Compliance Lead, Vietnam - Global Payment

ByteDance
Ho Chi Minh City
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: professionalSkills: ["Coordination","Execution","Analytical thinking","Drafting","Stakeholder management"]

Own compliance for GP’s Vietnam business, with a focus on the P2P lending sandbox entity and adjacent payment/lending products. Lead cross-functional regulatory workstreams from structuring through licensing approvals and go-live, serving as primary interface with State Bank of Vietnam and licensed partners. Drive the AML/CFT program end to end, including MLRO statutory duties, and localize compliance controls, policies, and guidance for delivery teams.

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Compliance Lead, Vietnam - Global Payment

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Job Summary

Own compliance for GP’s Vietnam business, with a focus on the P2P lending sandbox entity and adjacent payment/lending products. Lead cross-functional regulatory workstreams from structuring through licensing approvals and go-live, serving as primary interface with State Bank of Vietnam and licensed partners. Drive the AML/CFT program end to end, including MLRO statutory duties, and localize compliance controls, policies, and guidance for delivery teams.
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Act as single accountable owner for Vietnam regulatory workstreams, driving delivery across product, engineering, operations, risk, legal, and finance teams.
  • •Lead licensing workstreams (applications, sandbox admissions, renewals, variations), including dossier preparation, regulator Q&A, and remediation of conditions.
  • •Advise on partnership structures with local credit institutions and licensed partners, assessing licensing perimeter and conducting documented regulatory risk assessments.
  • •Own the AML/CFT program end to end (EWRA, CDD/EDD, sanctions and PEP screening, transaction monitoring, alert investigation, STR reporting) and serve as MLRO point of contact for the P2P entity.
  • •Localize and maintain compliance policies and controls; manage examinations/audits, maintain an obligations register, and translate regulatory commitments into implementable requirements (eKYC, onboarding, monitoring, record keeping, disclosures).

Key Requirements

  • •Law degree with 5+ years in legal, compliance, or regulatory roles, including owning a compliance workstream.
  • •Experience taking a regulated project/transaction from documentation through completion, including resolving where it stalled.
  • •Ability to coordinate partners and internal functions and secure commitments from stakeholders who do not report to you.
  • •Ability to convert regulatory requirements into clear written specifications for non-legal delivery teams and critically review outputs.
  • •Working knowledge of AML/CFT to own the program end to end, including CDD, screening, transaction monitoring, and STR filing.
Experience:5+ yearsPaymentsFinancial servicesAML/CFTRegulatory complianceP2P lending
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.) in Law
Skills:CoordinationExecutionAnalytical thinkingDraftingStakeholder management

Company Brief

ByteDance
Develops consumer internet and content platforms, including TikTok and other apps for short-form video, news, and entertainment. It also builds advertising, commerce, and creator tools that connect audiences, brands, and publishers across global markets.
Industry: Digital Media
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Founded: 2012
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