# Associate, APAC Compliance

**Company**: Ares
**Location**: Hong Kong
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Ares is seeking an Associate to join its APAC Compliance team in Hong Kong. The individual will focus on handling and supporting day-to-day regulatory and compliance activities in Hong Kong, collaborating with global and regional compliance teams.

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated compliance professional with a desire to excel in a rapidly changing regulatory environment. They will be proactive, detail-oriented, and capable of managing recurring compliance processes in a fast-paced setting.

**Primary Functions & Essential Responsibilities**

- Support the compliance programme in Hong Kong, including reviewing employees' licensing matters, fit and proper assessments, and requests related to personal account dealing and outside business activities

- Undertake compliance control functions and implement recurring compliance monitoring programmes

- Prepare regulatory filings and reporting, including licensing applications and annual returns

- Track, analyse, and communicate regulatory developments and enforcement actions relevant to Ares' activities

- Support and assist with the coordination of general compliance matters in North Asia ex Japan

- Assist with other strategic and ad-hoc compliance initiatives as needed

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor's Degree; Juris Doctor (JD) or other advanced degree considered a plus

- Minimum of 2 years of compliance experience in a regulated financial institution, preferably in asset management

- Good understanding of the Hong Kong regulatory framework for investment advisory and asset management activities

- Solid understanding of the alternative investment management industry and relevant business activities

- Knowledge of regulatory requirements in US and other APAC jurisdictions is an advantage

- Self-motivated with strong sense of ownership and accountability, and able to work independently

- High accuracy and extremely detail-oriented

- Ability to manage recurring compliance processes and ad-hoc projects

- Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment, multi-task and prioritize deadlines

- Comfort in dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty in a dynamic environment

- Display sound judgment, logical decision making, and a practical, solutions-oriented approach to regulatory issues

- Collaborative with strong interpersonal skills, and ability to build credibility and trusted relationships with cross-functional stakeholders

- Willing to be flexible to coordinate with team members across different time zones

- Excellent command in English

## Skills

### Required
- compliance
- regulatory
- financial
- AML/CFT
- SFC licensing
- CPT requirements

### Nice to have
- US SEC and FINRA
- APAC jurisdictions
- private credit
- private equity
- real assets

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