Compliance Specialist (Human Resource)

OCBC; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank is seeking a Compliance and Risk Advisor for its HR Division. The role focuses on ensuring compliance with regulations, guiding HR staff, and managing audits. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, a proactive approach to improvements, and the ability to work independently.

Qualifications

• Independently able to provide correct advice on risk and compliance matters.
• Proactive and willing to improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure HR compliance with regulations and internal processes.
• Act as Audit Liaison Officer for timely regulatory responses.
• Perform Quality Assurance Checks to mitigate risk exposure.

Skills

Strong communication

Presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Proactivity

Job description

Description:

• Reviewing and ensuring that HR Division is in compliance with all relevant regulations, legal requirements and internal processes of the Bank;
• Advising HR staff on compliance and risk matters related to HR functions by identifying, translating and communicating the relevant regulations, legal requirements and internal processes of the Bank;
• Acting as the Audit Liaison Officer in coordinating audit/reviews from regulators, internal/external auditors and Regulatory Compliance Unit as well as attending to their enquiries on timely basis;
• Performing Quality Assurance Checks such as Risk Control Self-Assessment and Regulatory Requirements Self-Assessment and Control Self-Assessment on a timely basis to ensure that the controls in HR Division are effective in mitigating the Division’s risk exposure;
• Ensuring other HR staff also perform Quality Assurance Checks such as Risk Control Self-Assessment and Regulatory Requirements Self-Assessment and Control Self-Assessment, accurately and on a timely basis;
• Participating in various bank-wide working groups on information and operational risks by attending the working groups meetings and disseminating the information to HR staff to create awareness on information and operational risks related matters;
• Managing and handling HR Division’s Business Continuity Management (BCM), including reviewing the BCM workbook to ensure that the business continuity planning is relevant and in place in the event of crisis as well as create awareness among HR staff on the Division’s BCP.

Requirements:

• Independently able to discharge duties without much supervision and able to provide correct advice and guidance to HR staff on overall risk and compliance matters.
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills in order to be able to interact effectively with personal from various levels and divisions;
• Ethical and principled;
• Proactive, must be willing to scrutinize existing processes and provide suggestions to improve any weaknesses;
• Alertness and vigilance to identify potential breaches in compliance and actively enforcing mandatory reporting policies;
• Willingness to learn and keep abreast of new laws and regulations;
• Diligent, in the sense that even when matters become a hassle, must be willing to see an issue through to resolution.