Wealth Management Compliance Manager
Level: AVP
Client: Canadian Investment Bank
Location: Hong Kong
Position Summary:
As the Manager, Compliance, you will assist Head of Wealth Management Compliance Hong Kong with compliance and regulatory issues to support Wealth Management (“WM”) Hong Kong and Wealth Management Asia businesses.
Key Responsibilities:
Keep abreast of regulatory changes, developments and trends in banking, securities, financial advisory services and trust business to assess impact on the business
Review of and advice on new/proposed regulatory requirements, including working with other business and support functions on gap analyses where required
Provide timely regulatory and compliance advice and updates to business and support functions
Assist in advising on, drafting, review, updating and implementing Compliance policies and procedures
for WM HK including, where required, aligning these across WM Asia
Assist in preparing training materials on relevant compliance topics, and conducting compliance training
Execution of the Regulatory Compliance Management (“RCM”) programme, escalation and follow through
on resolution of issues identified from RCM; and assist in keeping RCM updated in accordance with
regulatory requirements and implementing new RCM reviews where required
Support Head of WM Compliance HK in managing regulatory relationships, ensure that regulatory
notifications are filed accurately and on a timely basis as required, prepare and coordinate responses to
regulatory inquiries, regulatory consultation papers, etc.
Assist in facilitating regulatory inspections, and in providing compliance support for external and internal
audits, etc. and ensure appropriate escalation and resolution of regulatory/compliance issues identified
Assist in review of and advice on new and existing products and services, including marketing material
and other material
Participate in global and/or regional projects within Compliance, work with other regional and global
Compliance colleagues to ensure consistency in approach, policies and procedures
Requirements:
Degree with 5 years of regulatory compliance experience in the private banking sector within a financial institution, regulator and/or other comparable environment
Experience in dealing directly with regulators and auditors, strong understanding of HKMA and SFC rules and regulations, preferably private banking specific
Strong attention to detail as well as ability to give a more strategic overview of regulatory issues