Compliance Specialist - Regulatory Obligations & Advisory

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Swift · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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About the role

We're the world's leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value - across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we're proud to support the global economy. We're unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value - a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We're always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions. Join Swift's Compliance team Swift's Compliance department is expanding as part of a major governance and regulatory change programme. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and embed scalable compliance capabilities, supporting regulatory readiness and sustainable business-as-usual compliance.

Responsibilities

This is a hands‑on, cross‑functional role where you will work closely with Regulatory Affairs and Legal (handover and interpretation inputs), 1st Line control owners and delivery leads (control design and implementation), and Assurance/Risk/Internal Audit (governance and audit readiness).

As part of the Regulatory Obligations & Advisory team (RO&A), your responsibilities will include:

Maintain the obligation register by drafting and updating obligations from signed‑off interpretations, tracking scope, versioning, and validation touchpoints.

Support atomic obligation decomposition where needed to enable precise control mapping and evidencing; maintain traceability links (interpretation → obligation → control → evidence).

Support definition and documentation of control intent and the evidence 'minimum bar' by preparing drafts, templates and guidance notes for review.

Coordinate with 1st Line owners to capture control design attributes (owner, frequency, evidence, escalation thresholds) and ensure designs remain clear and testable.

Maintain delivery tracking for agreed control changes, including status updates, dependency tracking and escalation of slippage or quality risks through the agreed route.

Support operation of the evidence repository ('Vault') by ensuring evidence items are correctly indexed (metadata), organised and retrievable.

Support evidence retrieval drills and quality checks, documenting outcomes and follow‑up actions.

Log and coordinate regulatory clarification requests, capture decisions and maintain a reusable clarification log.

Support governance by preparing packs, maintaining minutes/decision logs and action tracking, and producing MI snapshots on obligations, controls and delivery status.

Maintain a team RAID log and ensure timely follow‑up with owners; escalate material items to the team lead as needed.

What will make you successful

At least 5 years of relevant experience in compliance, regulatory change, risk, or control/governance roles within a complex organisation.

Ability to translate high‑level requirements into structured registers, trackers, and practical outputs.

Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, especially in documentation, traceability and evidence indexing.

Strong stakeholder coordination skills; comfortable working across multiple teams and following through to closure.

Strong ownership and delivery mindset: takes end‑to‑end accountability for assigned obligations/control artefacts and drives stakeholders to closure (clear owners, deadlines, follow‑ups), escalating early when delivery risks emerge.

Clear written and verbal communication skills; able to document decisions and rationales in a concise, audit‑ready way.

Professional English proficiency; able to work effectively in a dynamic, international environment.

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