Regulatory Compliance Officer

About the role

StraitsX is hiring a Regulatory Compliance Officer in Singapore, reporting to the Deputy Head of Compliance. The role keeps the team's registers, calendar and records accurate so nothing owed to regulators is missed. It is described as a good entry point into regulatory compliance, giving insight into how a licensed payments and stablecoin business is run.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain the compliance calendar of regulatory returns, surveys, MAS queries and complaints, chase the responsible teams and submit returns and notifications through the MAS portal once approved by the Deputy Head of Compliance.
• Keep the team's registers up to date, including the obligations, policy and procedure, breach and incident, outsourcing, fit and proper, training, conflicts of interest and gifts and entertainment registers, and follow up on overdue items.
• Support the senior regulatory compliance officer and the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) team in maintaining the AML/CFT programme, tracking regulatory changes and supporting end-to-end follow-up of remediation items and corrective action plans under MAS Notice and Guideline PSN01/2.
• Log reported incidents, gather facts and documents and escalate them promptly, and support the data protection framework and policies.
• Maintain the shareholding chart, certified true copies of director documents and other corporate records, and track renewals with the Corporate Secretary in the Legal team.
• Schedule committee meetings, circulate papers, take minutes and track actions to closure.
• Track compliance training and annual declarations, and follow up with staff and the People team on outstanding items.

Required profile

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Finance or a related field.
• 0 to 2 years of experience in compliance, legal, corporate secretarial or operations roles; fresh graduates with relevant internship experience are welcome.
• Very organised, with strong attention to detail, keeping trackers and records accurate without reminders.
• Clear writing, especially for minutes and short follow-up emails.
• Comfortable following up with colleagues across Legal, People and Tech until items are closed.