Director, Investment Compliance

Aspire; Greater London; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Investment Compliance Director, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with diverse teams to build compliant investment products. You will engage with regulators and lead investment license applications, making a significant impact in the fintech space. If you're passionate about compliance and eager to drive change, this is the perfect opportunity for you to excel and innovate.

Benefits

Uncapped flexible annual leave

Hybrid work arrangement

Training subsidy for professional growth

Wellness benefit

Team bonding budget

Flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 90 days

Qualifications

• 7+ years of compliance experience in financial services.
• Strong understanding of global investment regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with investment regulations globally.
• Develop compliance frameworks and monitor regulatory developments.

Skills

Investment Compliance

Regulatory Frameworks

Stakeholder Management

AML/KYC Compliance

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Law

Master's Degree in Business Administration

Job description

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At Aspire, we’re more than just a FinTech company—we’re the leading all-in-one financial operating system built to empower the world’s innovators and entrepreneurs. We are on a mission to reinvent business finance, empowering startups and businesses to realise their full potential.

Founded in 2018, Aspire has raised over USD 300M+ across equity and debt from world-class investors. In 2023, we successfully closed an oversubscribed USD 100 million Series C equity round led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Ventures with participation of Tencent, Paypal Ventures, LGT Capital Partners, Picus Capital and MassMutual Ventures. To power our solutions, we have partnered with some of the best companies in the world such as Visa and Wise and empowered more than 50,000 businesses using our suite of products.

Aspire has consistently been recognized for excellence, earning Best Employer and Startup of the Year by the Asia FinTech Awards in 2022 and 2023, ranked as LinkedIn’s Top Startup in Singapore, and listed on CB Insights’ Top 100 Global Fintech in 2023 and 2024.

You will be amazed by the energy and experience of our team! Aspire serves as an environment for you to innovate and drive change with our team of ex-entrepreneurs, ex-founders, and high-achievers with international and diverse backgrounds.

Are you a top talent who is passionate about entrepreneurship? Join our rapidly growing team to make an impact in the fintech space!

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Investment Compliance Director to support our global yield expansion initiatives and oversee investment regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions. This role will be pivotal in ensuring compliance with all investment-related regulatory requirements, supporting investment license applications globally, and acting as the UK Compliance Officer (CO) for the UK investment license.

This role focuses on providing global investment compliance oversight, ensuring adherence to regulations across multiple jurisdictions including the UK, Singapore, US, Australia, and Hong Kong, while also leading investment license applications and acting as the UK Compliance Officer. You will be responsible for developing compliance frameworks, monitoring regulatory developments, engaging with regulators, overseeing investment risk, collaborating with product teams to build compliant investment products, and providing internal compliance advisory and training.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of compliance experience in the investment, asset management, or financial services sector.
• Strong understanding of global investment regulatory frameworks (e.g., FCA, MAS, SEC, ASIC, SFC, and NL investment license requirements).
• Experience managing investment license applications and engaging with regulators.
• Proven ability to navigate complex investment compliance matters, including fund management, structured products, and portfolio compliance.
• Familiarity with AML/KYC obligations related to investment businesses.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, international, and high-growth financial institution.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to advise senior leadership.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• FCA-approved status (or ability to become FCA-approved) as a UK Compliance Officer
• Experience in a FinTech Scale Up a Plus
  
  

What We Offer

• Uncapped flexible annual leave.
• Hybrid work arrangement.
• Training subsidy for your professional growth.
• Wellness benefit.
• Team bonding budget to foster collaboration and sense of belonging.
• Flexibility to work from anywhere (for up to 90 days per annum).
• Culture is Key: We always strive to cultivate a special culture that brings special talents together - You can learn more about our culture on our careers site and LinkedIn Life page.
  
  

Equal Opportunity Statement

Aspire is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by applicable laws.

Please note: by submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read and understood Aspire’s Data Protection Policy for Employees, Freelancers, Contractors and Job Applicants (the “Policy”), and consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data by Aspire for the purposes set out in the Policy. You may withdraw consent for such collection, use and disclosure, and make an access or correction request in respect of your personal data, in accordance with the Policy by emailing [e-mail].

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