About Thunes

Thunes is the Smart Superhighway for money movement around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies. Thunes’ Network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, via more than 350 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more.

Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks. Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house Smart Treasury Management Platform and Fortress Compliance Infrastructure, ensuring Members of the Network receive unrivalled speed, control, visibility, protection and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments globally.

Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 12 locations, including Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Shanghai. For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/

Context of the role

Based in Singapore, reporting to the Global Compliance Director based in France, this role will lead the compliance function for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region and be the declared Compliance Officer of the licensed Thunes entity in Singapore.

The role will manage a team of compliance experts and will partner with the Global Compliance function and other transversal teams such as Legal, Sales and Product, based all across the World.

The position provides an exciting opportunity to work on an international stage, alongside household names, and join a rapidly growing FinTech company making a real impact on the lives of people in developed and emerging markets alike.

The ideal candidate should be someone who has previously held senior payments’ compliance roles in organisations like:

• Payment Services Providers (incl. MTOs and Cross-Border money remitters, acquiring PSPs, BaaS,…)
• eMoney institutions
• Banks or Financial Institutions

Key Responsibilities 

• Oversee and manage the APAC Regulatory Compliance Team (LOD2)
• Act as the main point of escalation and approval, for compliance matters in the region
• Identify, track and escalate compliance (AML/TF, ABAC, regulatory,...) risks throughout the business in APAC
• Responsible for permanent & periodical control before competent authorities
• Build and develop Compliance Programme for the APAC markets in coordination with the global company policies
• Scrutinise and contribute to existing policies and test that they are robust, customer friendly and adequate under applicable regulations, by internal review and working with external reviewers and ensuring any audit findings are addressed
• Work as a business partner to the commercial and leadership team to develop compliance programs that support the business expansion in APAC
• Develop/maintain existing regulatory licences and coordinate licensing initiatives in APAC with the respective compliance resources
• Serve as AML reporting officer for Thunes in Singapore and maintain oversight of reporting needs in APAC
• Serve as regulatory liaison with MAS and other regulators in Singapore
• Manage compliance relationships with our APAC banking partners
• Ensure strong regulatory watch to anticipate any change of the regulations
• Participate in the governance of local regulated entities (committees, reporting to authorities,...)
• Some international travel may be required (no more than 10%)

Professional Experience and Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline (Business, Law, Finance etc.) and/or a professional compliance qualification from an internationally recognised body (e.g. ICA, ACAMS etc)
• Minimum 5 to 10 years of experience in Compliance with a financial institution in banking or payments in Singapore
• Recent experience in a management role of a Singapore/APAC Compliance Program  
• Demonstrable experience dealing with governmental bodies in the APAC region
• Able to support the development of new financial products and services
• Experience working in an international and diverse environment
• High level of autonomy and proactivity
• Ability to work well under pressure, different priorities, and tight deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communicator in English, Mandarin proficiency would be a good to have
• Collaborative work approach
• Expertise with Crypto is a strong plus

Sound like you? Apply now!