Compliance Manager & MLRO (Fintech)

Location: Seoul, South Korea. This role is based in Korea.

Company

Global payments and financial platform providing business accounts, payments, spend management, treasury, and embedded finance solutions.

What you will do

• Own and develop the financial crime compliance framework for the Korea market, aligned with the global compliance framework.
• Lead AML regulatory interactions, examinations, ad-hoc requests, and relationships with regulators and financial partners.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and monitor the anti-money laundering program and internal compliance controls.
• Manage enhanced due diligence approvals, name-screening alert escalations, and suspicious matter reporting.
• Provide compliance guidance to Commercial, Operations, and Financial Partnership teams.
• Prepare monitoring reports, performance metrics, key risk indicators, and updates for senior management, the audit committee, and the board.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of financial crime compliance experience in a financial institution.
• Written and verbal fluency in Korean and English.
• Experience managing challenging priorities and delivering under deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and management skills.
• Ability to address findings from audits, self-assessments, compliance reviews, and regulatory examinations.

Nice to have

• Experience as an MLRO or Deputy MLRO.
• Experience interacting with regulators.
• Knowledge of the payments industry.
• FX training from KBI or KIFIN.
• Auditing experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a global Legal, Risk & Compliance organization focused on financial integrity and ethical conduct.
• Collaborate with teams across a global payments and financial platform.
• Opportunity to build and manage compliance programs for the Korea market.
• Work on high-visibility regulatory, risk, and operational challenges.