Compliance Consultant (drafting)

OPTIONALITY COMPLIANCE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Optionality Compliance Pte. Ltd. is seeking a skilled regulatory drafter to join our team in Singapore.

You will monitor MAS, SFC, and US regulatory changes, draft client policy frameworks, and manage licensing applications with attention to details and timelines. Responsibilities include drafting compliance manuals and AML/CFT programmes, along with risk management and ethics frameworks for multiple license holders.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years in financial services regulatory work
• Working knowledge of the Securities and Futures Act and MAS Notices applicable to CMS licensees
• Business-fluent English with extensive writing expertise
• Business-fluent Mandarin for Chinese regulatory requests including WOFE and QFII facilitation

Responsibilities

• Draft and maintain compliance manuals, AML/CFT programmes and risk frameworks for MAS CMS and SFC licensees and US RIAs/ broker-dealers
• Draft business plans for regulated entities and respond to regulatory feedback on applications
• Run regulatory-change updates across clients; prepare redlines and client-facing summaries
• Attend client calls and take instructions directly
• Open to both part-time and full-time applications

Skills

Regulatory drafting

Regulatory writing

English writing

Mandarin proficiency

Job description

Purpose

Optionality seeks a strong regulatory drafter to join our team. Responsibilities include: monitoring and reviewing new policy changes made by the MAS, SFC, and US governments; drafting of client policy framework; extensive work on regulatory applications and licensing change. Possible extension to internal audit work and support.

Responsibility

• Draft and maintain compliance manuals, AML/CFT programmes, risk management frameworks, conflicts of interest, personal account dealing / codes of ethics, outsourcing, business continuity, technology risk, fair dealing, complaints handling, whistleblowing, marketing review and individual accountability (IAC) frameworks for MAS CMS licence holders (LFMC, VCFM, dealing/brokerage) SFC license holders, and for US RIAs, ERAs, CPO/CTAs and broker-dealers.
• Draft business plans for companies seeking to become regulated with the MAS. Draft and maintain initial applications and respond to comments.
• Run regulatory-change updates across the client base when a notice, guideline or rule changes; prepare redlines and client-facing change summaries.
• Attend client calls, take instructions directly.
• Both Part Time and Full Time applications are welcome.

Must Have Experience

• Seeking candidates with 5–7 years in financial services regulatory work at a law firm, in-house at a fund manager or broker-dealer, at a regulator, or in regulatory consulting.
• Working knowledge of the Securities and Futures Act and the MAS Notices and Guidelines applicable to CMS licensees.
• Business-fluent English with extensive writing expertise.
• Business-fluent Mandarin, spoken and written to manage Chinese regulatory requests on demand including WOFE and QFII facilitation from Chinese client base.

Bonus Skills

• Prior exposure to both Singapore and US regulatory regimes.