Responsibilities:

• Coordinate, prepare, and submit license applications, renewals, and periodic reports, manage examinations and ad hoc inquiries from regulators.
• Develop, enhance, and manage compliance programs and frameworks based on the company’s business and risk profile, along with bank partners and regulatory requirements.
• Liaise with partnered banks/financial institutions to understand their risk control requirements and demonstrate the company’s capabilities in risk management.
• Formulate compliance policies and procedures, design processes and controls, provide training, support internal and external audits, and manage remediation.
• Supervise/perform CDD, EDD, transaction monitoring, alert review, STR filing, and other reporting.
• Visit customers to stay abreast of their opinions and market best practices while communicating the value added by compliant operations.
• Provide compliance assessment and risk control solutions for new business launches and operations, and identify compliance risks of existing business models, products, marketing activities, etc.
• Stay abreast of regulatory changes, including new licensing obligations, payment regulations, AML/CFT requirements, and fraud-related news.
• Assist with the Group’s global business expansion and compliance work from other countries/regions if needed.
• Participate in ad-hoc projects as assigned.

Requirements:

• 4-5 years of solid experience in AML/CFT, sanctions, regulatory reporting, and compliance operations functions, preferably with at least 2 years in banking, payment, cross-border financial services, or the fintech industry.
• Knowledge of local regulations.
• Entrepreneurial mindset (flexible, self-starting, and hard-working) in generating new and innovative solutions to build out the compliance infrastructure.- Experience in hands-on operations of compliance-related tasks, able to take into account customers’ user experience in designing processes and controls.
• Excellent communication skills – oral, written, and presentation.
• Able to work well independently and as part of a team.
• Bachelor’s degree required; professional certification (e.g., CAMS, CRCM) preferred.
• Bilingual in Mandarin & Chinese is a plus.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Hong Kong without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.