Senior Manager, Compliance (AIA Investment Management)

Join us as Senior Manager, Compliance at AIA Investment Management!

We are seeking for a Senior Manager, Compliance to

• lead and oversee the provision of strategic compliance advisory and second line oversight across AIAIM’s regulated activities, including the interpretation and implementation of current and emerging regulatory requirements,
• execute compliance reviews and monitoring,
• maintain regulatory obligations and reporting,
• enhance policies, procedures and controls,
• manage regulatory and external stakeholder engagement,
• deliver management and board reporting, and
• partner with business and control functions on regulatory change.

Through these responsibilities, the role strengthens AIAIM’s regulatory integrity, mitigates regulatory and conduct risk, enables informed decision-making, and supports the continued execution of AIAIM’s business strategy within a robust compliance environment.

Responsibilities

• Advise on current and emerging regulations in Singapore and their impact on AIAIM’s activities.  Such regulations include: licensing, business conduct, dealing in capital markets products, fund management, advising on investment products (under the SFA and FAA), AML/CFT, Economic Sanctions, funds offering and advertising requirements, outsourcing, personal data protection, derivatives reporting, substantial shareholding reporting.
• Conduct compliance reviews of processes in equities, fixed income, trading, alternative investments, real estate investments, research and derivatives businesses to ensure AIAIM operate within legal and regulatory boundaries.
• Review and update policies and procedures in conjunction with compliance reviews.
• Update registers relating to regulatory obligations and regulatory reporting in internal systems.
• Plan and execute compliance monitoring against AIAIM’s policies and procedures.
• Liaise and manage relations with regulators, prepare for inspection and respond to regulators’ queries.
• Liaise with auditors (internal and external) and industry associations.
• Conduct compliance risk assessment and prepare compliance annual plan.
• Participate in meetings (including working groups or sub-management committees where applicable) to advise on compliance and regulatory matters relating to the regulated activities conducted by AIAIM.
• Collaborate with business to perform gapping of and implementation of new regulatory developments and conduct briefings on new regulations.
• Submit routine or ad-hoc surveys, returns, reports to regulators or governmental agencies in connection with regulated activities conducted by AIAIM;
• Prepare management reports with analysis to EXCO, CEO and Board of Directors of AIAIM and Board of fund vehicles including VCC and UCITS fund vehicles (for the latter to also work with Product Compliance sub-team).
• Provide management reports on regulatory developments and material regulatory communication to relevant management committees;
• Advise on personal dealing, gifts and entertainment, outside business interests, conflicts of interests and other issues under the AIA Code of Conduct.
• Conduct induction training for new joiners and refresher training to staff on key regulatory topics or policies administered by Compliance.
• Provide advisory support in relation to personal data protection and assess adequacy of current controls and implement enhancements needed through policies or processes.
• Identify policies and controls needed relating to the investment activities carried out on private assets and suggest and implement modifications needed to the monitoring and assurance plan.
• Identify and monitor regulatory obligations (including reporting) to Korea Financial Supervisory Commission arising out of AIAIM’s cross border DIM license held.
• Collaborate with Product Compliance sub-team on regulatory changes emanating from MAS affecting the fund vehicles and products managed by AIAIM.

Requirements

• Degree holder with over 10 years of regulatory compliance experience in the asset management sector; Experience and exposure in investment funds (e.g., UCITS Luxembourg SICAV or Variable Capital Companies) and local personal data privacy regulations preferred but not essential.
• Familiar with compliance and monitoring coverage across Equities, Fixed Income, Trading, Alternative & Real Estate Investment, Research and Derivatives businesses.
• Working experience in regulatory supervision, audit, compliance, legal, governance and/or risk management in financial services or professional services firms or regulators would be helpful. 
• Understand the investment management business.
• Takes initiative, results-oriented, solution-focused.
• Team player
• Good interpersonal and communications skills

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