Department : Legal
Location : Philippines
Job Description
About the job
Based in the Philippines, the Financial Compliance Officer will have overall responsibility in ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, maintaining a country compliance program aligned with group compliance frameworks, and advising internal stakeholders on compliance matters, including :
- Leading regulatory engagements and ensuring compliance with mandatory reporting requirements with relevant regulators and relevant internal and external stakeholders;
- Advising on payments / financial services regulatory matters, and assisting in the development and implementation of new products, features, and businesses lines;
- Providing timely and quality regulatory advice for negotiations on strategic, complex and high value agreements;
- Developing and implementing Group Compliance initiatives in-country, including – technology risk management, business continuity management, outsourcing, and consumer protection policies in line with local regulatory expectations and requirements;
- Incident management (e.g. responding to regulatory investigations / inspections by authorities / assisting in PR incident responses / submission of STRs);
- Preparing for, and managing, audits and inspections by relevant regulators;
- Localising and implementing Group-wide financial compliance programs and training for internal stakeholders;
- Being the in-country champion in driving a culture of compliance;
- Other additional duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
Candidate requirements
8-10 years of Financial Regulatory experience (added advantage if candidate is a qualified Philippine lawyer or has extensive relevant experience at a financial regulator in the Philippines)Ideal candidate would have a mix of (i) regulatory experience, (ii) prior in-house experience in the lending and payments sector (i,e, digital credit lending, operator of