Compliance Officer

The Role

We are seeking to hire a Head of Compliance, APAC based from our Hong Kong office. As Head of Compliance, APAC, you will hold several critical roles and responsibilities for the Hong Kong office, APAC region more broadly, and the Compliance department.

This position requires strong leadership and managerial qualities, as well as a focus on high levels of service and technical expertise. It requires a blend of regulatory, investment and markets compliance knowledge and expertise, coupled with outstanding leadership and coaching qualities. This role necessitates a flexibility to also support the wider compliance department with activities outside of the listed responsibilities.

What you’ll do 

• Act as the regulatory liaison for the HK SFC, managing the local regulatory risk profile and relationship with the SFC.
• You will be relied upon to be subject matter expert for all things SFC as well as other regional market regulations, feeding those into the Global Compliance Program.
• Be an integral and collaborative member of the Global Markets Compliance team and broader Compliance department
• Lead and deliver high quality, in region and time zone, first line investment and markets compliance advisory support
• Manage key relationships with senior investment and non-investment staff in APAC.
• Lead a team of similar profiled compliance officers, located in Singapore and Japan.
• Deliver leadership, coaching and develop the APAC Compliance team to its fullest potential.

 

What you’ll bring
What you need:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10 years’ relevant experience,
• Prior SFC registered regulatory roles
• Prior team management experience
• Highly self-motivated, organized, and attentive to detail.
• Strong technical knowledge covering market structure and related regulations in region
• Structured, methodical and consistent in execution.
• Adaptable and open to change, a natural problem solver and lateral thinker.
• Comfortable with technology, systems and process orientated
• Calm and concise communicator, collaborative and able to engage well with staff of varying roles and seniority.
• Firm and team first in thinking.

 

We’d love if you had:

• Succeeded in Global matrix organizational structures
• Demonstrable success in developing and evolving teams
• Experience of adopting workflow management toolkits and new technologies
• A strong Compliance network in Asia

 

Our Culture

The firm’s ethos is embedded in our people. ‘Talent is our strategy’ is our mantra and drives how we approach all initiatives at the firm. We believe our success is because of our people, so putting our talent above all else is our top priority.

Schonfeld strives to create an environment where our people can thrive. We foster a teamwork-oriented, collaborative environment where ideas at any level are encouraged and shared. The development and advancement of our talent is honed through interactions with each other, learning & educational offerings, and through opportunities to make impactful contributions.

At Schonfeld, we strive to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout all of our employees with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the forefront of this mission. As a firm we are committed to creating a hiring process which is not only fair, but also welcoming and supportive. On a daily basis, our employees welcome diversity across identity, thought, people and views which serves as the foundation of our culture and success. You can learn more about our DEI initiatives here - Belonging @ Schonfeld.

Who we are

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a multi-manager platform that invests its capital with Internal and Partner portfolio managers, primarily on an exclusive or semi-exclusive basis, across four trading strategies; quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical trading and discretionary macro & fixed income. We have created a unique structure to provide global portfolio managers with autonomy, flexibility and support to best enable them to maximize the value of their businesses.

Over the last 30 years, Schonfeld has successfully capitalized on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We have developed and invested heavily in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics and continue to capitalize on new opportunities. In 2021 we launched our newest strategy, discretionary macro & fixed income as part of the continual growth of Schonfeld’s investible universe. Our portfolio exposure has expanded across the Americas, Europe and Asia as well as multiple asset classes and products.

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