Assistant Manager, Group Regulatory Advisory

Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad is seeking an Assistant Manager, Group Regulatory Advisory to disseminate new and revised regulations to stakeholders and coordinate responses for submissions. The role includes preparing GA & AOC, maintaining templates, and publishing regulations to internal portals.

You will provide compliance advisory on new initiatives, train new joiners and customer-facing staff, engage with business units to manage regulatory risk, and supervise subordinates to ensure

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of compliance and regulatory matters.
• Strong leadership and strategic thinking.
• Ability to influence and work collaboratively with colleagues across Group Compliance, Group Risk, Group Internal Audit, and other units.
• Good analytical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Good writing and communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Able to lead and motivate the team under supervision.
• Proactive and able to work independently as well as in a team.

Responsibilities

• Disseminate new/revised regulations to stakeholders.
• Disseminate regulatory/industry consultations to relevant business units to comment/review and coordinate responses for submission.
• Prepare and review Gap Analysis and Attestation of Compliance for new/revised regulations submitted by stakeholders.
• Review and maintain GA & AOC Template Process.
• Review Group Compliance Risk Assessment submitted by stakeholders.
• Maintain Regulatory Risk Matrix.
• Publish regulations to InAlliance Portal.
• Provide compliance advisory to assist business units in managing regulatory risk.
• Review publications and communication materials.
• Provide compliance advisory on new initiatives/projects.
• Conduct training for new joiners and onboarded staff.
• Engage continuously with business units/support units.
• Review Regulatory Breach Notifications to ensure reasonable corrective actions.
• Notify regulators of regulatory breaches.
• Submit secrecy breach reports to regulators.
• Liaise between the Bank and regulators/government bodies/associations.
• Attend ad-hoc advisory matters requested by the Group Chief Compliance Officer.
• Review tasks completed by subordinates and provide guidance and supervision.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Influence

Analytical thinking

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Team motivation

Proactive

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Banking & Finance

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Knowledge in IT Technology

Job description

Assistant Manager, Group Regulatory Advisory

Disseminate new/revised regulations to stakeholders.

Disseminate regulatory/industry consultations to relevant business unit to comment/review and coordinate the responses for submission.

Prepare and review Gap Analysis (“GA”) & Attestation of Compliance (“AOC”) for new/revised regulations submitted by stakeholders.

Review and maintain the GA & AOC Template Process.

Review Group Compliance Risk Assessment (“GCRA”) submitted by stakeholders.

Maintenance of Regulatory Risk Matrix.

Publish regulations to InAlliance Portal.

Regulatory Advisory for New Initiatives/Products/Services/Projects

Provide compliance advisory to assist business unit/support unit to manage their compliance risk.

Review publication and communication materials.

Provide compliance advisory on the new initiatives/projects of the Bank.

Conduct training for new joiners and newly on-boarded customer facing staff, as and when required.

Continuous engagement with business unit/support unit.

Regulatory Breach Management

Review the Regulatory Breach Notification submitted by business unit/support function to ensure the reasonableness on their proposed corrective action plan.

Notify regulators of any regulatory breaches.

Submit secrecy breach report to regulators.

Regulatory Relationship

Liaison party between the Bank and the regulators, government bodies and relevant associations.

Other Ancillary Functions

Attend to any ad-hoc compliance advisory matters assigned by the Group Chief Compliance Officer.

Supervisory Roles

Review tasks completed by subordinates for completeness and alignment to overall strategy and compliance framework.

Provide guidance, supervision and motivation to team members to enable them to carry out their duties effectively on all functions/activities.

Requirements

Skills

• Sound knowledge of compliance and regulatory matters.
• Strong leadership and strategic thinking.
• Ability to influence and work collaboratively with colleagues across Group Compliance, Group Risk, Group Internal Audit, and other respective business unit/support unit.
• Good analytical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Good writing and communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Able to lead and motivate the team under supervision.
• Proactive and able to work independently as well as in a team.

Knowledge

• Professional qualification or Degree in Banking & Finance, Business Administration, Law or other relevant discipline.
• Knowledge in IT Technology and/or banking operations and products.

Experience

• Experience in compliance, risk management or internal audit function is an added advantage.
• Experience in IT Technology and/or banking operations is an added advantage.

Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiary, Alliance Islamic Bank Berhad, offers banking and financial solutions through its consumer, SME, corporate, commercial and Islamic banking. The Bank provides easy access to its broad base of customers throughout the country via multi-pronged delivery channels that include retail branches, Privilege Banking Centres, Business Centres, Investment Bank branches, and mobile and Internet banking.

About Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad

Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiary, Alliance Islamic Bank Berhad, offers banking and financial solutions through its consumer, SME, corporate, commercial and Islamic banking. The Bank provides easy access to its broad base of customers throughout the country via multi-pronged delivery channels that include retail branches, Privilege Banking Centres, Business Centres, Investment Bank branches, and mobile and Internet banking.