Senior Compliance Officer, Japan

Role summary The Senior Compliance Officer Japan is responsible for managing and maintaining LCH’s compliance with the Japanese regulatory framework as it applies to central clearing services. The role involves communicating with and developing a relationship with the Japanese authorities (Japan FSA and Bank of Japan) and building sufficient understanding of LCH clearing services to engage credibly with regulators internal stakeholders and senior management. The Senior Compliance Officer Japan is part of the Regulatory Advisory team that acts as the primary channel for communication between our businesses and the regulators handling applications in relation to new product initiatives as well as managing review and information requests arriving from the regulators. They are also the first point of contact when a business seeks advice about the interpretation of current or forthcoming regulations. The Senior Compliance Officer Japan will report to the Senior Regulatory Advisor APAC and provide support across the team with business initiatives regulatory requests managing trackers information management. The individual will also work closely with the APAC and global Legal team and local counsel based in Tokyo. The role is based in the Tokyo office. Compliance in LCH Ltd The Compliance department is organised into two teams the Regulatory Advisors and Core Compliance under the Chief Compliance Officer who reports into the CEO of LCH Ltd. There is a functional reporting line into the Group Chief Compliance Officer. Compliance is responsible for ensuring that the business can operate and develop within regulatory framework. The function manages LCH’s relationships with its regulators. This includes overseeing compliance with reporting requirements managing new licence and product applications and conducting periodic assurance reviews of compliance with regulations. The vision is to keep the firm aligned with best practice in terms of regulatory compliance. To do this we recruit and retain motivated talented staff deepen our relationships with regulators in all relevant jurisdictions maintain a robust monitoring function to give senior management assurance about compliance with regulations and continually reassess our processes to innovate and find better ways of doing things. What you'll be doing: Managing and maintaining compliance with Japanese regulatory requirements applicable to central clearing services. This includes communicating with the Japan FSA and