Legal and Compliance Manager

At Omise, we believe the digitalization of the economy has opened up the world and offers endless opportunities to grow and make meaningful connections with one another. Omise is powered by its payment infrastructure sister company, Omise Payment Holdings, which provides one-stop online payment solutions.

Omise connects people, businesses and society in innovative ways to provide fair and open access to a growing economic ecosystem under its vision of enabling access to the digital economy for everyone. We are on a mission to make digital finance seamless and borderless for people and businesses. Our solutions are used by thousands of companies worldwide including Toyota, ByteDance, ICBC, SCB, True, Allianz Ayudhya, McDonald’s, BMW, King Power and Pomelo.

We are obsessed with solving financial coordination problems and developing new business models and technology that enable businesses to grow. We focus on addressing financial complexities and chokepoints by offering seamless and borderless solutions for our customers because we want them to focus on their core business and value proposition.

As a value-driven organization, we are dedicated to selecting and retaining the sharpest minds across all functions. Help us make digital finance seamless and borderless for people and businesses.

Why we need you

As a Legal and Compliance of Omise, you will be leading the legal and compliance team that is a cornerstone of business operations at Omise. You will be ensuring all well-implemented legal practices and processes empower Omise to focus on its growth opportunities across all the countries it operates and will operate (SEA and global) while developing legal frameworks and processes that champion legal and regulatory compliance. You will also play an utmost important role in managing business partners and law firms for all legal-related matters. You will ensure that our internal policies align with the regulatory landscape and provide indispensable legal expertise to other business functions. The position reports directly to the Head of Risk and Compliance of Omise.

What you will be doing

Legal & Contract Management

• Draft, review, and negotiate various sorts of agreements, including but not limited to Service Agreement for all applicable products of Omise and operation-related agreements.
• Manage legal vendors to optimize their local expertise and minimize legal risks for all business activities.
• Monitor and report on legal developments and implications
• Provide best practices and responses to any matters that engage the company in arbitration and/or litigation.
• Work with internal and external auditors to continually improve legal processes and practices.
• Study and gather legal information through research to provide timely advice on impactful matters.
• Acting as a business partner providing indispensable legal expertise to all other business functions
• Counseling C-suite and other heads of departments on legal issues and mandatory proceedings
• Developing legal frameworks and processes that champion legal and regulatory compliance
• Studying and gathering legal information through own and team’s research to provide timely advice on impactful matters
• Supporting the Risk and Compliance department as a sounding board for their compliance-related policy and regulatory management
• Working with internal and external auditors to continually improve legal processes and practices.

Regulatory Compliance

• Monitor the regulatory landscape in regards to card schemes, payment service, money laundering, and personal data protection.
• Communicate on a regular basis with regulatory authorities, including but not limited to, BOT, AMLO, and Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC).
• Support our AML/CFT compliance program and support the KYC and risk team when evaluating high-risk merchants.
• Ensure a speedy and appropriate reaction to any matter in which ML/TF is suspected.
• Continuously review and update policies to reflect compliance and business requirements.
• Provide internal training related to compliance requirements.
• Work with business units to ensure that our new products/services are within the scope and align with the regulatory requirements.

You

• LLB or LLM with 5 years experience in legal firm(s) or multinational company(ies)
• Knowledge and understanding of regulatory compliance programs, policies and procedures, general commercial laws and laws related to financial technology.
• Previous working experience in compliance in the payment industry is an advantage , as is experience with BOT’s regulations and risk.
• Excellent people and project management skills with an ability to work under tight deadlines
• Fluent English speaker and excellent writing skills
• Good interpersonal skills, good communication, cross-cultural skills and the ability to work well with people at all levels
• Knowledge and understanding of regulatory compliance programs, policies and procedures, general commercial laws and laws related to financial technology
• Specialization or professional practice in laws relevant to Omise business, e.g. private law, banking law, insolvency law, international law, contract law, tort law, financial services, or comparative law is preferred.

How to apply

If you liked what you read and believe to be up for the challenge, we'd be pleased to welcome you to the recruitment process for this position. Simply click on apply and submit your contact info. Afterward, this will happen next:

• The hiring team will review your application
• 2-3 Interviews with the hiring team, People Operations team and all stakeholders involved in the process

Why you’ll love it here

• Work with other talented, ambitious international colleagues who love their craft
• A modern and well-equipped work environment
• Flexible working hours
• A medical healthcare plan and annual health check-up
• A friendly bunch of colleagues

What we believe in

• We cultivate teamwork and a trust-based working culture
• We celebrate diversity and continuous improvement
• Giving our employees the opportunity and create for their own success

About Omise

• Founded in 2013, 500 people
• Headquartered in Japan, with operational headquarters in Bangkok and offices in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
• Raised over $236M of funding to date from institutional investors including SCB10X, SPARX Group Co. Ltd., Toyota Financial Services Corporation, JIC Venture Growth Investments, MUFG Bank, Mars Growth Capital, Ascend Venture Group, and more
• Won Digital Startup of the Year at Digital Thailand Big Bang 2017
• Won Forbes Japan Startup of the Year 2018
• Won 3 awards from International Business Magazine Award 2020
• Most Innovative Electronic Payment Platform for Singapore
• Most Innovative Seamless Transactions Provider for Singapore
• Best Payment Solutions Provider in Singapore
• Won Mizuho Innovation Award 2022 (Q2)

Life at Omise

Nearly 500 employees work from our six office locations as well as remotely from home or co-working spaces. While we are a global company, a lot of our thinking goes into how to solve payment problems at the hyper-local level to help businesses scale and reach their customers.

Our core values — simple, real, and beautiful serve as our North Star and are integrated into how we work and the results of our work.

At Omise, we empower people to embrace project-ownership and take initiative. We love to see our employees act as the owner of the outcome and confidently provide solutions to each challenge, taking a collaborative teamwork approach. Our fellow employees are encouraged to discuss and share ideas, and are given the freedom to explore all areas of their work, in order to achieve the expected results.

People at Omise are from different backgrounds and together, we contribute to creating an inclusive, friendly, and safe working environment. As a company, we embrace diversity and value open discussions, a learning mindset, professionalism, and respect. “Growing with us” means to celebrate the challenges and to always look for opportunities to learn, develop your skills, and move one step forward each day. If this is the work environment you are looking for, then get in touch with us.

We look forward to hearing from you. Omise embraces diversity and nourishes an open and inclusive work environment. We are home to over 27 nationalities and all decisions to hire, promote or discharge are based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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