AVP, Security Governance & Assurance

NETS; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NETS in Singapore seeks an experienced Information Security professional to lead policy development, risk assessment and governance across the organization. You will implement security policies, monitor compliance, and drive risk-based improvements in a regulated payments environment.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, coordinate audits, and report on security metrics, including KRIs, vulnerability management and incident response readiness.

Qualifications

• Degree with at least 8 years of progressive experience in Information security, including security policy development, risk assessment, compliance implementation & monitoring and governance.

Responsibilities

• Manage IS policy development and enforcement.
• Coordinate audits and regulatory inspections; review findings and close gaps.
• Review risk and regulatory notices to update policies and controls.
• Prepare data for risk analysis and reporting (KRIs, metrics).
• Collaborate with Line 2 and Tech to streamline cyber risk controls.
• Liaise for audits, risk and compliance activities and support business audits.

Skills

InfoSec policy

Risk assessment

Governance

KRI metrics

Stakeholder comms

Education

Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

• Responsible for the management and enforcement of IS related policies, processes and procedures.
• Execute policies, processes and procedures to facilitate effective IT and cyber related-risk Process and Control arising from Audit Findings or Process improvement maturity
• Partner and work with internal stakeholders to review, identify, streamline and implement process improvements with regards to Cyber risk management
• Reference to regulator’s notices, circulares and guidelines (such as, TRM, Cyber Hygiene) to assess risk and gaps, and work with Line 2 and Tech to improve policies and processes to mitigate risks, minimize their impact to operations
• Prepare and provide data for risk analysis and reporting.
• Communicate and provide guidance of new IS policies and standards to relevant stakeholders.
• Manage IS related audits, regulatory inspections. Review the audit findings with key stakeholders to determine audit findings root cause, formulate action plans accordingly and verify remedial solutions for closure
• Laision for IS audits, Risk and Compliance activities and providing support to business audits that have IS involvement.
• Manage audit lifecycle from start to end (eg kick off meeting, RFI, fieldwork, reporting and closure of audit findings).
• Ability to innovate and automate as required

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or any other related disciplines with at least 8 years of progressive experience in Information security, including experience in security policy development, risk assessment, compliance implementation & monitoring and governance (preferably from financial/banking/payment industry
• Good working knowledge of enterprise security risk management methods and techniques to successfully deliver the security risk management and assessment outcome.
• Prior experience in implementing a program which includes the collation, management and reporting of security metrics (KRI) such as vulnerability management, open software security vulnerabilities, penetration testing findings, security alerts and incidents
• Experienced in information security frameworks including ISO27000 standard, NIST framework and regulations such as Cyber Hygiene Notice, Technology Risk Management Guidelines and Personal Data Protection Act.
• Ability to work in a team environment and work independently with minimal supervision and produce results that meet standards of quality, timeliness and acceptability
• Willingness to deep-dive and learn about the Information Security function within the payments domain
• Strong writing, communication and inter‑personal skills