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Legal and Compliance Lead

  • Location: Thailand
  • Salary: Negotiable per annum
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted over 2 years ago

  • Sector: Legal & Compliance
  • Contact: Andrew Thompson
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Expiry Date: 08 June 2022
  • Job Ref: JN -122021-466152

Our client is a leading digital platform with a highly profitable portfolio, that has been growing steadily. There is now an exciting opportunity for a proactive and mature professional to take the role of Legal and Compliance Lead. This is the perfect role for someone who has strong knowledge in legal and compliance who has the ability to set up, support and control the legal and compliance functions in the organization.

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities

· Report directly to management team, work in partnership with the leadership team in each department to ensure the best practice of legal and compliance in the organization.

· Being a focal point of contact on legal and compliance matters, work in partnership with key stakeholders, provide legal support as well as recommendation on effect of all agreements with external parties

· Provide legal advisory and recommendation to the business as well as analyze on complex legal risks and opportunities on various laws

· Draft and review all commercial agreements, prepare legal materials and conduct legal due diligence when necessary

· Responsible for overseeing overall risk management and regulatory compliance in relevant to the company businesses

· Create, monitor, and review compliance & risk policies and procedures to comply with governing BOT, AMLO, SEC regulations as well as PDPA.

· Monitor process to compliance, evaluate of compliance gaps and make recommendations for process improvement

· Provide compliance advisory to support business to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.

· Ensure standard policies, procedures, processes and recommend the best practices to promote compliance with applicable laws and regulations

· Communicate and educate the internal policies, and regulation to related internal department to ensure the compliance of such policies and regulations

Desired Skills & Experience

· Degree qualified in Business law and possessing a lawyers license

· At least 10 years of combination experience in Legal and Compliance in listed companies

· Logical thinking and digital mindset with excellent in communication skills

· Experience in obtaining business licenses

· A healthy balance of big picture theory, best-practices, and strategy as well as the ability to roll up the sleeves and execute

· Experience implementing leadership, teamwork and culture trainings

· A native speaker of Thai who is also proficient in English

Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.