Compliance Officer

Through proprietary software and AI, along with a focus on customer delight, Sleek makes the back-office easy for micro SMEs.

We give Entrepreneurs time back to focus on what they love doing - growing their business and being with customers. With a surging number of Entrepreneurs globally, we are innovating in a highly lucrative space.

We operate 3 business segments:

• Corporate Secretary: Automating the company incorporation, secretarial, filing, Nominee Director, mailroom and immigration processes via custom online robots and SleekSign. We are the market leaders in Singapore with ~5% market share of all new business incorporations
• Accounting & Bookkeeping: Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll thanks to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, AI tools and exceptional customer service
• FinTech payments: Overcoming a key challenge for Entrepreneurs by offering digital banking services to new businesses

Sleek launched in 2017 and now has around 15,000 customers across our offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. We have around 500 staff with an intact startup mindset.

We have recently raised Series B financing off the back of >70% compound annual growth in Revenue over the last 5 years. Sleek has been recognised by The Financial Times, The Straits Times, Forbes and LinkedIn as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia.

Backed by world-class investors, we are on track to be one of the few cash flow positive, tech-enabled unicorns based out of Singapore.

Requirements:
We are looking for a Compliance Officer that is excited about the below Mission and Outcome.

Mission:

To champion a culture of compliance and risk awareness across Sleek, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards globally while driving continuous improvement in our technology and processes.

Outcomes:

• Know Your Customer: Individual KYC exceptions must be reviewed, identification/verification completed, and documented within 5 minutes (on average). Corporate shareholder KYC reviews must be completed and documented within 15 minutes (on average)
• Client Risk Assessment: Approve (low and Medium) and propose conclusion for high risk client to Head of Compliance within 50 minutes (on average).
• Screening/Monitoring Alerts: Name screening alerts must be reviewed and either disposed of or escalated as true hits within 1 business day. Transaction monitoring alerts must be reviewed within 1 business day to determine false positives or escalation for investigation.
• Process / technology improvement: Review key Compliance policies and processes (including compliance tools) each quarter to suggest improvements to the Head of Compliance.

Must-have experience:
For Non-graduates:

• Working in a startup
• Working as a Compliance Officer (or equivalent) (2 years min)

For Graduates:

• Bachelor’s degree from SMU or NUS or equivalent

The interview process

The successful candidate will participate in the below interview stages. We anticipate the process to last no more than 3 weeks from start to finish.

Whether the interviews are held over video call or in person will depend on your location and the role.

Intro call:
A ~30 minute chat with HR to share some more details about the role and make sure there are no show-stoppers.

Case study:
A ~90 minute chat with either the Head of Compliance or CFO, where they will give you some real-life challenges that this role faces, and will ask for your approach to solving them.

Career discussion:
A ~60 minute chat with either the Head of Compliance or CFO, where we will talk about your experience and potential fit with the role in more detail.

Reference interviews:
We'll have two short calls with your current or former managers (as appropriate and available), to understand your experience from someone else's perspective.

Offer:
We’ll make a non-binding offer verbally and over email. Then, if you're OK with it, we'll send a contract for signing within a couple of days.

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Requirement for background screening

Please be aware that Sleek is a regulated entity and as such is required to perform different levels of background checks on staff depending on their role.

This may include using external vendors to verify the below:

• Your education
• Any criminal history
• Any political exposure
• Any bankruptcy or adverse credit history

We will ask for your consent before conducting these checks. Depending on your role at Sleek, an adverse result on one of these checks may prohibit you from passing probation.

By submitting a job application, you confirm that you have read and agree to our Data Privacy Statement for Candidates, found at sleek.com.

Benefits:
Some other great things about working at Sleek…

Humility and kindness: Humility is a core attribute we hire for, which means we have a culture of not taking ourselves too seriously and being able to laugh. Kindness is also incredibly important. We are committed to creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.

Flexibility: You will be required to work from the office at least 2–3 days per week if you are based in Singapore or Australia. For all other hiring locations, the role will be fully remote, with work from home five days a week. If you need to start early or start late to cater to your family or other needs, we don’t mind, so long as you get your work done and proactively communicate.

Financial benefits: We pay competitive market salaries and provide staff with generous paid time off and holiday schedules. Additionally, you’ll be able to access our flexi benefits scheme for home office equipment or health and fitness expenditure. Certain staff at Sleek are also eligible for our employee share ownership plan and can share in the upside of our stellar growth trajectory as we work toward listing on a prominent stock exchange in the Asia Pacific region.

Personal growth: You’ll get a lot of responsibility and autonomy at Sleek - we move at a fast pace so you’ll be making decisions, making mistakes and learning. There’s also a range of internal and external facing training programmes we run. We’re also at the forefront of utilising AI in our space and are developing a regional centre of AI excellence. It is our intention that if you leave Sleek, you leave as a more well-rounded person and professional.

Sleek is also a proudly certified B Corp. Since we started our journey in 2017, we’ve been committed to building Sleek as a force for good. In just over 5 years, we’ve joined a community of industry leaders like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, and P&G who are building an inclusive, equitable, and a regenerative economy.