Head of Legal and Compliance, APAC

Join us as a Head of Legal, Compliance & Financial Crime, APAC at NatWest Group .

This high-profile role involves leading a legal, compliance, and financial crime team to deliver local strategy and provide expert, accurate, and cost-effective advice.

You will leverage your knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment, along with your significant experience in the financial services industry. You’ll be recognized as an expert in your field and will interact with senior stakeholders across the bank and externally.

What you'll do

Manage and coordinate the delivery of advice and support on regulatory, compliance, financial crime, and legal issues. Lead and manage your team of legal, compliance, and financial crime specialists, external advisers, and stakeholders to deliver advice, transactions, and projects on time.

Additionally, you’ll be :

• Ensuring legal advice is understandable to non-lawyers, timely, and minimizes legal risks.
• Focusing on high performance, development, and succession planning.
• Improving operating practices, maintaining strong control, and identifying efficiencies.
• Managing relationships with senior stakeholders locally and globally, including the APAC CEO and global teams.

The skills you'll need

Be a highly experienced solicitor or barrister with in-depth knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment affecting a global financial services firm. Demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build relationships at a senior level.

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Additional details

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