Executive, Compliance Operations (6-month contract)

Funding Societies Pte Ltd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid vacations

Health insurance coverage

Mental health and wellness initiatives

Company laptop

Job summary

Funding Societies Pte Ltd is looking for a Compliance Officer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This role requires supporting the compliance processes related to payments and operations. The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of relevant experience in finance or compliance and strong analytical skills. The company offers flexible working conditions and various benefits including medical insurance and mental wellness programs. Knowledge of AM/CFT processes is essential, while fluency in English is mandatory, and knowledge of Bahasa is a plus.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of operations, compliance and/or KYC experience, ideally within financial services or payments industry.
• Good knowledge of AM/CFT and onboarding industry processes.
• Fluent in English; Bahasa is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Support regional day-to-day operational compliance tasks including payment approval and customer onboarding.
• Conduct and review PEP/sanctions checks and adverse news screening.
• Suggest next course of action for suspicious transaction/fraud investigation.

Skills

Compliance experience

Strong communication skills

Analytical mindset

Problem solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance or relevant field

Job description

Company Overview

Funding Societies | Modalku is the largest SME digital finance platform in Southeast Asia. We are licensed and operating in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, and backed by Sequoia India (Peak XV), Softbank Vision Fund, Khazanah and SMBC bank amongst many others. Funding Societies | Modalku provides business financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is funded by individual and institutional investors, as well as payments solutions to SMEs and consumers.

Core Values

• Grow Relentlessly: Strive to become our best, most authentic selves.
• Enable Teamwork, Disable Politics: Only by forging togetherness, we help each other succeed.
• Test Measure Act: Stay curious and reinvent ourselves, through innovation and experimentation.
• Focus on Impact: Create impact through bias for action and tangible results.
• Serve with Obsession: Build win-win relationships for the long-term by having a customer obsession.

About the Role

This position sits in our Payments team, a fast-growing part of our organization which offers businesses a suite of payments and collections products in one easy-to-use digital platform. This role will be instrumental in supporting the team's ability to adapt to new challenges, streamline operations, and contribute to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of our compliance processes.

• With relevant Compliance/Payments experience that can hit the ground running to support day-to-day tasks
• Strong team player and willing to take up regional work
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Take initiative to challenge/improve status quo and be problem solver

For more information on our payments team, kindly visit our website https://www.cardup.co/

What will you do

• Support regional day-to-day operational compliance tasks including payment approval, customer onboarding (including CDD and EDD) and transaction monitoring
• Conduct and review PEP/sanctions checks and adverse news screening
• Perform suspicious transaction/fraud investigation across markets and suggest next course of action
• Collaborate with different teams, such as sales/cs, finance and engineering team to handle client queries
• Assist in ad hoc project assigned by team leader including periodic account review, platform process improvement project, etc
• Keep informed about industry developments, trends and best practices and assess its effect on operational processes

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance or relevant field
• 2+ years of operations, compliance and/or KYC experience, ideally within financial services or payments industry
• Good knowledge of AM/CFT and onboarding industry processes and fraud trends
• Attention to details and hands on attitude able to complete tasks with tight deadlines
• An analytical mindset with excellent organizational skills
• Strong critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills
• Sound judgment and strong sense of ethics
• Transaction monitoring (i.e. identify suspicious transactions behaviors)
• Fluent in English speaking and writing is a must (can speak/write in Bahasa is a bonus)

Benefits

• Time off: We would love you to take time off to rest and rejuvenate. We offer flexible paid vacations as well as many other observed holidays by country.
• Flexible working: We believe in giving back the control of work & life to our people. We trust our people and love to provide the space to accommodate each and everyone's working style and personal life.
• Medical benefits: We offer health insurance coverage for our employees and dependents. Our people focus on our mission knowing we have their backs for their loved ones too.
• Mental health and wellness: We understand that our team productivity is directly linked to our mental and physical health. Hence we organize org-wide fitness initiatives and engage partners to provide well-being coaching.
• Tech support: We provide a company laptop for our employees and the best possible support for the right equipment/tools to enable high productivity.