Senior Compliance Specialist

Company:Marsh Corporate

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs team (“LCPA”) at Marsh McLennan. This role will be based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

As a Senior Compliance Specialist, you will be part of the Marsh and Mercer Singapore team, supporting specialized compliance routines and regulatory advisory work. You will assist the Singapore LCPA team to manage compliance tasks and provide guidance on regulatory matters within the financial services sector, while being able to handle certain tasks independently.

We will count on you to:

• Assist the Lead, Singapore LCPA, with licensing, monitoring, research, training, sanctions review, regulatory reporting, and compliance task management for Singapore.

• Make recommendations based on compliance reviews and escalate issues as appropriate.

• Support formulation of responses to regulators and supervisory entities.

• Anticipate and identify local regulatory issues and develop strategies and solutions under tight timelines.

• Develop and review policies and procedures to meet regulatory requirements and market changes.

• Provide guidance on routine day-to-day compliance and ethics issues, such as licensing, monitoring, research, data compilation and synthesis, reporting, client queries related to compliance matters.

• Assist in local implementation of global and regional compliance programs, risk assessments, and executing against action plans

• Assist with and review Third Party Provider (TPP) submissions, renewals, and payments for compliance with company policy and procedure, including timeliness of submissions and renewals, prior to TPP engagement

• Advise the business on the correct forms & templates to use, and direct colleagues toward relevant resources on company rules and procedures

• Supervise and report on local compliance monitoring activities ensuring proper documentation.

• Support delivery of training on compliance matters such as licensing and internal policies.

• Provide other administrative support requested for compliance work

What you need to have:

• 5 - 8 years’ experience in regulatory advisory work, preferably in financial services sectors.

• Strong ability to analyze complex compliance problems quickly and concisely.

• Ability to exercise initiative and good judgment in ambiguous situations.

• Confidence and ability to engage with senior stakeholders.

What makes you stand out:

• Experience working with financial services regulators.

• Experience in financial crime-related regulatory advisory work.

• Proven ability to manage senior stakeholders including local C-suite and business leaders.

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit corporate.marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.