Compliance Manager

**The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS)** is a connectional church comprising the General Conference, three Annual Conferences, local churches, and various agencies and organisations. The **General Conference (GC)** is the highest body of the MCS, responsible for legislation, policy, and the overseeing of its various agencies, including the programme agencies responsible for education, missions, and welfare services.

We have a vacancy for **Compliance Manager**.

**Responsibilities and Duties**
- Provide overall supervision on compliance matters and assist with compliance-related advice to MCS agencies.
- Manage compliance with legislations governing charities, regulatory requirements and internal policies.
- Facilitate the management of compliance risk by the effective embedment of the compliance methodology and furnishing advice and guidance relating to compliance issues of strategic nature
- Map and/or align the prescriptive sections per legislations and regulatory requirements with the array of controls the organisation has to implement over time.
- Communicate changes to the legislations governing charities and regulatory requirements.
- Identify, assess and communicate promptly.
- Inform affect areas and/or departments if such developments have an impact on existing processes.
- Assist the organisation to identify changes needed.
- Provide advice in all areas of compliance.
- Oversee the development and maintenance policies and procedures.
- Manage and evaluate the compliance risk profile of the activities conducted by the operation or the business unit.
- Assess the impact of additional and listed controls on the overall risk level associated with these activities.
- Design or update internal policies to mitigate the risk of the organisation.
- Partner with operational areas to formulate best-practice procedures that are balanced to meet the needs of the organisation, stakeholders and regulators.
- Work closely with department heads on audit issues.
- Identify weaknesses in the processes and controls that are in place, from the perspective both of those found to be insufficient and those that are found to be over-prescriptive.
- Oversee continual monitoring and review of compliance procedure to help identify possible areas where improvements could be made.
- Implement and maintain monitoring programme to provide management with some assurance that key risks are being adequately managed within the organisation.
- Apprise senior management informed of both internal and/or external issues and progress.
- Provide regular reporting on key areas of risk.
- Attend to matters assigned by supervisor to support work for Council of Governance, MCS entities etc.

**Job Requirements**
- Diploma or Degree from an established tertiary institution or certification from recognised bodies such as International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA)
- 7 years or above or equivalent of relevant experiences.
- Working experience in risk and compliance related areas e.g. banks, insurance companies or non-profit and religious organisations; preferably at managerial position.
- Familiar with Companies Act, Charities Act, Personal Data Protection Act and other relevant statutes.
- Able to multi-task, work independently and prioritise to meet deadlines.
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills. Able to communicate effectively across many levels of committees headed by clergy and laity.

Please indicate the following information in your resume:

- Current & expected salary
- Reason(s) for leaving
- Availability to commence work