<p><strong>Company Profile</strong><br /> <br /> Our client is a fast-growing global fintech company providing payment infrastructure and digital commerce solutions for merchants and online platforms worldwide. The company operates at the intersection of payments, technology, and e-commerce, supporting businesses with secure and scalable transaction solutions across domestic and international markets.<br /> <br /> With a highly international culture and strong profitability, the company offers a dynamic environment where compliance plays a critical role in enabling business growth and product innovation.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>The Role</strong><br /> </p><ul><li>Lead and manage the Japan compliance function, including oversight of a growing compliance team</li><li>Develop, implement, and maintain compliance programs, internal policies, and control frameworks aligned with Japanese regulatory requirements</li><li>Act as a key advisor to business stakeholders across product, operations, treasury, legal, sales, and marketing</li><li>Manage regulatory registrations, regulator communications, inspections, and audit readiness</li><li>Conduct risk assessments, compliance monitoring, internal investigations, and remediation initiatives</li><li>Monitor regulatory developments and assess their impact on products, operations, and controls</li><li>Prepare compliance reports and present key risk updates to senior leadership and the Board</li><li>Drive compliance training, documentation improvements, and process optimization initiatives</li><li>Support cross-border compliance alignment with global teams, external partners, and financial institutions</li></ul><p><br /> <br /> <strong>Your Skills </strong><br /> </p><ul><li>5+ years of compliance experience within fintech, financial services, banking, payments, or other regulated industries in Japan</li><li>Strong understanding of the Japanese fintech regulatory landscape, including payments, AML/CFT, privacy, and consumer protection regulations</li><li>Prior team management or leadership experience preferred</li><li>Strong stakeholder management and ability to partner with both technical and commercial teams</li><li>Comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving environments with high autonomy</li><li>Native / fluent Japanese and business-level English</li></ul><p><br /> <br /> <strong>Key Highlights of the Role </strong><br /> </p><ul><li>Senior leadership opportunity with direct visibility to executive management</li><li>Manage and develop a sizable compliance team in a growing business</li><li>Highly international working environment with strong English usage internally</li><li>Flexible remote working culture with excellent work-life balance</li><li>Opportunity to shape compliance strategy in a high-growth fintech environment</li></ul><p><br /> <br /> <strong>Location </strong><br /> <br /> Tokyo<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>Salary</strong><br /> <br /> 18 - 25 million yen<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Reference Number: 06940-0013454656<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.</em><br /> </p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/RGFsZS5JYmFkdXJyYWhtYW4uNDI4OTIuMTA4OThAcmhpanAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">