BA/PM, Risk & Legal (Banking, 1-year renewable contract)

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

Job summary

Evolution Singapore is seeking a senior BA/PM to act as a trusted advisor to Risk and Legal stakeholders in Singapore. You will translate business needs into technology or operational solutions and lead end-to-end delivery to achieve scope, timelines, budget and quality.

You will gather requirements, document processes, develop plans and roadmaps, manage governance and risks, and coordinate across risk, legal, compliance, technology, and operations to deliver strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or related discipline.
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in banking, financial services, or consulting.
• Strong domain knowledge in Risk Management, Legal, Compliance, or related regulatory and control functions within financial services.
• Experience delivering projects involving regulatory compliance, risk governance, data privacy, regulatory reporting, or legal and compliance processes.
• Familiarity with relevant regulatory frameworks and initiatives, such as PDPA, FATCA, CRS, and other applicable banking regulations.
• Proven ability to manage end-to-end project delivery, business requirements, project governance, scope changes, risks, issues, and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong understanding of banking technology and operational processes across multiple functions and departments.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, technology, operations, risk, and compliance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, planning, and decision-making skills, with the ability to evaluate solutions and assess business and technology impacts.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing skills, including the ability to engage senior management.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision, manage competing priorities, and maintain delivery focus in an ambiguous and fast-changing environment.
• SQL, data modelling and data visualisation skills are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to Risk and Legal business stakeholders, understanding business needs and translating them into technology or operational solutions.
• Lead end-to-end project delivery, ensuring agreed scope, timelines, budget, quality, and business objectives are achieved.
• Gather, analyse, and document business requirements, assess current processes, identify gaps, and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Develop and maintain project plans, delivery milestones, resource plans, and implementation roadmaps.
• Manage stakeholders across Risk, Legal, Compliance, Technology, Operations, and other relevant business functions to ensure alignment and effective collaboration.
• Manage project scope, change requests, dependencies, and impacts on timelines, costs, and deliverables, ensuring appropriate approvals are obtained.
• Establish and maintain project governance, including steering committee meetings, working group discussions, investment approvals, and management reporting.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating critical matters and driving timely resolution.
• Coordinate implementation planning and execution with business users, technology teams, operations, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure project activities comply with internal governance, risk management policies, regulatory requirements, and established change management processes.
• Monitor project progress, prepare status reports, and communicate delivery updates, key risks, and decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Support solution scoping and evaluation, considering business value, regulatory obligations, scalability, maintainability, operational impact, cost, and technology risks.
• Drive process improvements and support the delivery of strategic initiatives across Risk and Legal functions.

Skills

Business Analysis

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Regulatory Knowledge

Banking Domain

SQL

Data Modelling

Data Visualisation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or related discipline

Job description

• Act as a trusted advisor to Risk and Legal business stakeholders, understanding business needs and translating them into technology or operational solutions.
• Lead end-to-end project delivery, ensuring agreed scope, timelines, budget, quality, and business objectives are achieved.
• Gather, analyse, and document business requirements, assess current processes, identify gaps, and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Develop and maintain project plans, delivery milestones, resource plans, and implementation roadmaps.
• Manage stakeholders across Risk, Legal, Compliance, Technology, Operations, and other relevant business functions to ensure alignment and effective collaboration.
• Manage project scope, change requests, dependencies, and impacts on timelines, costs, and deliverables, ensuring appropriate approvals are obtained.
• Establish and maintain project governance, including steering committee meetings, working group discussions, investment approvals, and management reporting.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating critical matters and driving timely resolution.
• Coordinate implementation planning and execution with business users, technology teams, operations, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure project activities comply with internal governance, risk management policies, regulatory requirements, and established change management processes.
• Monitor project progress, prepare status reports, and communicate delivery updates, key risks, and decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Support solution scoping and evaluation, considering business value, regulatory obligations, scalability, maintainability, operational impact, cost, and technology risks.
• Drive process improvements and support the delivery of strategic initiatives across Risk and Legal functions.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent qualifications.
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in banking, financial services, or consulting, with strong exposure to Business Analysis, Project Management, or a hybrid BA/PM role.
• Strong domain knowledge in Risk Management, Legal, Compliance, or related regulatory and control functions within financial services.
• Experience delivering projects involving regulatory compliance, risk governance, data privacy, regulatory reporting, or legal and compliance processes.
• Familiarity with relevant regulatory frameworks and initiatives, such as PDPA, FATCA, CRS, and other applicable banking regulations.
• Proven ability to manage end-to-end project delivery, business requirements, project governance, scope changes, risks, issues, and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong understanding of banking technology and operational processes across multiple functions and departments.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, technology, operations, risk, and compliance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, planning, and decision-making skills, with the ability to evaluate solutions and assess business and technology impacts.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing skills, including the ability to engage senior management.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision, manage competing priorities, and maintain delivery focus in an ambiguous and fast-changing environment.
• SQL, data modelling, and data visualisation skills are advantageous.