Head of Compliance-SG

Libertine; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Employee benefits

Autonomy and exposure to management

Job summary

Liberti Labs in Singapore seeks a senior compliance lead to take the local entity through licensing and run its compliance function, serving as appointed AML/CFT compliance officer while supporting the business on legal matters without compromising independence.

The role is early-stage with limited staff and growing responsibilities. You will own the MAS processes, draft key agreements, manage external counsel, and eventually build a compliance team as the business expands.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of post-qualification experience in capital markets or securities trading, ideally in compliance, AML or legal.

Responsibilities

• Take the RMO and CMSL applications through to authorisation and build the compliance framework, policies, submissions, and MAS responses.
• Act as the firm's primary contact for MAS and other regulators.
• Own the compliance monitoring plan and conduct risk assessments.
• Run market surveillance for the trading platform and oversee related reporting and enforcement.
• Serve as the appointed AML/CFT compliance officer: onboarding, monitoring, sanctions screening, alert analysis, and suspicious activity reporting.
• Report to the Board and regulators; advise on legal and regulatory questions as the business grows.
• Draft client, participant and intra-group agreements, including service arrangements and MAS outsourcing controls.
• Handle corporate legal work for a new entity: decisions, employment, PDPA, IP.
• Train staff and the Board; monitor regulatory changes and maintain required registers.
• Manage external counsel and plan to grow a compliance team in the future.
• 5–10 years of post-qualification experience in capital markets or securities trading; MAS regimes knowledge.

Skills

AML/CFT

Regulatory compliance

Contract drafting

Corporate law

Board communication

Independent work

Education

Legal qualification

Job description

The Role

This is a senior position with real ownership. You will take the Singapore entity through licensing, then run its compliance function and serve as its appointed AML/CFT compliance officer, while also supporting the business on legal matters — without compromising the independence of compliance.

We are early in Singapore, with limited staff and operations. The role will grow with the company, so we are flexible about the exact division of duties and expect you to bring the same open mind.

Main Responsibilities

• Take the RMO and CMSL applications through to authorisation — the compliance framework, the policies, the submissions, and MAS's questions along the way
• Act as the firm's principal point of contact for MAS and other regulatory authorities
• Own the compliance monitoring plan and the risk assessments behind it
• Run market surveillance for the trading platform, including the reporting and enforcement that follows from it
• Serve as appointed AML/CFT compliance officer: participant onboarding, transaction monitoring, sanctions and name screening, alert analysis, and suspicious transaction reporting
• Report to the Board and to the regulators, and advise the Board on legal and regulatory questions as the business develops
• Draft the client, participant and intra-group agreements — including the arrangements under which the Singapore entity receives platform services from Liberti Labs, and the outsourcing controls MAS expects around them
• Handle the corporate legal work of a new entity: corporate decisions, employment matters, PDPA, and IP
• Train staff and the Board, track regulatory change, and keep the registers the firm is required to maintain
• Manage external counsel, and build out a compliance team when the time comes
• 5-10 years of post-qualification experience in capital markets or securities trading — ideally in compliance, AML or legal
• Deep knowledge of the RMO and CMSL regimes and the MAS framework around them: the Securities and Futures Act 2001, the CDSA and TSOFA, and the AML/CFT notices for market operators (SFA02-N05) and capital markets intermediaries (SFA 04-N02)
• A track record of writing compliance frameworks and policies, and of actually rolling them out
• Strong contract and corporate law foundations, and plain-English drafting
• Someone who works independently, decides pragmatically, and communicates clearly to boards, regulators and engineers alike
• Prior experience of a MAS licensing process, or of an appointed compliance or AML role at a regulated firm, is a significant advantage — as is private markets, secondary transactions, or working across jurisdictions in a group structure

Salary and Benefits

• Competitive salary, commensurate with your skills and experience
• Employee benefit package
• Autonomy, direct exposure to management, and real input into where the company goes