Global Financial Crime Compliance Counsel

Responsibilities

About the Team Our Global Legal Compliance team provides key support for all of Tik Tok’s innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global markets. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal and compliance guidance and support. The Tik Tok Global Legal Compliance team is growing fast and is seeking a highly experienced, bright, and capable legal compliance lawyer to join us.

• Evaluate, support, and influence a culture of compliance throughout the organization, as well as counseling, assessing, and supporting an efficient Anti‑Money Laundering/Counter‑Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) compliance program with respect to Tik Tok and Tik Tok LIVE.
• Advise and recommend compliance initiatives and programs to Tik Tok compliance and relevant teams to comply with applicable global Anti‑Money Laundering, sanctions, fraud laws and regulations.
• Partner closely with Tik Tok, Global Payments, Internal Audit, and the various business verticals to implement and operationalize the aforementioned compliance initiatives and programs; continuously advise on the improvement of technical solutions to monitor, analyze, and report suspicious activity.
• Support the enterprise‑wide financial crime program advising on product risk assessments, control reviews, and policy updates.
• Engage with business leaders across jurisdictions to embed financial crime risk considerations into operational and strategic decision making.
• Drive and collaborate with stakeholders to promote a culture of compliance and anti‑financial crime awareness throughout the organization.

• Law degree or Masters of Law, up-to-date qualifications to practice law in common law jurisdiction is required.
• Proven combined legal and compliance experience at a reputable international law firm, in‑house with a multi‑national company; technology and/or fintech sector experience strongly preferred. Candidates must also have strong knowledge of fraud, AML, and sanctions regulatory and compliance programs.
• Deep understanding of the substance and nuances in the AML, Fraud, and Sanctions areas, skillfully interpreting and applying legal concepts to effectively handle various legal matters on a global scale, operate in gray area situations, exhibiting a high level of autonomy and responsibility; considers both business and legal implications of advice with a well‑attuned understanding of risk.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; understands client needs, requirements, and key concerns; adapts communication style and approach to maximize impact across a range of audiences.
• Possess the highest standard of ethics and a positive attitude in learning and willing to pick up new knowledge and skills.
• Candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership skills in setting strategic goals, but also have a "roll up their sleeves" mentality in executing the work.
• Maintains an appropriate degree of confidentiality.

• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment while demonstrating flexibility, commitment to teamwork, anticipates clients needs and delivers with timeliness, accurately sense the urgency and sensitivity to the situation.
• Ability to manage heavy workload volume and meet critical deadlines with little supervision.
• Proactively identifies problems or issues, takes lead in resolving issues, and makes recommendations for necessary process improvements.
• Demonstrates an in‑depth understanding of the business and industry and shows support for delivery of the product, services and initiatives of the organization.
• Demonstrates creativity in finding solutions and uses good judgment in doing so.
• Demonstrates ability to influence and enlist support.

Tik Tok is the leading destination for short‑form mobile video. At Tik Tok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. Tik Tok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

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