Hong Kong | Online Since 27 February 2026
Compliance Administrator
Job number: 1440 | Department: Compliance

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

  • Comply with all relevant internal policies and procedures.
  • Assist with Customer Due Diligence (CDD) reviews including trigger events and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), Sanctions and Liaison notices.
  • Undertake client screening and ongoing monitoring to include Conflict Checks, background or equivalent searches.
  • Review the output generated by the screening and monitoring activities to decipher the information which should be communicated to the fee earners.
  • Investigating potential high-risk clients or high-risk situations to enable decision making on whether to onboard or not, and provide mitigating measures if onboarded.
  • Engage with key stakeholders of the firm, including other Appleby offices to build solid relationships, improve processes, share knowledge and develop a compliance culture.
  • Identify the need for new or amended policies and procedures; review and update policies and procedures.
  • Implement and monitor the day-to-day operation of compliance policies and procedures.
  • Organise, coordinate and complete identified compliance reports in time at the quality level expected.
  • Prompting reviews of the Business Risk Assessment and Compliance Monitoring Programme.
  • Assist with conducting Internal Monitoring (CMP) of adherence to internal policies.
  • Organise, coordinate and complete identified compliance reports in time at the quality level expected.
  • Continuous process improvement and sharing best practice.
  • Support with regulatory, audit and similar inspections.
  • Undertake Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
  • Maintain Compliance Registers.
  • Perform ad hoc tasks as required.