Based in Singapore, the Financial Compliance Leader for Alibaba International Digital Commerce (AIDC) will have overall responsibility in ensuring compliance with relevant financial regulatory requirements across AIDC’s new and existing markets, developing and maintaining group compliance frameworks, and advising internal stakeholders on compliance matters and regulatory strategy, including:

• Managing the AIDC Financial Compliance team
• Spearheading financial services market entry in new markets for AIDC e-commerce platforms, namely – Lazada, AliExpress, and Daraz
• Leading regulatory engagements and coordinating preparation of licence applications;
• Providing timely and quality regulatory advice for negotiations on strategic, complex and high value deals;
• Advising on payments / financial services regulatory matters, and assisting in the development and rollout of new products, features, and businesses lines;
• Partnering with internal stakeholders to develop and maintain group compliance frameworks where relevant, including (but not limited to) – technology risk, business continuity, outsourcing, human resources, privacy, and consumer protection policies in line with regulatory expectations and requirements;
• Coordinating incident management (e.g., responding to regulatory investigations / inspections by authorities / assisting in PR incident responses);
• Preparing for, and managing, audits and inspections by relevant regulators;
• Implementing group-wide financial compliance programs and training for internal stakeholders;
• Being the group champion in driving a culture of compliance.

• 15+ years of Financial Regulatory experience (added advantage if the candidate has extensive relevant experience at a financial regulator in Southeast Asia and at a FinTech or international technology company)
• Working knowledge of the three FinTech domains - payments, lending, and insurance - will be a plus
• Extensive experience interacting with regulators across Southeast Asia
• Track record of leadership, influencing, independent thought, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to manage c-suite stakeholders
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multi-lingual and multi-cultural, startup environment where ambiguity and change is the norm