Global Risk & Governance Leader – Finance Operations

ocbc; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

OCBC Bank in Singapore is seeking a Finance Operations Risk & Governance Lead to set standards, identify key risks, and embed controls across entities and locations. You will drive governance, data integrity, and risk reporting to support informed decision-making during the bank's transformation.

You will leverage automation, analytics, dashboards, and AI-enabled tools to strengthen monitoring and resilience, partnering with Risk, Compliance, IT and Internal/External Audit.

Responsibilities

• Identify operational risks that matter most to Finance Operations and evaluate whether mitigating controls are well designed and operating effectively.
• Direct risk registers, operational risk indicators, dispensations, control assurance and sample testing, focusing resources on higher-risk areas and ensuring issues are escalated and resolved.
• Provide governance oversight of third-party risk, access controls, segregation of duties, transaction monitoring and control incidents.
• Coordinate relevant compliance, technology, cyber, end‑user computing, personal data and annual assurance activities.
• Anticipate the control implications of system upgrades, process redesign, organizational change and transformation initiatives, ensuring controls evolve with the business.
• Serve as the key Finance Operations partner to Operational Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, External Audit and other control functions.
• Turn Governance into Insight: Oversee reporting, planning activities, and service-level reviews; elevate risk monitoring through automation, analytics, dashboards and AI-enabled tools.
• Build Resilience and Readiness: Lead business continuity planning and resilience initiatives.

Job description

OCBC Bank in Singapore is seeking a Finance Operations Risk & Governance Lead to set standards, identify key risks, and embed controls across entities and locations. You will drive governance, data integrity, and risk reporting to support informed decision-making during the bank's transformation.

You will leverage automation, analytics, dashboards, and AI-enabled tools to strengthen monitoring and resilience, partnering with Risk, Compliance, IT and Internal/External Audit.