Compliance & Government Relations Specialist

12 months contract

**Get to know the Role**:
**Regulatory Compliance Advisory**:

- Render regulatory compliance advice on all aspects of compliance, including but not limited to AML, outsourcing, business continuity, and mandatory reporting requirements.
- Support regulatory and scheme licensing efforts for jurisdictions assigned, including ensuring all required documentation are in line with regulatory and scheme expectations.
- Assist to develop, maintain and implement the country compliance program, including Compliance policies and guidelines, regulatory documentation, training logs, and related policies/ procedures for all assigned jurisdictions in a scalable manner.
- Work closely with operations and product teams to ensure enhancements in compliance processes are adhered to and play a driving role to implement system changes.
- Assist the Company’s MLRO on its day-to-day compliance matters.

**Monitoring, Controls and Governance**:

- Assist to conduct compliance risk assessments and develop plans to address regulatory gaps and drive remediation efforts.
- Assist to execute compliance risk assessment matters.
- Ensure regulatory reporting requirements are met on a timely basis.
- Support external and internal audits as required for, but not limited to, the purposes of regulatory, scheme, or internal controls initiatives.
- Support efforts in enhancing the incident reporting framework in relation to Compliance breaches.
- Support and where necessary drive government relations activities in regional markets to deepen ties with financial regulators and central banks.
- Regularly update stakeholders regarding key compliance risks. Maintain and monitor compliance programs, including compliance policies and procedures, regulatory documentations, and maintaining compliance registers.
- Draft periodic reports/ presentations to regulatory bodies and senior management forums.
- Assist to identify and act on potential/ actual AML risk issues such as the drafting of suspicious transaction reports, executing on key AML training initiatives, and the AML onboarding of various complex organizations.
- Discharge all responsibilities as a member of the Compliance team in accordance with regulations in assigned jurisdictions.
- Support and where necessary drive government relations activities in regional markets to deepen ties with financial regulators and central banks.

**Training and Awareness**:

- Assist to promote a compliance culture and awareness.
- Provide compliance training and education to staff on a periodic basis.

**The must haves**:

- Minimum 3 - 5 years relevant experience in a financial institution, financial regulator or audit firm, preferably assuming compliance, risk management, or audit roles.
- Strong analytical and risk assessment skills, particularly the ability to extract insights.
- Demonstrated willingness to “get hands dirty” to effectively solve problems.
- Ability to work independently and yet still be team-oriented.
- Proactive, self-motivated, detail oriented and well-organised.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, with the ability to adapt writing styles to suit a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to forge strong relationships with colleagues and numerous stakeholders in a large organization.

**We will love you to have**:

- AML Certification from ACAMS or its equivalent.
- Exposure to payments regulatory regimes in South-East Asia.
- Hands-on experience designing operational flows to manage regulatory change management/ compliance breach handling/ outsourcing/ technology risk processes.
- Interest in digital payments and the online payments sector.
- Interest in government relations and handling key stakeholder cultivation.

Janet Lim Chia Ee

EA License: 11C2878

EA Registration No: R1981865