Head of Compliance Operations

Aspera Edge operates across multi-jurisdictional regulatory frameworks — UK, EU, APAC — supporting counterparty institutions whose treasury and payments operations face regulatory examination, compliance reporting requirements, and jurisdictional regulatory scrutiny. The compliance function is constitutive of how Aspera Edge engages institutional counterparties, not an overlay applied after the fact.

The Head of Compliance Operations is the principal of this function. The role establishes compliance architecture as primary infrastructure — the framework within which counterparty engagement, regulatory reporting, and jurisdictional adherence are operationally executed.

Establish and operate compliance across multiple jurisdictions. Build the compliance organization supporting counterparty engagement at scale, with primary jurisdictional focus on UK, EU, and APAC regulatory frameworks.

The Head of Compliance Operations is responsible for compliance architecture across the firm — establishing how Aspera Edge meets regulatory requirements across jurisdictions, how compliance protocols are codified and applied, and how compliance monitoring operates across counterparty engagements.

The role coordinates with the Financial Crime & AML Lead on AML/CTF operational architecture, with the Institutional Risk Analyst on risk exposure governance, with Legal Operations Counsel on regulatory legal interpretation, and with the Chief Risk Officer on enterprise risk and compliance executive strategy.

The function operates against the reality that compliance is treated by institutional counterparties as a primary diligence vector — and that Aspera Edge's compliance architecture must be operationally credible to qualified financial regulators, institutional internal audit functions, and counterparty compliance teams under examination conditions.

• Lead compliance architecture across UK, EU, and APAC jurisdictional frameworks, including framework design, control implementation, and compliance monitoring across regulatory regimes
• Establish regulatory reporting protocols across jurisdictions, including reporting cadence, regulatory submission integrity, and jurisdictional reporting coordination
• Operate compliance monitoring across counterparty engagement — counterparty due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and compliance review during counterparty operations
• Direct sanctions screening operations across counterparty engagement, including OFAC, UK HMT, EU consolidated sanctions, and APAC sanctions regime monitoring
• Coordinate AML/CTF operational architecture with the Financial Crime & AML Lead, establishing AML control framework, monitoring protocols, and suspicious activity escalation pathways
• Handle regulatory escalation events — regulatory inquiry, regulatory examination, regulatory review — including regulator engagement, response coordination, and resolution
• Coordinate with audit functions on compliance audit readiness, audit response, and audit finding resolution
• Translate regulatory framework changes into Aspera Edge compliance protocols — monitoring regulatory landscape evolution and adapting compliance architecture to jurisdictional shifts
• Coordinate with Legal Operations Counsel on regulatory legal interpretation and compliance-legal interface across jurisdictions

• Regulatory frameworks: UK (FCA, PRA, HMT), EU (EBA, ECB, national competent authorities), APAC (MAS, HKMA, RBI, ASIC, FSA)
• Sanctions regimes: OFAC, UK HMT, EU consolidated sanctions, APAC jurisdictional sanctions
• AML/CTF frameworks: FATF standards, jurisdictional AML legislation, sanctions screening protocols
• Regulatory reporting: jurisdictional reporting requirements across UK, EU, APAC supervisory bodies
• Internal coordination with Financial Crime & AML Lead, Institutional Risk Analyst, Legal Operations Counsel, Governance & Controls Associate
• Counterparty compliance teams at institutional counterparties under examination conditions
• External regulatory examinations, audit reviews, and regulator engagement

• 10+ years compliance operations leadership at institutional bank, asset manager, payments institution, or regulated financial infrastructure firm
• Demonstrated leadership building compliance organization at scale across multiple jurisdictions
• Multi-jurisdictional regulatory operating experience — UK, EU, and APAC frameworks at operational depth rather than research depth
• Direct experience with regulatory examination, regulatory engagement, and regulator response at senior leadership level
• Working fluency with AML/CTF frameworks, sanctions regimes, and financial crime monitoring at institutional scale
• Bar admission, regulatory qualification, or equivalent professional standing preferred (Solicitor of England and Wales, equivalent EU jurisdictional admission, or CAMS/ICA professional certification)
• Audit-primary procedural discipline appropriate for institutional regulatory environments