Lead Compliance Officer

Sleek; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Singapore is seeking a Lead Compliance Officer to champion compliance culture and ensure adherence to regulatory standards using technology. Ideal candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of compliance experience and a strong track record of effective risk management. This role offers flexibility with remote work options and focuses on personal growth within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Generous paid time off

Employee share ownership plan

Flexible work hours

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience as a Compliance Officer.
• Proven track record in managing compliance processes.
• Excellent spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Review high-risk client assessments promptly.
• Manage screening alerts effectively.
• Conduct quality reviews of risk cases.

Skills

Compliance Management

Risk Assessment

Clear Communication

Structured Thinking

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field

Job description

Through proprietary software and AI, along with a focus on customer delight, Sleek makes the back-office easy for micro SMEs.

We give Entrepreneurs time back to focus on what they love doing - growing their business and being with customers. With a surging number of Entrepreneurs globally, we are innovating in a highly lucrative space.

We operate 3 business segments:

1. Corporate Secretary: Automating the company incorporation, secretarial, filing, Nominee Director, mailroom and immigration processes via custom online robots and SleekSign. We are the market leaders in Singapore with ~5% market share of all new business incorporations
2. Accounting & Bookkeeping: Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll thanks to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, AI tools and exceptional customer service
3. FinTech payments: Overcoming a key challenge for Entrepreneurs by offering digital banking services to new businesses

Sleek launched in 2017 and now has around 15,000 customers across our offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. We have around 500 staff with an intact startup mindset.

We have recently raised Series B financing off the back of >70% compound annual growth in Revenue over the last 5 years. Sleek has been recognised by The Financial Times, The Straits Times, Forbes and LinkedIn as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia.

Backed by world-class investors, we are on track to be one of the few cash flow positive, tech-enabled unicorns based out of Singapore.

We are looking for a Lead Compliance Officer that is excited about the below Mission and Outcome.

Mission:

To champion a culture of compliance and risk awareness across our global operations, making use of technology to ensure scalable adherence to regulatory standards while fostering continuous improvement in policies, training, and processes.

Outcomes:

1. Review and Approval of High-Risk Client Assessments: Review 100% of escalated high-risk client cases within 2 hours, providing constructive feedback to the compliance officer on any oversight or areas for improvement. Present each case to the Head of Compliance for final approval within 4 hours.
2. Timely Management of Screening Alerts: Ensure that no name screening alerts remain outstanding for more than 24 hours, and no transaction monitoring alerts remain unresolved beyond 48 hours.
3. Quality Review and Reporting: Conduct quality reviews of Low/Medium/High-Risk cases, covering at least 20% of each risk category. Prepare a findings report each quarter with suggested remediations to improve overall quality and adherence.
4. Investigation Timeliness and STR Filing: Complete and/or review at least 80% of investigations within 15 calendar days, ensuring that any required STRs are filed within 5 calendar days of closing the investigation.
5. Enhancements to on-board and on-going monitoring processes: Identify and recommend key improvements in conducting client KYC, risk assessment, transaction monitoring or screening processes, implemented with Product and IT teams.

To do this, you will have a minimum of 3 years experience as Compliance Officer and you will most likely be located in Singapore.

Behavioural fit is also important at Sleek, and we will be looking for candidates that have a proven track record of embodying the below attributes in their recent roles:

Ownership: This shows reliability and helps build trust within the team. We move fast and need to know that everyone will see things through to completion and proactively help to get things back on track when challenges arise. Accountability is really important to us.

Humility: There is so much we don’t know. Humility allows for open-mindedness to feedback and a willingness to learn from others. It paves the way for collaboration and creates a positive work environment. It is a key ingredient of self awareness and emotional intelligence.

Structured Thinking: Our business is complex with many layers (many services, many countries, many cultures). Regardless of whether you’re more analytical or creative in nature, being able to show sound judgement is important to us. It ensures solutions are pragmatic and balance the needs of the organisation, team and customers.

Clear communicator: Excellent spoken and written English

Can have tough conversations in a positive way: It’s not a matter of if, but when difficult interpersonal situations arise. Disagreement, conflict and disappointment are a given in a fast moving business where people care about their work. People that proactively have tough conversations with kindness build empathy, trust and great working relationships.

The interview process

The successful candidate will participate in the below interview stages. We anticipate the process to last no more than 3 weeks from start to finish.

Whether the interviews are held over video call or in person will depend on your location and the role.

Intro call:

A ~30 minute chat with HR to share some more details about the role and make sure there are no show-stoppers.Case study:

A ~90 minute chat with either the Head of Compliance or CFO, where they will give you some real-life challenges that this role faces, and will ask for your approach to solving them.Career discussion:

A ~60 minute chat with either the Head of Compliance or CFO, where we will talk about your experience and potential fit with the role in more detail.Reference interviews:

We'll have two short calls with your current or former managers (as appropriate and available), to understand your experience from someone else's perspective.Offer:

We’ll make a non-binding offer verbally and over email. Then, if you're OK with it, we'll send a contract for signing within a couple of days.

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Requirement for background screening

Please be aware that Sleek is a regulated entity and as such is required to perform different levels of background checks on staff depending on their role.

This may include using external vendors to verify the below:

• Your education
• Any criminal history
• Any political exposure
• Any bankruptcy or adverse credit history

We will ask for your consent before conducting these checks. Depending on your role at Sleek, an adverse result on one of these checks may prohibit you from passing probation.

By submitting a job application, you confirm that you have read and agree to our Data Privacy Statement for Candidates, found at sleek.com.

Some other great things about working at Sleek…

Humility and kindness: Humility is a core attribute we hire for, which means we have a culture of not taking ourselves too seriously and being able to laugh. Kindness is also incredibly important. We are committed to creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.

Flexibility: You’ll be able to work from home 3 days per week if located in Singapore, or fully remote otherwise. If you need to start early or start late to cater to your family or other needs, we don’t mind, so long as you get your work done and proactively communicate. You can also work fully remote from anywhere in the world for 1 month each year.

Financial benefits: We pay competitive market salaries and provide staff with generous paid time off and holiday schedules. Certain staff at Sleek are also eligible for our employee share ownership plan and can share in the upside of our stellar growth trajectory as we work toward listing on a prominent stock exchange in the Asia Pacific region.

Personal growth: You’ll get a lot of responsibility and autonomy at Sleek - we move at a fast pace so you’ll be making decisions, making mistakes and learning. There’s also a range of internal and external facing training programmes we run. We’re also at the forefront of utilising AI in our space and are developing a regional centre of AI excellence. It is our intention that if you leave Sleek, you leave as a more well-rounded person and professional.

Sleek is also a proudly certified B Corp. Since we started our journey in 2017, we’ve been committed to building Sleek as a force for good. In just over 5 years, we’ve joined a community of industry leaders like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, and P&G who are building an inclusive, equitable, and a regenerative economy. We have planted over 29,271 trees to reforest our ecosystem and saved 7 tons of paper from landfills by processing over 1.4M pages through SleekSign. We aim to be Carbon Neutral by 2030.