Responsible Officer

BIT Official; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

BIT Official is seeking a Regulatory Leader in Hong Kong to manage SFC Type 1 and Type 4 licences and oversee governance and compliance across the firm.

You will drive licence applications, supervise daily regulated operations, and coordinate with external counsel and regulators while ensuring alignment with product and business strategies for professional investors.

Qualifications

• SFC-approved Responsible Officer for Type 1 and Type 4 licences.
• Based in Hong Kong and able to supervise regulated activities at all times.
• Experience in building compliance frameworks and managing licence applications end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory governance and licence applications from initiation to grant.
• Shape product and business strategy to ensure regulatory compliance for professional investors.
• Ensure regulatory requirements are embedded in product design and cross-functional workflows.

Skills

Regulatory leadership

Governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

SFC/HKMA knowledge

Bilingual English/Chinese

Education

Accounting/Business/Economics/Finance/Law degree

CFA/CIIA/CFP (or HKSI papers 1,2,7,8)

Job description

BIT (formerly Matrixport) is a global digital asset financial services and infrastructure group. Headquartered in Singapore and founded in 2019, BIT bridges traditional finance and digital assets through governance-driven financial services and technology.

The firm manages over US$7 billion in assets and facilitates more than US$7 billion in monthly trading volume. BIT offers services including custody, trading, asset and wealth management, liquidity and financing solutions, and tokenised real-world assets (RWA), serving institutional and professional investors globally.

BIT Group entities maintain a licensed and regulated footprint across Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Bhutan.

For more information, visit www.bit.com

Why Join Us:

At BIT, we tackle complex problems as a team. We encourage openness and promote transparency, respect, and inclusivity. Every team member is valued and has a voice that can be heard. We are always in search of intellectually curious and entrepreneurial individuals who are keen on making an impact in the crypto ecosystem and in building a better product for the next one billion users.

Key Responsibilities

1. Regulatory Leadership & Governance

• Act as primary contact for the SFC, external counsel, auditors and key industry stakeholders, and lead the Type 1 / Type 4 licence application through to grant.
• Establish, refine and enforce internal control systems, operational workflows and risk management policies aligned with SFC codes and guidelines, including the VA dealing and advisory licensing conditions and Terms & Conditions.
• Supervise post-licensure daily operations, ensuring adherence to the SFO, the Code of Conduct, FRR and AML/CFT requirements.

2. Product & Business Strategy

• Work with product and business leads to convert client needs and market opportunities into commercially sound, regulatory-compliant strategies for professional investors.
• Evaluate, negotiate and integrate external vendors and SFC-licensed platform partners, including digital payment on/off-ramp solutions, to ensure compliant fund flows.
• Track market, competitor and regulatory developments to guide the product roadmap and support licence applications, including the forthcoming AMLO VA dealing and advisory regimes.

3. Culture & Cross-Functional Alignment

• Bridge technical, product and compliance teams so that regulatory requirements are embedded in product design from day one.
• Adaptive, innovative culture able to respond quickly to shifting market and regulatory conditions.

Job Requirements

• SFC-approved Responsible Officer for both Type 1 and Type 4 — currently, or within the past three years. (***Licence must be free from the "non-sole" condition and from any other condition restricting supervision of these activities.)
• Hong Kong based and available at all times to supervise the regulated activities.
• Minimum 10 years in securities dealing and/or advisory, including at least 5 years in a supervisory capacity. Must have at least 3 years' relevant industry experience within the past 6 years, plus 2 years' management experience.
• Proven record of building compliance frameworks, managing SFC licence applications end to end, and overseeing daily regulated operations.
• Working command of the SFC/ HKMA Joint Circular (Dec 2023) and Supplemental Joint Circular (Sep 2025) — omnibus and introducing-agent models with SFC-licensed platforms, professional-investor scoping, the VA knowledge test, token due diligence, custody and segregation, and VA-specific AML/CFT including the Travel Rule and on-chain source of funds.
• Degree in accounting, business administration, economics, finance or law (or CFA/ CIIA/ CFP); HKSI LE Papers 1, 2, 7 & 8 or approved exemption; CPT in good standing.
• Exceptional cross-functional collaboration, with the ability to articulate compliance requirements clearly to technical and product teams.
• Fluency in English and Chinese (Both Cantonese and Mandarin).
• Clean regulatory, disciplinary, criminal and bankruptcy record. Full disclosure of outside directorships and group-entity roles required at application.

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