Senior Compliance Manager, Compliance

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

Job summary

CITIC CLSA Singapore is seeking a senior Compliance professional to lead a broad mandate across multiple licensed entities and business lines. The role reports to the Head of Legal and Compliance, Singapore, and focuses on maintaining strong conduct, regulatory adherence, and effective compliance controls across a wide range of financial services activities.

The ideal candidate has at least 12 years of compliance experience in the financial industry, with strong analytical and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above.
• Minimum 12 years of financial industry compliance experience.
• MAS experience advantageous.
• Strong understanding of securities, derivatives, ECM/M&A, fixed income, and asset management.
• Excellent English and communication skills; able to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Set policies and procedures for adherence to legal and regulatory requirements in CITIC CLSA SG Entities.
• Provide advice to executive team, Board of Directors and management on compliance risks, regulatory developments.
• Resolve compliance issues and conduct investigations into potential breaches of policies.
• Respond to law enforcement or regulatory requests and communicate with regulators.
• Assist in strategic design and implementation of the Compliance Program for the entities.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above

Job description

Position Description

This role will report to the Head of Legal and Compliance, Singapore and is a generalist role with the exciting opportunity to be given broad Compliance mandate which extends to a number of licensed entities in Singapore and multiple business lines, including, institutional cash equities sales and trading, research, futures & options, OTC Commodity Derivatives, Delta One & Equity Derivatives, fixed income sales and trading, wealth management, investment banking (M&A, ECM & DCM) and asset management businesses.

The role has primary responsibility for ensuring maintenance of appropriate standards of conduct and adherence to proper procedures of the group and in particular, actively and visibly engaging in compliance issues, including ensuring adequate control systems and procedures, demonstrating a continuous and prudent approach to regulatory risk forecasting. He/she will need to work closely with Head of Compliance Singapore to lead the team members in the areas of performance management, remediation input, conduct risk and feedback management.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

1) Setting the policies and procedures for adherence to legal and regulatory requirements in CITIC CLSA SG Entities, including:

• Work closely with Head of Legal and Compliance , Singapore to provide advice to the executive team, Board of Directors and management on compliance risks, particularly in respect of regulatory developments in the industry, using compliance judgment to suggest an appropriate approach which highlights the level of risk against the business needs in a particular situation.


• Resolve compliance issues (whether in relation to CITIC CLSA existing products, new businesses or otherwise) in the best interests of the CITIC CLSA SG entities and its clients.


• Conduct investigations into potential breaches of CITIC CLSA Compliance policies by staff.


• Respond to law enforcement or regulatory requests.


• Proactively communicate with local regulators regarding CITIC CLSA’s compliance program and other matters as necessary.


• Assist in the strategic design and implementation of the Compliance Program for the entities in question.


• Establish, implement and maintain relevant regulatory compliance policies and procedures applicable to capital markets products, and ensure capital markets compliance practices are consistent with group policies.


• Coordinate with head office and regional jurisdictions to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements.


• Provide training, support and guidance on regulatory and compliance matters to all front office and infrastructure staff.


• Review and assess the compliance/regulatory risks arising from new business iniatives.


• Deal with local regulators where CITIC CLSA’s activities are so supervised as required.


• Represent CITIC CLSA in both internal and external meetings relating to compliance matters and regulatory affairs.


• Plan, manage and undertake CITIC CLSA group Compliance projects.


• Oversee the correct and timely management of regulatory licensing for front office staff.


• Undertaking Compliance monitoring.

2) Maintaining appropriate standards of conduct and adhering to proper procedures by the Group, and Monitoring the Group’s compliance with the established policies and procedures, including:

• Works closely with the Head of Legal and Compliance , Singapore to ensure compliance policies and procedures for the CITIC CLSA group are developed, implemented and maintained so as to ensure compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements.


• Monitors compliance developments in the relevant industries.


• Maintains and strengthens corporate governance and oversees delivery of a strong regulatory compliance program for the relevant entities.

3) Properly manage the Compliance risks associated with the relevant business of CITIC CLSA SG Entities, including:

• Leading the way in responsible Compliance risk management by actively demonstrating sound understanding of risk appetite.


• Report compliance matters to the Board and senior management.


• Advises relevant CITIC CLSA group committees and senior management on the broad range of Compliance issues arising out of new business, products and markets as well as BAU operational activities.


• Work closely with other stakeholders in the development and maintenance of internal Compliance policies and procedures applicable to CITIC CLSA SG Entities .


• Ensure appropriate incident handling, including appropriate remediation plans of Compliance issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or above


• Minimum 12 years of financial industry compliance experience


• Candidates with previous working experience with the MAS will be advantageous.


• Strong understanding of at least a few of the following areas: securities brokerage and trading, exchange traded and OTC derivatives, corporate finance (including ECM and M&A), fixed income sales and trading, and asset management/private equity as well as the associated regulatory environments.


• Strong analytical skills and ability to make sound judgements especially in the absence of absolute clarity in regulatory environment.


• A team player


• Able to operate independently and to multi-task.


• Attention to detail.


• Strong interpersonal, communication and stakeholder management skills


• Excellent command of both spoken and written English