FATCA Compliance Analyst (2 years Contract)

CLSA SINGAPORE PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in Singapore is looking for a compliance officer to analyze regulations, update policies, and perform due diligence. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and at least 1 year of experience in legal or compliance roles. Excellent Mandarin and English skills are essential. The role includes training teams and supporting audits. This position requires attention to detail and strong investigative skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience in a legal or compliance role, preferably with a focus on FATCA.
• Excellent command of both spoken and written Mandarin and English.
• Self-motivated and eager to learn.
• Experience in User Acceptance Testing.

Responsibilities

• Analyse regulations for business impact across financial centres.
• Update policies for compliance.
• Review legal clauses with external counterparties.
• Train impacted business and operations teams.
• Support audits and regulatory liaisons.

Skills

Attention to detail

Investigative skills

Prioritization skills

Organizational skills

Multi-tasking skills

Spoken Mandarin

Written Mandarin

Spoken English

Written English

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Law or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

PDF Editors

Job description

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Analyse the regulations for impacts to business lines across key financial centres.
• Update policies and procedures to ensure ongoing compliance.
• Review relevant clauses in legal agreements with external counterparties.
• Provide training for the impacted business and operations teams.
• Support the team during the Audits and regulatory liaisons.
• Performing sample reviews of FATCA CRS Operations team’s tasks.
• Acting as back up for FATCA CRS Operations team.
• Classification of new internal entities per FATCA and CRS regulations / preparation of applicable forms / set-up on relevant platforms / Changes in Circumstances Monitoring.
• Reporting analysis and preparing of report for submission by countries.
• Reconciliation and remediation as and when required.
• Perform Client/Vendor/Counterparty Due Diligence (Mandarin) which involves: : Verification checks with external data sources and applying reasonableness tests on information collected. : Translation of Mandarin to English, where required.
• May be required to be involved in User Acceptance Testing, when required.
• Work closely with and take direct instructions from Singapore Office – Group Head of FATCA CRS on adhoc support during projects.
• Basic regulatory referencing and assistance on mini project may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or above in Finance, Accounting, Law or a related discipline.
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience in a legal or compliance role, preferably with a focus on FATCA.
• Alternatively, candidates with strong knowledge of corporate and investment business structure setups from a legal admin, accounting, or regulatory perspective are also well-suited to adapt to this role.
• Excellent command of both spoken and written Mandarin and English.
• Attention to detail, delivering in time, accurately and escalating promptly is essential.
• Strong investigative skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and PDF Editors.
• Experience in UAT.
• Good prioritization, organizational and multi-tasking skills.
• Self-motivated, desire to be challenged and eager to learn.