Associate, Global Client Onboarding & Compliance

CLSA; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 360,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

CLSA in Hong Kong is seeking an onboarding specialist to manage the setup of new Commodities client relationships, ensuring compliance with CSI policies, and enabling trading and settlement across front-to-back systems.

You will lead cross-functional onboarding, guide Sales and Traders through account opening, maintain GoldTier workflows, and coordinate with KYC Operations to refresh documentation and approvals for regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Strong AML/KYC knowledge across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience with end-to-end client onboarding and account opening workflow.
• Ability to explain pre-trade processes to Sales, Traders and Clients.
• Proficient in MS PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or Law.

Responsibilities

• Manage onboarding of new commodities client relationships and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Guide Sales/Traders during account opening and onboarding per risk rating.
• Maintain GoldTier account workflow documents at inception.
• Partner with KYC Operations for reviews and documentation renewals.
• Identify onboarding exceptions and coordinate approvals from Compliance, Legal, and Business Management.
• Support audits and regulatory inspections for Commodities and AML.
• Coordinate with Sales, Trading, Compliance, Legal and Operations to streamline onboarding.
• Maintain counterparty signatory and authority-to-trade docs for trading venues.

Skills

AML & KYC knowledge

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organization & multi-tasking

Self-motivated / eager to learn

Education

Undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Law or similar

Tools

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Job description

CLSA in Hong Kong is seeking an onboarding specialist to manage the setup of new Commodities client relationships, ensuring compliance with CSI policies, and enabling trading and settlement across front-to-back systems.

You will lead cross-functional onboarding, guide Sales and Traders through account opening, maintain GoldTier workflows, and coordinate with KYC Operations to refresh documentation and approvals for regulatory compliance.