Head of Compliance

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Handling in-house legal and compliance recruitment for Asia

Type : Full-Time | Hybrid

The Company

A newly launched digital brokerage platform is seeking a seasoned compliance professional to spearhead regulatory efforts and licensing activity across Southeast Asia. The platform is part of a fast-growing regional fintech group headquartered in Singapore, which operates across various verticals including digital lending, identity verification, and buy-now-pay-later solutions.

This investment and trading venture will first launch in Singapore before expanding across key Southeast Asian markets. With operational autonomy and a consumer-centric mandate, this initiative benefits from being embedded within a well-resourced ecosystem while maintaining startup agility.

Reporting to both the platform’s CEO and the Group Compliance Head, the Head of Compliance will play a foundational role in shaping and embedding regulatory infrastructure, starting as an individual contributor with a view to building a regional team as the business scales.

Responsibilities

• Licensing & Regulatory Approvals : Lead the full cycle of licensing efforts for Singapore’s capital markets regulatory framework, ensuring timely submission and follow-ups with the relevant financial authority.
• Establish Compliance Programs : Create and implement comprehensive compliance, risk, and internal governance policies aligned with local laws and broader industry practices.
• Risk Oversight : Design procedures for risk detection and escalation, conduct regular risk assessments, and oversee internal risk reporting and threshold-setting.
• Policy Development : Draft core policies covering AML, KYC, trade monitoring, and margin financing risk oversight in coordination with internal stakeholders.
• Board and Management Reporting : Deliver periodic compliance reports to senior leadership and board members, highlighting key developments, breaches, or escalations.
• Stakeholder Engagement : Serve as the key liaison for external stakeholders, including regulators, auditors, and external counsel, particularly throughout the licensing and launch phases.
• Regulatory Insight & Advisory : Act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team, interpreting evolving regulatory changes and advising on their commercial implications.
• Training & Culture : Build awareness and understanding of compliance obligations across teams through internal training and practical guidance.
• Product Collaboration : Partner with product and engineering teams to embed compliance into platform design, onboarding journeys, and user experience.
• Regional Expansion : Oversee regulatory applications and ongoing compliance management in Malaysia and other Southeast Asian jurisdictions as part of the expansion roadmap.
• Incident Management : Develop processes for breach reporting, issue remediation, and incident tracking in line with statutory and internal requirements.
• Group Alignment : Operate in a matrix reporting environment, ensuring compliance priorities are aligned across business and group levels while maintaining independent oversight.

Requirements

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Company information

EA No. R24120805

Registration No. 18C9146

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Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Legal, Product Management, and Management

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