Regional Compliance Lead & Compliance Lead (HK)
About Job
StashAway is a fast-paced, high-growth fintech ecosystem where compliance isn't a reactive cost-center-it is a core business enabler.
We are looking for a forward-thinking, technically sharp, and structurally minded leader to orchestrate our next chapter of scale and digital modernization. As the Regional Compliance Lead, you will initiate transformation by bridging the gap between regulatory architecture, commercial growth, and frontier technology across the Group.
As a compliance lead for our - Hong Kong business unit, you act as the Person In Charge (PIC) for compliance and AML/CFT and will own and manage the HK regulatory risk.
What you'll work on
1.Regional Compliance Lead
Own the integration of compliance across Product, UX, Engineering, Marketing and Operations, ensuring regulatory requirements are embedded by design into products, processes and customer journeys, while balancing regulatory outcomes with business agility and customer experience.
Drive, oversee and manage Group-level internal audits, remediation strategies, and resolutions.
Drive new business initiatives and act as Compliance Person-in-charge for product lines.
Partner closely with the Group CCRO to strategize and deliver on the Compliance Plan ensuring group-wide governance frameworks and regulatory insights are communicated with clarity, transparency and strategic alignment.
Responsible for Management, Board and Audit Committee reporting outcomes and presentations.
Lead local compliance leads using a coaching approach to deliver on business outcomes, new business ideas/strategic changes and, operational standards.
2. Hong Kong Compliance Lead
Manage the Compliance function for the Fund Management Company in Hong Kong, including overseeing the Type 1, Type 4 and Type 9 regulated activities.
Serve as the Manager-in-Charge for the Compliance function in Hong Kong and acting as the Firm's Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and work closely with the local Country Manager and local business teams. DCM.
Responsible for managing the compliance risks in HK, implement and execute the compliance plan and monitoring programs, provide advisory, review, and support on all regulatory, policy, and financial crime matters in Hong Kong.
Lead and support business on all regulatory matters and requirements for new product launches, marketing and distribution and new initiatives taken in Hong Kong.
Be the key liaison offer for all regulatory and licensing matters.
3. Compliance AI Transformation & Workflow re-design
Lead the firm’s ambition to deliver automated digital advisory outcomes.
Strategize and lead regulatory conversations across the Group in this regard.
Define, champion, and execute compliance AI transformation strategy.
Responsible for re-designing the second-line function using agentic AI components, identifying operational friction points and deploying agentic tools to compliance and risk management processes.
Embed a robust culture of compliance across the organization by evolving our frameworks into an automated, systematic control architecture-leveraging regulatory knowledge, coaching, audit expectations and understanding of AI risks to ensure compliance processes run natively within our technology stack.
Who are we looking for
10- 12 years in compliance domains with the financial services industry. Asset management, brokerage, private bank, insurance and/or fintech background would be an advantage.
You excel at operating in a fast paced fintech environment by designing clean, scalable, and structured workflows.
Comfortable making calculated, risk-based judgment calls with 80% information rather than stalling projects in search of 100% certainty.
You have a curiosity about software architecture, automation, and data flows. You can hold your own in an engineering room and enjoy finding ways to improve processes and tools for scale and efficiency.
Experienced in navigating multi-jurisdictional landscapes and managing interactions with senior leadership, external legal counsels, and Tier-1 regulatory bodies (e.g., SFC, MAS).
Benefits
Employee financial and physical well-being
Compensation package: You will receive a competitive total compensation package that includes employee stock options if you are a full-time employee.
Comprehensive insurance coverage: Free panel outpatient GP clinic visits, group hospitalisation and surgical insurance, and Covid hospitalisation insurance coverage (conditions apply).
Management fee discount: You will receive an employee discount on your asset management fees when you invest with StashAway.
Flexible work arrangements and policies
Unlimited paid annual leave: It should be simple for you to decide if you would like to take more or fewer days off. We trust that you are accountable for your work and know best if you need 10 or 30 days of paid annual leave that year.
Personal work equipment budget: It’s important that you have a workstation that’s optimal for you wherever you are.
Learning and development opportunities
You will be given an annual Learning and Development budget to help you continuously learn in your pursuit of your professional and personal development. You may use the budget for resources and tools that may help you perform better at work. This budget is subject to management approval.
Team bonding budget and initiatives
Quarterly team bonding budget: We encourage you to socialise with colleagues across job functions, departments, and entities to know them better as individuals beyond what they professionally do.
Annual off-site (Sept): Each off-site gathers all employees for a full day of company-wide team bonding activities and challenges.