Compliance Officer/ Money Laundering Reporting Officer (CO/MLRO)

Job Description

We are hiring for a start-up stablecoin cross-border payment company in Hong Kong. To serve as the licensee's designated Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer under the AMLO, with overall responsibility for the establishment, implementation and maintenance of the MSO's AML/CFT systems, and to act as the central reference point for suspicious transaction reporting. Key responsibilities — Compliance Officer (CO) functio • nHold overall responsibility for the establishment and maintenance of the MSO's AML/CFT systems, acting as the focal point for oversight of the firm's compliance measures • Develop, implement and maintain the firm's AML/CFT policy and procedures, covering customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and reporting procedures • Serve as the primary point of contact for AML/CFT and regulatory matters with the Customs and Excise Department (C&ED), including handling requests for information (RFIs) from regulatory authorities on a timely basis and leading regulatory inquiries and inspections • Ensure ongoing compliance obligations are met, including carrying out customer due diligence for transactions above HKD 8,000, keeping transaction and client records for at least six years, and submitting periodic returns to the Customs and Excise Department • Lodge licence renewal applications and ad-hoc returns to the C&ED on a timely basis, including quarterly returns to the C&ED within two weeks of quarter-end using the prescribed form • Arrange independent AML/CFT audits commensurate with the nature, size and complexity of the business Show More