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Xendit is seeking a Head of Compliance, Strategic Projects to join their compliance team in Manila, Philippines. This role is crucial in ensuring that Xendit's business operations adhere to the latest regulatory standards. The Head of Compliance will stay updated with compliance requirements, review regulations, and advise stakeholders. They will develop policies, review initiatives, oversee audits, and design training programs.

The role involves:
  • Ensuring compliance with regulations.
  • Developing and implementing compliance policies.
  • Reviewing new business initiatives.
  • Overseeing regulatory audits.
  • Designing training programs.
  • Supporting the litigation team on compliance matters.

Minimum qualifications include:
  • 10+ years of Compliance experience in Payments and Fintech / Remittance / finance / banking / crypto experience in a senior compliance role
  • Experience in 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
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Preferred qualifications include:
  • Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Accounting, or a related field.
  • Expert knowledge/experience in 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
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Xendit

Xendit is a payment infrastructure provider across Southeast Asia, focusing on Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. It empowers businesses of all sizes with a suite of APIs, e-commerce integrations, and user-friendly applications, facilitating payments, powering marketplaces, and offering KYC and fraud prevention solutions. Xendit aims to simplify and secure payments within the region by building advanced payment rails and serves thousands of businesses, processing millions of transactions monthly. The company is backed by top-tier global venture capital firms.