Singapore Compliance Officer

RESPONSIBILITES:

- Plan, organize and control the day-to-day administrative and operational compliance activities; training of Ria employees and Ria correspondents. Collaborate with the Senior Management in the overall administration of these activities for the company.
- Liaise with local regulators Central Bank, the Financial Intelligence Units and other relevant authorities in order to meet the company’s regulatory obligations.
- Advise the Board of Directors, Senior Management and other personnel of emerging compliance issues and consults and guide the company in the establishment of controls to mitigate risks.
- Implement an effective Compliance Risk Assessment Program in order to identify the risks associated within the regulatory environment, the products and services offered, geographical locations of operation and the delivery channels used.
- Due diligence tasks for existing correspondents on boarded, process and ongoing KYC updates.
- Correspondent visitation tasks.
- Store activity oversite, ensuring that transactions carried out at Ria locations comply with internal AML/ATF policies.
- Transaction Monitoring functions and reporting tasks and any other regulatory requirements.
- Perform in-depth analysis of transactions using excel pivot tables to detect unusual/suspicious activity
- Implement and effective AML/CTF training and continuing education programs to all applicable employees and senior management.
- Work with different departments to coordinate all reportorial and other requirements prescribed by the regulator. Prepare approval requests for new products and renew of the business permits on an annual basis.
- Data protection tasks in accordance with country laws and regulations that pertain to the activities that Ria performs as a money service business.
- To enforce risk management and mitigation processes within the company.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

- Experience/knowledge of compliance issues in financial institutions.
- Transaction monitoring and AML/ATF experience.
- Be fluent in English, written and spoken (mandatory).
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
- International profile, with the capacity to understand both Western and Asian cultures.
- Microsoft Excel Advanced (mandatory) Clean and efficient working, pivot tables, dashboards, charts, multiple formulas, data analytics.
- Microsoft 365 (Word, Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, OneNote, Power Point, Planner).
- Technology oriented, with the ability to learn many different programs naturally.

COMPETENCIES:

- Culture of Progress : Results driven. Problem-solver. Work doesn’t end until the task is complete.
- Flexibility/Adaptability & Managing Change : Ability to effectively work in a fast-paced, energetic team environment. Able to adapt to different cultures, work environments and schedules.
- Analytical thinking and technology oriented : Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail. Able to find the most efficient and productive solutions avoiding unnecessary procedures. He/she must feel very comfortable amongst technology ad have the capacity to manage and improve many different systems.
- Stress Resilience : Used to work through short deadlines and under pressure, he/she also will have the ability to set up new activities, tackling issues quickly and efficiently. Doesn’t allow stress to affect his/her performance, always finds a way to reduce or work through stress peeks.
- Initiative, Innovation & Risk taking/management : An entrepreneurial person used to wear different hats. Not afraid to take initiative and present innovative ideas to help improve the company. Hard working person that doesn’t have to be micromanaged to make sure he/she is giving 100%. Autodidact, with a curious mind and initiative to learn on his/her own.
- Organization and planning : An enthusiastic person whose main objective is to get things done always considering attention to detail a must. A smart, proactive and easy-going person who makes things seem easy when complex. With high organizational skills essential for multitasking and team management.
- Teamwork & Conflict Management : Strong team player. Will always put the team before his/her personal interests. Great capacity on conflict solving, keeping a professional approach, and never allowing conflict to become personal.
- Communication & Influence : Excellent communications skills. Capable of communicating in a clear, straight and concise manner.
- Emotional Intelligence : Able to read people and approach everyone in the correct manner; considering the conversation topic and the individual unique characteristics.
- Commitment with the organization : Strong collaboration skills.

EDUCATION
- Master’s/Bachelor’s degree in law, business or a related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE
- Proven working experience in the financial or legal sector, with a minimum of 4 years in a compliance position in a financial environment.

RESPONSIBILITES:

- Plan, organize and control