We are seeking a commercially minded, hands-on Compliance Specialist to join our team in Hong Kong. In this role, you will be responsible for driving Product Compliance for our upcoming products, while managing Daily Commercial Contract Reviews.
You will work closely with product, tech, and operational teams to ensure our regulatory readiness and card scheme alignment before new features launch, with a primary focus on key markets including the UK, Hong Kong, and international expansion zones.
Product Compliance:
1. Multi-Jurisdiction Regulatory Research: Research and evaluate financial regulations, card scheme rules, FX, and B2B lending requirements across target international markets.
2. Pre-Launch Compliance Sign-Off: Conduct end-to-end product compliance reviews prior to launch to ensure all payment features, workflows, and terms strictly meet regulatory standards.
Commercial Contract & Daily Operational Compliance:
1, Daily Contract Review: Review, draft, and negotiate standard commercial agreements, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), and merchant onboarding terms on a day-to-day basis.
2. Policy Maintenance: Keep internal compliance documentation, customer terms of service, and operational procedures up to date in accordance with local regulations.
Requirements
1. Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, Business, or related disciplines.
2. Minimum 3 years of compliance, regulatory, or legal operations experience within the Fintech, Payments, Acquiring, or B2B Financial Services industry.
3. Excellent written and spoken English is mandatory, as you will read regulatory guidelines, scheme rules, and contracts in English daily. Fluent Mandarin or Cantonese is a plus.
4. Pragmatic, commercially oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, startup/scale-up environment.
5. Exceptional attention to detail, strong patience, and a meticulous approach to regulatory/operational documentation.
Benefits
- Competitive Package
- Collaborative team
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Law, Finance, Business, or a related discipline
- At least 3 years of compliance, regulatory, or legal operations experience
- Experience in Fintech, Payments, Acquiring, or B2B Financial Services
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Fluent Mandarin or Cantonese
- Pragmatic, commercially oriented, and comfortable in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment
What We Do
Kody is on a mission to make in-person payment acceptance easy. Today, paying in person presents common problems for businesses, such as high costs, long queues, and limited choice of payment methods. Kody fully integrates the payment ecosystem. This way, businesses can offer customers more control over their payment choices to make transactions quicker and simpler. Founded by a small group of final-year high school students and launched in July 2022, 24-year-old founder Yoyo Chang (CEO) studied at the University of Cambridge & York whilst raising US$10M. Today, Kody's platform is growing to connect millions of end-users with venues all over the world.
