Executive - Compliance (Regulatory Controls and Advisory)

Hong Leong Bank; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hong Leong Bank, a leading Malaysian financial institution, seeks a regulatory compliance/secretariat professional to support the Group’s governance initiatives. The role focuses on coordinating board-related submissions, preparing agendas and minutes, and assisting with breach reporting and escalation processes.

The successful candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 1–2 years of regulatory or secretariat experience, with strong communication and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related discipline.
• 1-2 years of regulatory compliance, risk management, or corporate secretariat experience.
• Solid knowledge of financial regulatory standards and board secretariat practices.
• Proficient written and verbal communication for drafting minutes and reports.
• Strong organizational abilities and high attention to detail with a team-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and follow-up on reports from departments within the division.
• Consolidate submissions to RCGC, RCGC-i, BRMC, BARM and HK/ HL Financial Group RCGC secretariat and schedule meetings.
• Prepare and distribute agendas, minutes and board papers.
• Review governance breach reporting and escalation processes.
• Track escalations to ensure final reports are presented to senior management and regulators when required.
• Coordinate monthly NIL breach reporting and consolidate breaches from regulators under ORION policy.
• Assist Team Leader with ad-hoc tasks as needed.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Law, Business, Finance

1-2 years of regulatory compliance or corporate secretariat experience

Job description

Overview

The incumbent is responsible to support the team lead in formulating, developing and driving the Group’s initiatives and activities in line with the Group’s strategic direction, regulatory and global standards to ensure compliance with applicable local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, guidelines and standards governing the Group’s domestic and international operations.

Job Responsibilities Secretariat Function

Co-ordinate and follow-up on the reports from the various departments within the division.

Consolidate submissions to the secretariats of Risk and Compliance Governance Committee ("RCGC"), RCGC-i, Board Risk Management Committee ("BRMC"), Board Audit Risk Management Committee ("BARM") and Hong Long Financial Group RCGC secretariat on a rotational basis by organizing and scheduling RCGC meetings.

Prepare and distribute agendas, minutes and board papers.

Undertake review of the RCGC Terms of Reference Breaches Reporting Centralized unit to receive escalation of plausible non-compliance incidents / breaches.

High-level review of escalations received.

Track and follow-up on all escalations to ensure that the finalized report of the non-compliance incidents / breaches are presented to the senior management and board committees, and submitted to the regulators where necessary.

Coordinate and follow up on monthly NIL breach reporting from various departments; Consolidate from various divisions and submit number of breaches from regulators other than Bank Negara Malaysia as required under the Operational Risk Integrated Online Network (ORION) Policy Document.

Assist Team Leader in any ad-hoc tasks whenever required.

Job Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Law, Business, Finance, or a related discipline.

1-2 years of experience in regulatory compliance, risk management, or corporate secretariat.

Solid knowledge of financial regulatory standards, board secretariat practices, and incident reporting (e.g., BNM/ORION guidelines).

Strong written and verbal communication skills for drafting minutes, board papers, and official reports.

Excellent organizational abilities and high attention to detail with a proactive, team-oriented mindset.

About Hong Leong Bank

We are a leading financial institution in Malaysia backed by a century of entrepreneurial heritage. Providing comprehensive financial services guided by a Digital-at-the-Core ethos has earned us industry recognition and accolades for our innovative approach in making banking simpler and more effortless for our customers.

Our digital and physical offerings span across a vast nationwide network in Malaysia, strengthened with an expanding regional presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China.

We seek to strike a balance between diversity, inclusion and merit to achieve our mission of infusing diversity in thinking and skillsets into our organisation. Candidates are assessed based on merit and potential, in line with our mission to attract and recruit the best talent available.

Expanding on our Digital at the Core ethos, we are progressively digitising the employee journey and experience to provide a strong foundation for our people to drive life-long learning, achieve their career aspirations and grow talent from within our organisation.

Hong Leong Bank (HLB) stands proudly as a leading financial services institution based in Malaysia, providing a wide range of comprehensive and innovative financial solutions across the region. These services are delivered through both digital and traditional means, via online and mobile banking, as well as our digital branch concept to provide customers with an efficient and seamless experience aided by technology.

As the service and financial landscape changes rapidly with the ever-increasing use of technology, staying attuned to customers needs and desires becomes even more critical to HLB’s operations. To stay ahead of these dynamic changes, the Bank has adopted the approach of reimagining banking by embedding digital considerations and customer centricity in every aspect of our operations, from products and services as well as customer care and engagement.

HLB's ethos of being Digital-At-The-Core powered by customers-at-the-forefront will continue to lead us to innovate offerings in line with our aspiration of being a highly digital and innovative financial services organization.