Risk & Legal Officer

Risk & Legal Officer - Blacksmith KYC

Type of role: Employee

Department: Blacksmith KYC, an ING WB COO venture

Location: Singapore

Level: 9 or 10

Blacksmith KYC - an ING WB COO venture - is hiring a Risk & Legal Officer.

Introduction

Would you like to be part of an award-winning innovation initiative of ING? Where you will have a positive impact on the financial services industry by re-inventing KYC as we know it? Come and join Blacksmith’s dedicated team You will be part of our Know Your Customer (KYC) venture that is currently scaling up and expanding its services to the wider industry. You will be part of a dynamic team that sets itself apart from the competition by working closely with clients and users, with an insider expert view on KYC, and a no-nonsense mindset. We are doers that get things done.

Risk & Legal Officer responsibilities

You will manage both risk & legal affairs, including KYC of new clients, ensure all operations and processes are aligned with ING Risk Management policies, ensuring 3rd party tooling is aligned with ING Procurement and Risk policies. You will support the core team of the venture by identifying, documenting and responding to the different risks of the initiative such as delivery, IT, operational, financial and contractual risks.
- You will lead risk assessments and security scans.
- You will participate in the sales funnel to define the risk-related requirements of the purchasing party and respond to these in a professional way.
- You will follow up on the contracting with Legal departments, the initiative partners and customers, to make sure contracts are delivered on time and signed correctly.
- You are responsible for Internal ING Service Level Management, making sure all intragroup agreements are aligned with ING’s Intragroup agreement standard, and formal communications with stakeholders take place.

**Profile**:
You are an excellent communicator who builds relationships, is curious and loves to learn. You have an entrepreneurial mindset and see change as an adventure, and you have a no-nonsense / let’s get this done attitude.

You bring the following qualities:

- You can communicate clearly and concisely and can create easy to read risk reports
- You pay attention to detail and you are a well-organised person who can manage risk assessment in a project-like manner
- You maintain a high level of initiative and you are a creative thinker. Ideas are great, but execution is king.
- You are an independent, proactive and strong team player. You seek guidance when needed, are open to feedback and you challenge your colleagues.
- You embrace change. You are resilient and able to fail, learn and bounce back.

Specific experience asked:

- You have experience in managing risk, creating risk logs and risk responses
- You have experience in B2B sales or purchasing processes like RFI, RFQ and RFP
- 5+ years’ experience and a bachelor’s or master’s degree
- Excellent command of English and preferably additional languages

What we offer you

There has never been a more interesting time to work at ING. We’re on a journey that’s centred around our customers, powered by technology and driven by smart, determined people. We offer you freedom to determine your own course and responsibility and an environment where you are able to empower yourself and others to grow and learn.

About Blacksmith

At Blacksmith, our aim is to transform the burden of KYC into the value of Knowing Your Customer. We offer a single platform to digitally manage a bank’s KYC requirements, connect to known and trusted data sources, generate tailored Customer Due Diligence files on clients and quickly implement regulatory changes in your processes. Blacksmith, the only RegTech with policy digitalisation as the core of its solution, was founded in 2017 and originally developed at ING innovation Labs in Singapore. In addition to flagship customer ING, Blacksmith’s customer base includes multiple banks in various countries.

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