Senior VP, Wholesale Banking Risk & Control

UOB; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd in Kuala Lumpur seeks a VP, Business Risk Control Manager to lead non-financial risk across AML, fraud and regulatory risk within Wholesale Banking. You will work with AFC, Compliance, Risk and BU/SU to implement robust controls and analytics-driven risk monitoring.

The role emphasizes risk governance, control testing, and remediation, with hybrid work arrangements in the city area.

Qualifications

• Must be a risk SME across AML, sanctions, fraud and operational risk.
• Experience interpreting regulations and translating them into controls.
• Collaboration with multiple units to strengthen risk governance.

Responsibilities

• Act as the risk SME within Wholesale Banking BRCM across AML, fraud and risk domains.
• Oversee exposure by liaising with AFC, Fraud Ops, Compliance, Risk, BU/SU.
• Promote risk culture and drive timely remediation of control gaps.
• Design/execute assurance testing to assess key controls.
• Lead thematic reviews and risk assessments; support remediation.
• Collaborate on analytics to enhance risk monitoring with Data Analytics teams.
• Provide advisory to BU/SU on controls, monitoring, and governance.
• Review SOPs and policies for regulatory alignment; implement changes.

Skills

AML

Fraud

Regulatory compliance

Operational risk

Data analytics

Financial crime

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Job description

United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd in Kuala Lumpur seeks a VP, Business Risk Control Manager to lead non-financial risk across AML, fraud and regulatory risk within Wholesale Banking. You will work with AFC, Compliance, Risk and BU/SU to implement robust controls and analytics-driven risk monitoring.

The role emphasizes risk governance, control testing, and remediation, with hybrid work arrangements in the city area.