Head of Compliance, Asia

Description:

Let's grow together

Zurich Cover-More is one of the world's largest travel insurance and assistance providers and part of Zurich Insurance Group, a leading multi-line insurer. We stand for more care, more cover, for all, and we look after more than 20 million of the world's travellers every year, making sure we are there every step of their journey.

Our family of customer-facing brands include Travel Guard, Cover-More Travel Insurance, Travelex Insurance, Universal Assistance, World Travel Protection, Freely and Blue Insurance. We are a connected and caring workforce of more than 2600 employees with teams in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

Our global delivery platform provides a consistent multi-lingual service experience and ability to write insurance policies in more than 50 countries. Zurich Cover-More has more 200 distribution partners around the world including airlines, global travel companies, major banks and credit card providers and leading retailers.

What's the job?

You will:

• Lead the implementation of Zurich Group Compliance frameworks across Asia, ensuring alignment with global standards and local regulations.
• Oversee compliance for the global sanctions screening team and Travel Guard's service center in Kuala Lumpur.
• Provide strategic compliance support to regional leadership and functional teams across Asia.
• Coordinate with local Heads of Compliance in key jurisdictions including Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and China.
• Support global partnership deals and NAC initiatives from a compliance perspective.
• Conduct risk assessments and manage compliance through controls, training, and governance.
• Design and execute regional assurance plans, including monitoring, testing, and reporting.
• Advise on conduct risks related to products, distribution, and marketing.
• Present compliance reports to boards and senior leadership.
• Collaborate with Legal, Risk, Audit, and other assurance functions to ensure integrated governance.

What we're looking for

You will have:

• Over 10 years of experience in financial services and regulatory compliance across Asia, ideally within travel insurance.
• Deep understanding of regulatory environments in Singapore, Malaysia, China, and Hong Kong.
• A degree in law, business, economics, or a related field; relevant certifications are highly desirable.
• Proven ability to lead regional compliance initiatives and influence across complex, matrixed organizations.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders across cultures and seniority levels.
• Experience in sanctions screening, transactional compliance, and cross-border partnerships.
• High integrity, collaborative mindset, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Why choose us?

We value optimism, caring, togetherness, reliability, and determination.

We have more than 2900 employees worldwide: we are a global group of digital specialists, actuaries, marketers, doctors, nurses, case managers, claims specialists, finance experts and customer service professionals. We share a global purpose to look after travelers, at every step of their journey.

Job flexibility. We understand the importance of making sure that work fits into your life, not the other way around. Our hybrid approach ensures our employees maintain work-life balance with the flexibility of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

Career growth. This is an extremely exciting time for us at Zurich Cover-More, as we are rapidly growing our business around the world. We are dedicated to helping our employees reach their full potential through a comprehensive onboarding program, ongoing professional development opportunities and a supportive work environment that encourages growth.

Take the time you need, for you and your community. We encourage you to take the time you need when you need it. We offer regular annual and personal leave benefits along with anniversary leave, volunteer leave and a comprehensive paid parental leave scheme.

Diversity and inclusion. We respect who you are and thoroughly embrace diversity. So whatever walk of life you wander, just be you and come as you are.

We also offer some fantastic benefits including:

Flexible working opportunities

Personal and family insurance coverage

Employee rewards and recognition schemes

Comprehensive personal, family, and special leaves

Education and professional development

Flexible benefits

Apply today and let's go great places together