experience gained from leading law firms or as in-house counsel - Strong knowledge of financial markets, trading strategies, and the regulatory landscape. - Exceptional analytical abilities, with proven experience in identifying and addressing suspicious activity. - Extensive expertise in trade monitoring systems, financial regulations, and compliance best practices, particularly in areas like trade surveillance, AML/KYC, and MNPI oversight. - High level of integrity, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively engage with colleagues at all levels of the business. Please click "Apply" now to submit your latest CV and we will be in touch if your profile is suitable. Thank you Agency Licence No: 24C2276 / Staff Registration No: R1655301C - ABOUT COMPANY - Principle Partners Pte Ltd - Singapore 11 Employees HR & Recruitment Principle Partners is an Asian specialist in buy-side executive search with a focus on Asset Management, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds, Technology Companies, and Wealth Management. The firm is headquartered in Singapore and covers the Asia Pacific region. Client profiles for asset management include international, regional and boutique fund houses and sovereign wealth funds. For private equity, we serve global, pan-Asian, regional and country-specific funds looking to deploy capital in Asia, with strategies including buy-outs, control investments, growth equity, and early stage investments. Our hedge fund clients range from start-ups to the largest international funds, with strategies including equity long-short, event-driven, convertible bond arbitrage, Asian/global macro, distressed debt/special situations and high-frequency trading. We have a strong track record for senior positions placements at the world’s largest asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, private equity, hedge funds, and family offices. We also cover middle and back office roles such as legal, compliance and risk management to support the core front-office investing roles.