Regulatory Compliance

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If you believe in better, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Role

1. Manage compliance with regulatory rules focusing on MAS requirements on governance, culture and conduct as well as data protection and PDPC rules on data privacy

2. Manage the regulatory liaison with the relevant regulatory bodies where applicable

3. Collaborate with business units to foster a positive compliance and governance culture through effective compliance awareness, engagement, advisory and preventive programs.

4. Serve as a point of contact to provide advice, guidance and support to business units and business development in the Right Way.

Regulatory Liaison
- Liaise with key regulators, government agencies, and industry associations to ensure that their requests and queries are promptly addressed and represent the Company on relevant governance, culture and conduct, as well as data privacy work issues and industry projects.
- Review and provide adequate challenge to the Business Units (BUs) on responses to Regulators to ensure the Company’s responses are accurate, consistent and of good quality.

Data Privacy
- Provide oversight, guidance and ongoing advisory to the business functions to ensure compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) requirements and obligations.
- Provide PDPA training to key stakeholders as required.
- Monitor compliance with PDPA requirements and conduct review of processes/controls and testing where required.
- Maintain oversight on DNC/PDPA breaches and remediation.
- Proactively foster a positive risk culture within the Company by raising awareness and implementing data privacy initiatives

Governance, Culture & Conduct
- Provide oversight, guidance and ongoing advisory to the business functions to ensure compliance with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) requirements and obligations relating to governance, culture and conduct.
- Provide relevant training to key stakeholders as required.
- Monitor compliance with the relevant requirements and conduct review of processes/controls and testing where required.
- Proactively foster a positive risk culture within the Company by raising awareness and implementing governance, culture & conduct initiatives

Communication

Internal Stakeholders
- Regular engagement with relevant stakeholders regarding governance, culture & conduct, data privacy -related issues/concerns/matters/queries.
- Periodic reporting and handling requests from Group.
- Engagement with Senior Management on important regulatory issues.

External Stakeholders
- MAS, PDPC
- Auditors: Managing and handling external auditors in relation to relevant audit findings and/or queries.

**Requirements**:
Degree
- Bachelor Degree or Legal background (diploma or degree equivalent)

Experience
- At least 5 years’ relevant experience, preferably in the financial services industry, focusing on governance, culture & conduct, data privacy issues including external liaison with regulators.
- Working knowledge of governance, culture & conduct, or data privacy matters.

Certifications/licenses
- Professional Certificate in internal controls/Practitioner Certificate in Personal Data Protection will be an added advantage.

Other Requisite Skills
- Team player
- Liaison, relationship building and communication skills e.g. mediation.
- Building trust and credibility with Key Regulators by responding in an accurate, timely and concise manner.
- Project management
- Presentation and Training skills
- Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives._