Senior Manager, Compliance

ESR is a leading Asia-Pacific real asset owner and manager focused on logistics real estate, data centres, and energy infrastructure that power the digital economy and supply chain for investors, customers, and communities. Through our fully integrated real asset fund management and development platform, we strive to create value and growth opportunities for our global portfolio of investors. We offer our customers modern space solutions to realise their ambitions across Australia and New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Greater China, Southeast Asia, and India, including a presence in Europe.

We are recruiting a Senior Manager, Compliance to be based in Singapore on a permanent basis, playing a leading role in driving ESR Group’s compliance framework and ensuring compliance with local guidelines in a number of jurisdictions.

Reporting into the Head of Compliance, the Senior Manager would be responsible for

• Oversee Singapore compliance for CMS-licensed entities in line with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) requirements.
• Monitor regulatory developments, assess operational impact, and maintain internal policies, procedures, and risk assessments to ensure ongoing compliance.
• Lead MAS reviews, inspections, reporting, and notifications, and coordinate with external auditors or consultants on regulatory audits.
• Advise senior management, stakeholders, and the Board on compliance matters, providing updates, risk insights, and recommended mitigation strategies.
• Review and approve marketing and fund distribution materials across APAC and international jurisdictions in line with regulatory and disclosure requirements.

Group Compliance

Assist the Group Compliance team in coordinating the compliance function across all business units and subsidiaries within the group, including setting up group-wide compliance strategies and framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements across jurisdictions, and fostering a strong compliance culture at all levels.

Establish and periodically update compliance policies, procedures, and controls to reflect current regulations and risk appetite.

Implement the design and execution of control testing, compliance monitoring, and surveillance programs.

Assist with due diligence and compliance integration activities.

Support compliance risk management by identifying and monitoring regulatory risks and assisting with controls and remediation actions to ensure compliance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in law, Compliance / Finance or Business-related degree.

Has more than 10 years of experience in one or more of the following fields: compliance, legal, regulatory and/or corporate secretarial.

Excellent written and spoken English (other Asian languages are also advantageous for liaising with local authorities), with strong ability to write reports and produce presentations to a high standard.

Meticulous, independent, self-motivated person who can manage workload and meet deadlines.

Committed team member to assist in various governance and compliance related projects and assignments.

Benefits

Grow with us – Career growth and learning

We believe our greatest strength lies in the growth and development of our team. From day one, we create an environment that builds confidence and lays the foundation for long-term success. Whether you’re launching your career or stepping into a leadership role, we provide the tools, learning opportunities, and personalised guidance to help you thrive.

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Our values and purpose

Our values are the foundation of everything we do—shaping our performance, culture, and ambition. Our purpose is rooted in the pursuit of excellence across all areas of our business, with a focus on maintaining the highest standards of performance, accountability, and integrity.

When you join us, you commit to three core principles

We Do the Right Thing: Integrity is non-negotiable. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of accountability, ensuring that every financial decision and business move is ethical and transparent.

We Win as One Team: Our culture thrives on collective success. We break down functional silos to ensure that our ambitions are met through seamless collaboration and mutual support.

We Think Beyond the Present: We don’t just manage for the quarter; we build for the years to come. We challenge ourselves to look past immediate gains to secure long-term excellence and sustainable growth.

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ESR Group is Asia-Pacific's leading New Economy real asset manager and one of the largest listed real estate investment managers globally. Our fully integrated fund management and development platform extends across Australia and New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Greater China, Southeast Asia and India, including a presence in Europe. We provide investors with a diverse range of real asset investment and development solutions across private and public investment vehicles. Our focus on New Economy real assets offers customers modern solutions for logistics, data centres, and infrastructure and renewables. Our purpose, Space and Investment Solutions for a Sustainable Future, drives us to manage sustainably and impactfully for the communities where we operate and the spaces we develop to thrive for generations to come.

ESR Group is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKSE: 1821.HK).