Xendit provides payment infrastructure across Southeast Asia, with a focus on Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. We process payments, power marketplaces, disburse payroll and loans, provide KYC solutions, prevent fraud, and help businesses grow exponentially. We serve our customers by providing a suite of world-class APIs, eCommerce platform integrations, and easy to use applications for individual entrepreneurs, SMEs, and enterprises alike.
Our main focus is building the most advanced payment rails for Southeast Asia, with a clear goal in mind — to make payments across and within SEA simple, secure and easy for everyone. We serve thousands of businesses ranging from SMEs to multinational enterprises, and process millions of transactions monthly. We’ve been growing rapidly since our inception in 2015, onboarding hundreds of new customers every month, and backed by global top-10 VCs. We’re proud to be featured on among the fastest growing companies by Y-Combinator.
About the Job
We are seeking a highly motivated and organised individual to join our Regional Compliance Team as a Regional Compliance Associate / Senior Associate / Manager. This role will support the Regional Compliance Team Lead in executing regional initiatives, driving compliance projects, and ensuring effective policy management and documentation.
The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, possesses excellent project management skills, and is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional teams.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, Management, or a related field.
- Experience: 2–6 years of experience in compliance, project management, management consulting, or strategy roles, preferably within financial services, payments, or a similar industry.
- Skills and Competencies:
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple high-priority projects simultaneously.
- Advanced problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a focus on creating scalable solutions.
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to craft compelling narratives for senior stakeholders.
- Innovative mindset with a passion for improving processes and driving impact.
- Adept at building relationships and influencing without authority across diverse teams and geographies.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in drafting policies and procedures for compliance or regulatory purposes.
- Knowledge of regional compliance requirements in Southeast Asia or other relevant markets.
Responsibilities
Strategic Initiative Management:
- Collaborate with the Regional Compliance Team Lead to design and implement high-impact compliance initiatives across multiple markets.
- Act as a trusted partner to regional and country teams, ensuring alignment with compliance priorities and business objectives.
- Leverage data and insights to propose and execute solutions that drive compliance excellence.
Project Leadership (PMO):
- Lead and coordinate complex compliance projects from ideation to execution, working across geographies and functional teams.
- Create and maintain robust project plans, ensuring timely delivery of milestones and deliverables.
- Anticipate challenges and craft actionable strategies to mitigate risks and drive outcomes.
Policy Design and Optimisation:
- Lead the drafting, streamlining, and standardisation of compliance policies and frameworks, ensuring they are future-proof and scalable.
- Stay ahead of emerging regulatory trends and translate them into actionable policies.
- Act as a key driver in embedding policies into the organisation through impactful communication and training.
Knowledge Management and Best Practices:
- Build and maintain a centralised knowledge repository on Confluence to house compliance policies, project updates, and best practices.
- Drive adoption of streamlined documentation practices to ensure consistency and accessibility across the region.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency and champion best-in-class knowledge sharing across the organisation.
Advisory and Stakeholder Engagement:
- Partner with senior leaders to consult on regional compliance strategies, ensuring they align with business growth and regulatory changes.
- Facilitate workshops and discussions to foster alignment and innovation in compliance processes.
- Act as a change agent, driving engagement and buy-in for compliance initiatives.
What We Do
Xendit is a financial technology company that provides payment solutions and simplifies the payment process for businesses in Indonesia, the Philippines and Southeast Asia, from SMEs and e-commerce startups to large enterprises. Xendit enables businesses to accept payments, disburse payroll, run marketplaces and more. The platform is known for its speed (fast integration, builds), simplicity (easy integrations, pricing), and world-class 24/7 customer support. Amidst the fragmented payment landscape in Southeast Asia, Xendit enables businesses to accept payments from direct debit, virtual accounts, credit and debit cards, eWallets, retail outlets, and online installments. Building the region’s digital payments infrastructure, Xendit is shaping the next generation of scalable businesses across Southeast Asia. Xendit is propelling the region's digital transformation by addressing access, reliability, and regulatory needs enabling more businesses to scale and thrive. As the first-ever Indonesian startup to graduate from YCombinator and backed by investors from Silicon Valley and Asia, including Kleiner and GGV Capital, Xendit powers some of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing brands including Traveloka, Transferwise, Wish, and Grab.
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