Location: Hong Kong, Singapore or Kuala Lumpur, with frequent regional and China travel

1、12+ years of relevant compliance, financial-crime, legal, or risk experience in payments, fintech, banking, acquiring, remittance, e-money, or digital financial services.

2、Significant leadership experience as a senior compliance officer, MLRO, Head of Compliance, or equivalent regulated role.

3、Strong knowledge of AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring, merchant risk, and payment-services regulation.

4、Practical experience working with regulators, external auditors, banking partners, card schemes, and payment networks.

5、Experience designing and scaling controls across multiple jurisdictions, ideally in Southeast Asia.

6、A sound understanding of cross-border payment flows, merchant acquiring/payment facilitation, settlement, and e-wallet or QR-payment ecosystems.

7、The ability to make clear, risk-based decisions in a fast-moving commercial environment.

8、Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage credibly with executives, Boards, regulators, and external partners. Understanding of Mandarin is a prerequisite

9、High integrity, independent judgement, and a pragmatic, collaborative leadership style.

1、Experience in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, or the Philippines.

2、Direct experience with MAS, Bank of Thailand, Bank Negara Malaysia, or other regional financial-services regulators.

3、Experience with tokenised money, stablecoins, digital assets, or cross-border treasury/payment products.

4、Relevant professional qualifications in compliance, law, audit, or financial crime.

Why Ksher

This is an opportunity to shape the compliance foundation of a growing regional payments platform. You will have direct influence on how Ksher expands into new markets, launches products, serves merchants, and earns the trust of regulators, partners, and customers.