APAC Compliance Lead - Licensing & Regulatory Strategy

Leadingnation; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Leadingnation seeks an experienced Compliance Lead to head the regulatory and compliance function for a fast-growing global payments business. You will own multiple payment licence applications across jurisdictions and build the compliance framework from licensing through to launch.

The role requires hands-on experience with regulators, external counsel and internal stakeholders to progress financial services or payment licence applications and to establish ongoing regulatory obligations for

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Compliance/Regulatory experience within payments, fintech, banking, EMI, money services or other regulated financial services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate multiple payment licence applications across key jurisdictions, managing the process from regulatory assessment and application preparation through submission, regulator Q&A and approval.
• Act as a key compliance contact with regulators, external legal counsel, consultants and banking/payment partners through licensing.
• Translate regulatory requirements into clear business, product, operational and technology requirements.
• Build and maintain the compliance framework required for licensed payment operations, including AML/CFT, KYC/KYB, sanctions, transaction monitoring, risk assessment, regulatory reporting and governance.
• Identify regulatory gaps and drive remediation with Product, Engineering, Operations, Risk, Legal and other teams.
• Establish compliance policies, procedures, controls and monitoring mechanisms for new markets.
• Advise management on licensing strategy, regulatory risks and market-entry requirements across jurisdictions.
• Manage regulatory examinations, information requests, licence conditions and ongoing regulatory obligations.
• Build and develop the compliance function including team structure and hiring plans.

Skills

Compliance

Regulatory

AML/CFT

KYC/KYB

Sanctions

Transaction monitoring

Licensing

Project management

Stakeholder management

Fintech/payments knowledge

Job description

Leadingnation seeks an experienced Compliance Lead to head the regulatory and compliance function for a fast-growing global payments business. You will own multiple payment licence applications across jurisdictions and build the compliance framework from licensing through to launch.

The role requires hands-on experience with regulators, external counsel and internal stakeholders to progress financial services or payment licence applications and to establish ongoing regulatory obligations for