Senior Compliance Strategy & Governance Advisor

2201 United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

2201 United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd invites an experienced project professional to oversee compliance initiatives, track progress, and report to the Head of Strategy and Governance. You will coordinate with country and Group stakeholders, escalate risks, and maintain robust governance around decisions.

The role requires strong organization, risk, control, and governance experience in financial services, AML and sanctions awareness, and the ability to manage senior stakeholders while

Qualifications

• Experience in the financial industry, preferably compliance and non-financial risk functions (with exposure to financial institutions)
• Domain knowledge in Compliance, AML and Sanctions (other Fin. Crime risks are a plus)
• Strong organization skills with excellent attention to detail
• Senior stakeholder management, the ability to build constructive partnerships with diverse stakeholders and challenge where required
• Demonstrates in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge in related fields
• Solid experience in Risk, Control & Governance, Operations, Assurance and Analytics

Responsibilities

• Creating detailed project plan and overseeing workstreams for Compliance related projects
• Liaise with respective stakeholders in country and Group to provide updates and answer questions as necessary
• Escalate key risks, define mitigations, and communicate accordingly with relevant stakeholders
• Maintain robust governance around decisions made, risks escalated, timeline changes, and other project-related matters
• Monitor progress, dependencies, risks / issues at the overall project and workstream levelStakeholder engagement
• Leadership and capacity management Responsible for tracking available capacity for delivery of the various Compliance projects
• Planning project timelines based on available capacity, to maintain smooth delivery
• Reporting Any other responsibilities as necessary including but not limited to preparation of reports and updates to various Board and management committees, etc.

Skills

Financial industry experience

Compliance & risk management

Stakeholder management

Job description

2201 United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd invites an experienced project professional to oversee compliance initiatives, track progress, and report to the Head of Strategy and Governance. You will coordinate with country and Group stakeholders, escalate risks, and maintain robust governance around decisions.

The role requires strong organization, risk, control, and governance experience in financial services, AML and sanctions awareness, and the ability to manage senior stakeholders while