{"id":2501,"date":"2026-08-12T22:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marlarmyaing.com\/?post_type=jobpost&#038;p=2501"},"modified":"2026-08-13T01:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:59:23","slug":"head-of-compliance-jid-166","status":"publish","type":"jobpost","link":"https:\/\/marlarmyaing.com\/mm\/careers\/head-of-compliance-jid-166\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of Compliance (Job ID : 166)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Role Overview\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are seeking a business-facing Head of Compliance to lead the compliance function for a regulated lending business. The role suits a senior compliance professional with strong regulatory judgment and practical understanding of lending operations, customer journeys, and governance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The successful candidate will bring strong regulatory judgment, sound understanding of lending operations, and the confidence to act as an independent second line function. The role reports administratively to the Chief Executive Officer and has direct access to the board and relevant committees on material compliance matters, including authority to escalate significant issues where\u00a0appropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Role Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Department<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/td><td>Compliance\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Reports To<\/strong>\u00a0<\/td><td>Chief Executive Officer\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Location<\/strong>\u00a0<\/td><td>Yangon, Myanmar\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Employment Type<\/strong>\u00a0<\/td><td>Permanent, Full-Time\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Regulatory Scope<\/strong>\u00a0<br><\/td><td>Lending, customer protection, AML\/CFT, and related regulation\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Success Looks Like in the First 12 Months\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Build a credible compliance framework with clear ownership, escalation, and board reporting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Establish effective compliance input into product changes, customer communications, collections, and third-party oversight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Strengthen regulatory readiness, including filings, response management, and issue follow-through<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Improve visibility of compliance risks, complaint themes, and remediation actions for management and the board<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Build trust with management, control functions, and regulators through clear, practical, and independent advice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Responsibilities\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Regulatory Compliance and Oversight\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Own and maintain the compliance framework, including the compliance plan, regulatory obligations register, reporting calendar, and escalation processes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Act as the primary internal contact for regulatory correspondence, inspections, submissions, and follow-up actions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Monitor regulatory developments and assess their impact on products, processes, customer communications, governance, and control requirements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Prepare and maintain regulatory filings, licensing documentation, compliance reports, and periodic reporting to management and the board, and ensure regulatory submissions are accurate, consistent, and delivered on time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Oversee the AML\/CFT framework, including customer due diligence, escalation of suspicious activity, staff awareness, and recordkeeping<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Product, Customer, and Conduct Compliance<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Provide compliance input into the design, launch, and review of lending products, customer journeys, pricing, disclosures, scripts, and processes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Review customer-facing terms, notices, disclosures, and communications to ensure they are clear, fair, and compliant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Oversee conduct and customer protection risks across onboarding, underwriting, disbursement, servicing, collections, complaints, and hardship processes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Review marketing, sales, partner, and collections practices to identify conduct, disclosure, and reputational risks and ensure controls are in place<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Monitor complaint themes, control weaknesses, and customer outcomes, and drive timely remediation with management<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Policy, Governance, and Third-Party Oversight\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Draft, review, and maintain compliance policies, procedures, standards, and guidance aligned with laws, regulations, and internal requirements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Support an effective governance framework with clear escalation, committee reporting, policy review cycles, and oversight of material risks and breaches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Design and deliver compliance training for relevant teams, focused on conduct, customer treatment, AML\/CFT, and regulatory obligations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Oversee compliance aspects of third-party, agent, partner, and outsourcing arrangements, including due diligence before onboarding, ongoing monitoring of conduct and control performance, tracking of complaints and breaches, and escalation of material or repeated issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Compliance Monitoring, Issue Management, and Audit Support\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Conduct compliance reviews across key activities, including onboarding, product changes, lending operations, collections, complaints, data handling, and third-party arrangements, using complaints, exceptions, customer outcomes, and operational trends to test whether controls work in practice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Prepare management and board reporting on compliance findings, breaches, complaints, regulatory developments, and remediation status<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Coordinate with internal audit, external audit, and control functions on compliance reviews, findings, and remediation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Maintain a compliance issues and breach register, drive root-cause remediation, track actions to closure, and escalate overdue or high-risk matters promptly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Advisory Support and External Coordination\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Provide practical compliance advice to business, product, operations, collections, and support functions on regulatory and policy requirements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Review or support review of material contracts, partner arrangements, and new initiatives from a compliance perspective, and identify issues requiring legal advice or escalation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Coordinate with external counsel and other advisers where formal legal interpretation, dispute support, or specialist advice is required<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Qualifications and Experience\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Essential\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Bachelor&#8217;s degree required; law degree preferred<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Minimum 7 years of relevant experience, including time in a senior compliance, regulatory, legal, or control role in regulated financial services, lending, or digital financial services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Strong working knowledge of regulatory requirements for lending, AML\/CFT, customer protection, outsourcing, and related financial services activities in Myanmar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Proven ability to turn regulatory requirements into workable controls, clear guidance, and practical business decisions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Strong written and spoken English; Myanmar language proficiency preferred or required based on business needs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Preferred\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Experience owning or supporting an AML\/CFT framework in a regulated financial institution<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Direct exposure to digital lending, microfinance, mobile-enabled financial services, collections, or other customer-facing regulated operations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Experience supporting board, committee, regulatory examination, or governance processes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Completion of a recognized compliance certification such as ICA, ACAMS, or equivalent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Competencies\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 <strong>Regulatory Judgment and Independence<\/strong>: Exercises sound judgment, maintains independence, and understands the boundary between business ownership and second line oversight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 <strong>Business and Product Understanding<\/strong>: Understands how compliance requirements apply across product, operations, servicing, and customer interactions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 <strong>Stakeholder Management<\/strong>: Builds credibility with management, boards, regulators, and control functions and can challenge constructively<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 <strong>Attention to Detail<\/strong>: Produces accurate, well-structured work and maintains strong control discipline under pressure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022<strong> Integrity and Independence<\/strong>: Raises concerns and escalates issues regardless of seniority or commercial pressure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 <strong>Communication<\/strong>: Communicates clearly, gets to the point, and turns complex issues into practical actions and decisions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Note on Legal Advisory Scope\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This role provides independent compliance oversight and practical, legally informed guidance. It is not a substitute for formal legal practice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The role may review contracts, policies, governance materials, and business initiatives from a compliance perspective, and&nbsp;identify&nbsp;issues requiring legal input. Formal legal opinions, dispute strategy, and specialist legal advice remain the responsibility of external counsel or other qualified advisers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Working Relationships\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Chief Executive Officer (or Chief Operating Officer): administrative reporting line and escalation channel for significant compliance matters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Board and relevant committees: periodic reporting, escalation of material issues, and support on compliance governance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Product, Operations, and Collections Teams: advises on regulatory and conduct requirements in product design, customer journeys, servicing, and collections<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Risk, Finance, Technology, Customer Service, and other control or support functions: partners on controls, reporting, complaints, data handling, and remediation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 External counsel and specialist advisers: coordinates matters requiring formal legal advice or specialist support<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Regulators and external stakeholders: represents the business in regulatory correspondence, examinations, and follow-up processes as appropriate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Role Overview\u00a0 We are seeking a business-facing Head of Compliance to lead the compliance function for a regulated lending business. 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