Head of Compliance, Strategic Projects

About the Job

As a key member of Xendit's compliance team, you will ensure our business operations adhere to the latest regulatory standards. You will stay up-to-date with compliance requirements, review relevant regulations, and advise internal and external stakeholders on industry expectations. You will develop policies, ensure business processes meet regulatory demands, review new initiatives, and oversee regulatory audits. You will also design training programs to increase compliance awareness and ensure timely regulatory reporting. This role is critical to safeguarding Xendit’s operations while supporting our growth in a dynamic, evolving industry.

Minimum qualifications

• 10+ years of Compliance experience in Payments and Fintech / Remittance / finance / banking / crypto experience in a senior compliance role
• Experience in a combination ranging from Regulatory Compliance, Anti Money Laundering, Policy and Governance, Testing, Risk and other related functions
• Track record and deep understanding of Compliance matters including Know-Your-Customer principles, Customer due Diligence and Enhanced due Diligence, transaction monitoring and patterns, transaction data analysis, and law and regulations understanding related with Financial Institutions - including but not limited to Financial Service Providers, Remittances, Cross Border Transactions, Foreign Exchange, Virtual Asset Service Providers and Multifinance
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships effortlessly

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Accounting, or a related field; equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
• Expert knowledge/experience in the following industries: Banking, Payment, Forex, Remittance, Lending Investment, Virtual Assets / Crypto
• Hands-on detailed experience engaging regulatory bodies including but not limited to Bangko Sentral Pilipinas (BSP), AMLC and other relevant bodies
• Hands-on technical expertise in building, scaling, and maintaining regulatory risk assessment
• Strong track record of establishing, managing and mentoring Compliance team
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills both in Tagalog and English
• Experience working in a high paced startup or highly regulated company that requires compliance functions
• Experienced as a Lawyer will be a plus

Responsibilities

Regulatory Compliance and Compliance Advisory

• Understand all regulations related to strategic projects of Xendit Philippines and its business activity
• Understand all regulations related to major and strategic Business and Industry Partner, i.e. Payments, Fintech, Remittance, Banking, Crypto / VASP, etc
• Understand the do's and don'ts for business and industry related within Xendit Philippines
• Give compliance advisory for various business and industrial scope
• Support the growth of the company and act as the key person for the company’s experimental projects in the financial service sector
• Fulfill any compliance obligations and delegate to other functions within the company as needed, including setting up any necessary policies and procedures

KYC, CDD, EDD, and AML/CFT

• Understand the KYC and CDD-EDD principles to AML/CFT and enforce and implement AML-CFT principles
• Safeguard the company from fraud and financial crime-related activity
• Fulfill the law and regulations in Indonesia related to KYC and AML, including maintaining and enforcing the policy and procedures within this scope

Litigation Support

• Support the litigation team on compliance matters, including giving explanations directly to the investigator(s)
• Prepare any documents, explanations, briefings, and information for litigation team
• Address any loophole found during any cases and fires
• Fulfill the regulations expectations to have internal audit functions
• Fill in the gap for every findings and loophole between the regulations, internal policy and procedures, and day-to-day operations

Do whatever it takes to make Xendit succeed!