Manager, Risk & Compliance - Group Business & Transaction Banking

1. Operational Risk Management

• Assist and guide functional unit on the implementation of operational risk management framework, tools and activities:
• Identify, assess and report operational risks and adequacy of controls; including making recommendations to update minimum control standards.
• Identify key controls and scope of as well as perform and report control testing.
• Identify, establish and report Key Risk Indicators.
• Review, verify and report loss events and amount.

1. Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Reporting

• Monitor, track, escalate and validate governance, risk and compliance issues (e.g. from compliance breaches, regulatory audits, compliance reviews, regulatory gap analysis) to ensure timely and proper closure.

1. Advisory – Risk & Control / Compliance

• Review of documentations (frameworks, policies, procedures, etc.) specifically on assessment of risks and controls.
• Review of new products and services, product variations and renewals and product documentations, particularly on identification and assessment of key risks and controls associated with the products and services.

1. Compliance Management

Assist and guide business/support units on the implementation of Group Compliance framework, policies, procedures and relevant regulatory requirements:

• Act as the key liaison person between business/support units and Group Compliance (GC) for any compliance related matters including regulatory audits and compliance review.
• Assist to expedite the submission of the required information from business/support units to Compliance Monitoring team.
• Act as the key liaison person to discuss with the Compliance Monitoring team when there is a potential finding for further clarifications before the findings are finalized and presented to the business/support units.
• Act as the key liaison person to discuss with the Compliance Monitoring team on the action plans and overall target completion timeline.
• Ensure timely escalation of compliance breaches/issues to Group Head and Group Compliance and ensure adequacy of the corrective action plans, to ensure compliance to laws, regulations, standards, policies, procedure and internal framework.
• Coordinate and ensure proper dissemination all relevant regulatory or compliance bulletin/requests to business/support units and ensure satisfactory (i.e. review the adequacy of action plans) and timely completion of regulatory Gap Analysis (GA) for new / revised regulations (as and when requested) per GC’s Gap Analysis Process Guidelines.
• Perform validation of action plans arising from GA / Attestation of Compliance (AOC) or instruction from regulators.
• Identify and develop key controls and assessment to address key regulatory requirements of new / revised / existing regulations with guidance from Group Compliance.

1. Promote risk and compliance awareness e.g. by facilitating and conducting briefing, organizing group discussions and other forms of communication.