Head of Legal and Compliance, Apac

1 week ago

Raffles Quay, Singapore NatWest Full time

Join us as a Head of Legal, Compliance & Financial Crime, APAC
- In this high profile role, you’ll be leading a legal, compliance & financial crime team to deliver the local strategy and provide expert, accurate and cost effective advice
- Your knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment will be invaluable, together with your significant experience in the financial services industry
- You’ll be recognised as an expert in your field, and be exposed to senior stakeholders across the bank and externally

What you'll do

We’re looking for an experienced leader to manage and coordinate the delivery of advice and internal and external support on key regulatory, compliance, financial crime and legal issues. You’ll also be leading and managing your team of legal, compliance and financial crime specialists, external advisers and other stakeholders in successfully delivering advice, transactions and projects on a timely basis.

Additionally, you’ll be:

- Making sure that our legal advice is readily understandable to non-lawyers, delivered within relevant timescales, and manages and minimises legal risks
- Ensuring high performance standards with a focus on development opportunities and proactive succession planning
- Delivering continuous improvement in operating practices and processes, ensuring we maintain a strong control environment and identifying efficiencies and improvements in the way we deliver for our business
- Managing relationships with senior stakeholders both locally and globally, including the APAC CEO, APAC Management Team and global compliance and legal teams

The skills you'll need

We’re looking for a highly experienced solicitor or barrister with industry level knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment and issues impacting a global financial services firm. You’ll have a track record of stakeholder management, along with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships up to a senior level.

You’ll also need:

- Strong leadership skills and experience of organising, leading and motivating professional teams
- Significant experience in the financial services industry
- Expert knowledge of Singapore financial services laws, regulation and practice with a track record of strong engagement with MAS
- A strong ability to recognise issues of strategic, legal or reputational importance and evaluate and direct how they should be addressed and resolved
- The ability to keep up to date with and share relevant legal and market developments

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