Head of Regulatory Compliance, Macau

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Head of Regulatory Compliance, Macau.

In this role, you will lead and direct the stewardship of the Regulatory Compliance sub-function, as a partner to the business, supporting growth aspirations whilst retaining the appropriate risk management discipline to achieve the Group’s strategic goals.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintaining effective, transparent and constructive relationships with regulators, ensuring timely, accurate and consistent engagement, responses and follow-up on regulatory requests and matters.
• Partnering with and supporting other risk stewards to maintain an effective control framework and ensure compliance with applicable external laws and regulations, internal policies and codes, and recognized good market practice.
• Providing advisory services to Line of Businesses to ensure clear understanding of regulatory compliance risk exposure with respect to clients, transactions and products.
• Building market-wide risk and compliance capability, embedding risk and compliance considerations into day-to-day activities to protect the organization and enable sustainable business growth through robust risk management.
• Supporting the Macau CRCO in second line governance of Regulatory Compliance by providing independent analysis, reporting and governance oversight.
• Representing the Regulatory Compliance agenda at the highest levels of Group governance.

To be successful, you will need:

• Significant regulatory compliance experience as a regulator or a senior regulatory compliance manager within a global firm, in the financial services industry.
• Significant knowledge of regulatory compliance risk framework and experience in its execution, together with knowledge of business and products.
• Experience of dealing with regulatory matters and confident interaction with Regulators.
• Significant leadership experience and an experienced strategic thinker.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience of dealing with executives at all levels.
• Ability to interpret and analyze a large volume of information and provide succinct summary for senior management.
• Ability to prioritize conflicting demands and be problem solving oriented in a dynamic environment.
• Fluency in Chinese and English required. Cantonese speaking is preferred. Proficiency in Portuguese is an add-on.

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