Funding Societies | Modalku is the largest SME digital financing platform in Southeast Asia. We are licensed in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and registered in Malaysia. We are backed by Sequoia India and Softbank Ventures Asia Corp amongst many others and provides business financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is crowdfunded by individual and institutional investors. And here at Funding Societies | Modalku we live by our core values:
- Serve with Obsession: Build win-win relationships for the long-term by having a customer obsession.
- Grow Relentlessly: Strive to become our best, most authentic selves.
- Enable Teamwork, Disable Politics: Only by forging togetherness, we help each other succeed.
- Test Measure Act: Stay curious and reinvent ourselves, through innovation and experimentation.
- Focus on Impact: Create impact through bias for action and tangible results.
You'll join our Malaysia Compliance Team, playing a pivotal role in establishing, upholding, and overseeing compliance with all pertinent laws and regulations. Your responsibilities will encompass fostering the company's commitment to corporate governance, maintaining internal policies and documentation, and preparing relevant compliance reports for daily business operations. Additionally, you'll offer support to various teams, ensuring their adherence to regulatory requirements. Your diligence will contribute to the company and our related subsidiaries remaining fully compliant with all applicable Malaysian laws and regulations.
What you will do:
- Develop, assess, and uphold internal policies and procedures to align seamlessly with relevant laws and regulations
- Oversee and maintain the company's compliance with regulatory frameworks, corporate governance standards, and internal policies, ensuring comprehensive documentation.
- Facilitate communication between the companies, regional teams, consultants, investors, and auditors/regulators on compliance-related matters.
- Scrutinize company procedures and reports to proactively identify potential risks and compliance issues.
- Manage regulatory reporting frameworks meticulously, ensuring timely submissions and prompt response to any ad-hoc requests from regulatory bodies.
- Ensure the rigorous implementation of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML and CFT) programs in compliance with applicable regulations.
- Conduct compliance awareness programs and training sessions for internal stakeholders.
- Prepare compliance-related reports adhering to relevant guidelines and standards.
- Execute the objectives and key results (OKRs) outlined by the risk and compliance team,
- Take proactive steps to achieve departmental and managerial targets, aligning efforts with organizational goals.
- Perform additional assignments as required to support the compliance function.
Requirements
What we are looking for:
Hold a Bachelor's degree in law, accounting, economics, or a related field from a reputable university.
Possess a minimum of 8 years experience as a Compliance staff member in financial / compliance services.
Demonstrate a strong understanding of the fintech lending industry, multi-finance, and/or banking & finance.
Proficient in BNM/SC regulations, including KYC and AML/CFT procedures.
Fluent in both written and spoken English.
Exhibit outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
Possess an analytical mindset coupled with excellent organizational abilities.
Uphold a high degree of professional ethics and integrity.
Benefits
- Time off - We would love you to take time off to rest and rejuvenate. We offer flexible paid vacations as well as many other observed holidays by country. We also like to have our people take a day off for special days like birthdays and work anniversaries.
- Flexible Working - We believe in giving back the control of work & life to our people. We trust our people and love to provide the space to accommodate each and everyone's working style and personal life.
- Medical Benefits - We offer health insurance coverage for our employees and dependents. Our people focus on our mission knowing we have their back for their loved ones too.
- Mental Health and Wellness - We understand that our team productivity is directly linked to our mental and physical health. Hence we have Wellness Wednesdays and we engage partners to provide well-being coaching. And we have our Great FSMK Workout sessions too to keep everyone healthy and fit!
- Learning & Development - We believe learning should never end and we support everyone with self-learning L&D allowances.
- Tech Support - We provide a company laptop for our employees and the best possible support for the right equipment/tools to enable high productivity
