Senior Associate, Regulatory Compliance

About the team The Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team is a collaborative group of legal minds and risk management experts. We're passionate about safeguarding company's operations, fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct, and ensuring we navigate the global financial landscape with integrity. We provide expert guidance and support to all areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal, compliance and financial risks.The Global Regulatory Compliance Team forms part of the second line of defence (2LOD) whilst operating within the larger LRC function. We are a proactive and trusted business partner committed to enabling company’s growth and strategic goals by providing an advisory and oversight role. Our team culture is collaborative, impact-driven with a focus on continuous improvement. You’ll be part of a team that values transparency, empowerment, and high performance.What you'll do As Senior Associate, Regulatory Compliance, Malaysia you will play an integral part in delivering the regulatory engagement strategy and support our Malaysian money services business (MSB) and merchant acquiring licenses. You will assist with our licensing responsibilities and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders as necessary to ensure compliance through the communication of regulatory requirements, cross-functional collaboration to productize solutions and offerings, implementation and execution of processes, filing of all requisite reports, renewal of registrations and licenses, and management of regulatory audits. You will support the analysis of new and existing products and enhance our 2LOD controls to enable the maturity of both customer-facing and internal back-office processes and product features.Responsibilities: ● Support the company’s expansion by assisting with the regulatory compliance components of licence authorisation processes ● Assist in relation to licence applications, business plan updates and information requests between company and our regulators ● Ensure that our regulatory compliance and integrity risk reporting obligations aremaintained for all company’s entities in Malaysia ● Support on-site audits and inspections (in collaboration with our LRC colleagues) ● Provide regulatory compliance analysis and input with respect to regulatory change initiatives ● Review and update policies, processes and provide advice in relation to regulatory risk obligations that exist within the 1st line business ● Provide regulatory compliance analysis and input within the company Risk Management Framework and associated escalation process (inc. the Group Risk Committee) ● Liaise with senior cross-functional stakeholders globally ● Support the delivery of the Compliance Monitoring Program; Conduct targeted and thematic reviews on a wide range of topics to ensure appropriate organisational maturity ● Delivery of the company’s Compliance Training for employees and ad-hoc training to specific business areas as required ● Conduct ‘Proactive Special Ops’ projects to unlock business or operational issues to enable company to achieve its strategic goals more rapidlyWho you are We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory. Minimum Qualifications: ● Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of compliance experience in a regulated financial institution, FinTech, legal / consulting firm, or combination of the above ● Familiarity with financial regulatory laws, rules, regulations in Malaysia ● Data proficiency - ability to work with data and leverage it for strategic decision-making ● Ability to multi-task and lend creative support to solve complex regulatory compliance challenges ● Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to deal with a range of internal and external stakeholders ● Experience with developing and/or maintaining a compliance program within a financial institution, preferably in respect of payments activity ● Exposure to licensing processes, regulatory expansion, and RegTech or technology-driven compliance solutions ● Demonstrate understanding of financial products/services and related conduct risk, ethics, and controls Preferred Qualifications: ● Experience supporting matters with Bank Negara Malaysia ● Exposure to the Financial Services Act, Money Services Business Act and related guidelines ● Proficient in Bahasa MelayuAbout CLPS RiDiK RiDiK is a global technology solutions provider and a subsidiary of CLPS Incorporation (NASDAQ: CLPS), delivering cutting-edge end-to-end services across banking, wealth management, and e-commerce. With deep expertise in AI, cloud, big data, and blockchain, we support clients across Asia, North America, and the Middle East in driving digital transformation and achieving sustainable growth. Operating from regional hubs in 10 countries and backed by a global delivery network, we combine local insight with technical excellence to deliver real, measurable impact. Join RiDiK and be part of an innovative, fast-growing team shaping the future of technology across industries.