Head of Compliance

IN Financial Technology Holdings is a privately held Fintech with humble beginnings as Cash-in-Asia, expanding our business through organic growth and acquisition in the region. We operate five fully licensed subsidiaries and offer Lending, Digital Banking, crowdfunding, and remittance solutions to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSME) in SE Asia.

Today, INFT, our flagship Community-Driven Digital Business Account, provides more straightforward ways to manage, access, send, and spend money in partnership with regulated payment service providers.

Job description

We seek to hire one Head of Compliance who will be responsible for supporting various regulatory compliance initiatives.

This is an opportunity to learn and build an e-payments, loans, and AML infrastructure from the ground up, help to oversee the growth and implementation of a loans and payments compliance program that operates to identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks effectively, and embed the highest standards of compliance.

The key areas and requirements that we are looking for are those listed below:

1. Design and implement policies and processes to comply with regulatory requirements and internal standards for loans, payments, and related financing operations;

2. Ensure effective monitoring and testing to ensure compliance and data quality, including transaction monitoring and all necessary reporting processes to regulatory bodies and partners;

3. Conduct periodic risk assessments to ensure program effectiveness and risk mitigation through continuous iteration and improvements to loans, payments compliance policies, procedures, and infrastructure;

4. Establish regulatory SOPs (such as regulatory reporting, due diligence, and investigations) and lead engagement with the relevant authorities;

5. Manage and maintain new and ongoing licensing requirements, including managing regulatory audits, applying for new licenses, and liaising with regulators;

6. Work closely with INFT's Legal, Credit, Technology, and other teams to structure and provide commercially viable advice on business operations, compliance processes, product design, and regulatory engagement strategy;

7. Collaborate with the Legal team to conduct research on the market and regulatory landscape in relevant jurisdictions;

8. Incident management activities such as regulatory investigations or inspections from authorities or assisting in PR-related responses;

9. Provide training to the relevant stakeholders and management on Anti-money Laundering and Counter-terrorism Financing (AML/CFT) principles and regulatory developments;

10. Assist in the development of in-house legal tools and policies and relevant databases.

Job Requirements

1. More than six years of relevant experience in compliance, of which at least three years comprise leadership experience at financial institutions or related companies.

2. Some experience in interacting with regulators, particularly with the central banks and ministries of finance in Singapore and Malaysia;

3. Demonstrable track record in compliance and AML/CFT matters and Singapore's Payment Services Act 2019;

4. Strong systems thinker, able to build complex programs from the ground up and see to implementation, and able to articulate compliance concepts clearly to non-compliance stakeholders;

5. The ideal candidate would have a mix of (i) prior in-house experience in the payments sector (preferably a licensed e-money/wallet operator) and (ii) private practice experience in top-tier law firms;

6. Relevant certification in financial compliance will be a plus;

7. Prior experience in the payments industry or a fintech company and/or with e-commerce or cross-border trade transactions is strongly preferred;

8. Proficiency in both English and Chinese (Mandarin) languages is strongly preferred.

The Successful Applicant

You are a highly motivated self-starter with strong communication, conceptual thinking, typography skills, and design thinking, taking ownership of problems and comfortable holding the pen on policies, procedures, and other documents relating to the regulatory compliance framework;

Sincere interest in technology, innovation, and business. Strong commercial sense with a solid foundation in compliance and/or legal training;

High integrity and desire to collaborate with others;