Director, Regulatory Risk & Governance

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

Job summary

Maybank in Singapore is seeking a governance and risk professional to drive framework development, oversight and control standards across CFS and Group Wealth Management, supporting effective risk management, regulatory compliance and operational consistency.

You will provide independent advisory and assurance over key processes, guide business units on control enhancements and risk mitigation, and promote governance discipline and standardisation while ensuring regulatory requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in banking, business, finance or related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of capital markets, structured products and derivatives.
• Professional certifications related to financial services or risk management would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Governance Framework Development and Oversight across CFS and/or GWM.
• Develop and enhance governance frameworks, methodologies and control standards across CFS and/or GWM.
• Drive consistent governance practices across different CFS and/or GWM business units.
• Periodically review governance processes to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and business needs.
• Promote adoption of best practices and standardisation across the organisation.
• Preventive Risk Management and Control Advisory
• Identify emerging risks and recommend preventive control measures.
• Provide advisory support to business units on strengthening control processes.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and skills transfer across CFS and/or GWM teams.
• Promote awareness of risk management practices within GWM.
• Independent Oversight and Risk Monitoring
• Provide independent assessment of exceptional approval requests.
• Review Key Risk Indicator (KRI) breaches and assess risk implications.
• Provide objective oversight on governance and risk matters.
• Ensure consistent application of internal policies and standards.
• Controls Testing and Assurance Oversight
• Establish and maintain control testing and assurance frameworks, standards and methodologies across CFS and/or GWM teams.
• Provide oversight and challenge to ensure assurance activities are conducted effectively and in line with established requirements.
• Monitor and assess the adequacy of remediation plans and the timely closure of identified control gaps and weaknesses.
• Report on assurance outcomes, control effectiveness and emerging risk themes, escalating significant issues to management as appropriate.
• Wealth Advisory Framework Oversight
• Oversee sales advisory frameworks to ensure alignment with regulatory and internal policies.
• Review advisory processes to ensure adherence to business and regulatory requirements.
• Identify advisory risks and provide observations to relevant stakeholders.

Skills

Risk-Management

Governance-Framework-and-Controls

Stakeholder-Engagement

Capital-Markets

Structured-Products-and-Derivatives

Singapore-Private-Banking-Code

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Banking, Business, Finance or a related discipline.

Job description

Maybank in Singapore is seeking a governance and risk professional to drive framework development, oversight and control standards across CFS and Group Wealth Management, supporting effective risk management, regulatory compliance and operational consistency.

You will provide independent advisory and assurance over key processes, guide business units on control enhancements and risk mitigation, and promote governance discipline and standardisation while ensuring regulatory requirements are met.