Head of Risk - D01 Cecil, Marina, People’s Park, Raffles Place, SG

Roles & Responsibilities

We are looking for a Head of Risk for the fast-growing Singapore office. We are looking for a motivated / energetic and critical thinker to help shape a new and exciting team.

The Head of Risk appointment will provide leadership in the development of risk & control frameworks, policies, procedures and tools as it relates to our Singapore and APAC business practices. The individual will work closely with all business teams globally to provide ongoing risk support and oversight and challenge day-to-day risk management and control activities across the business.

The Head of Risk will be responsible for advising and supporting the business with the evaluation of their existing processes, understanding the risks that arise and assisting as appropriate in the determination of remedial actions for any control gaps that may develop.

The Head of Risk challenges and influences the business to ensure its control environment is robust and effective to mitigate the risks across the business and will challenge and build trusted relationship with a wide range of senior stakeholders across the Group in order to deliver focused continuous improvement on risk mitigation and control adequacy, efficiency and effectiveness.

Areas of Responsibility :

Regulatory & Governance

• Develop and maintain the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework in line with MAS Guidelines on Risk Management, Outsourcing, and TRM.
• Ensure compliance with the Payment Services Act (PSA), MAS Notices, and any other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Act as the key risk contact point with MAS and other regulatory authorities.
• Support the Board and CEO in fulfilling their risk governance responsibilities.

Operational & Technology Risk

Financial, Liquidity & Safeguarding Risk

Fraud & Financial Crime Risk

Risk Reporting & Culture

Foster a strong risk-aware culture across the organization.

Key competencies required to be effective in this role :

Understanding of Fraud and Consumer Risk

Develops strategic perspective

Communicates powerfully and influences

Collaborates and fosters teamwork

Focuses on results

Builds relationships

Skills and Experience :

Tell employers what skills you have

Transaction Processing

Treasury

Risk Governance

Risk Assessment

Enterprise Risk Management

Outsourcing

Risk Management

Audit Compliance

Operational Risk Management

Compliance

Verbal Skills

Fraud

Banking

Operational Risk

Big 4

Regulatory Requirements

Incident Management