Head of Risk - Singapore

bvnk; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

BVNK, a Mastercard-backed stablecoin fintech, is seeking a Head of Risk for its Singapore entity. You will lead the local risk program, partner with senior leadership, and ensure robust risk governance across regulatory requirements.

You will work across Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Operations to embed the risk framework and drive KRIs in a fast-growing regional footprint. You will build strong relationships with regulators, manage escalations, and champion a proactive risk culture while

Qualifications

• Significant experience in risk management within a regulated financial services environment, ideally within payments, e-money, fintech, banking or digital

Responsibilities

• Own and oversee the risk management framework for BVNK's Singapore entity, ensuring it meets local regulatory expectations and remains aligned with BVNK's Group risk framework.
• Partner with the VP, Group Risk & Governance and senior leadership to ensure an effective, consistent and scalable approach to risk management.
• Establish, maintain and continuously enhance the Singapore entity's risk appetite, policies and supporting risk management processes.
• Lead the Singapore Enterprise Wide Risk Assessment (EWRA), ensuring material risks are identified, assessed, monitored and appropriately mitigated.
• Develop and embed Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and other risk metrics to provide timely visibility of BVNK Singapore's risk profile and exposures.
• Provide independent second-line oversight and challenge to the business, ensuring risks associated with growth, new products, partnerships and operational changes are appropriately understood and managed.
• Ensure appropriate risk governance and reporting is in place, including clear escalation of risks that fall outside agreed risk appetite.
• Support engagement with the MAS and other relevant regulatory stakeholders on risk-related matters, including regulatory requests and reviews.
• Identify and assess emerging risks and regulatory developments which could impact BVNK's Singapore operations and ensure appropriate mitigation plans are established.
• Work closely with colleagues across Group Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime, Legal, Product and Operations to ensure effective risk management is embedded across the business.
• Champion a strong and proactive risk culture, helping first-line risk owners understand their responsibilities and strengthening risk ownership throughout the Singapore business.
• Contribute to the continued development of BVNK's Group risk frameworks, sharing local expertise and ensuring Singapore remains appropriately integrated into our global approach.

Skills

Risk management

Regulatory experience

Job description

About us:

BVNK is the stablecoin-powered financial stack for enterprises. We're now part of Mastercard, and together we're building a network for every form of money - one that delivers more reach, more capability and more choice.

We enable businesses to build financial products, unlock new markets, and move money in seconds across 130+ countries, with 40+ licenses for fiat and digital assets globally. Processing billions annually, we empower enterprises worldwide to send, receive, convert, and settle stablecoins and fiat seamlessly through a single integration.

Our mission is to accelerate global money movement, and we're assembling a world-class team to make it happen.

Trusted by industry leaders like Corpay, Worldpay, Deel, and Flywire, we deliver the infrastructure that makes new forms of money usable within the financial systems customers already rely on today.

By combining Mastercard's global payment reach and trusted networks with BVNK's stablecoin infrastructure, we're building the trusted operating layer for the evolution of money movement, helping customers participate in emerging digital networks without having to rebuild their businesses around every new innovation.

We're a diverse team spread across EMEA, North America, and APAC, with a shared belief that stablecoins are the new infrastructure layer for financial services, and that BVNK is at the forefront of this shift.

Award Recognitions:

• CNBC World's Top Fintech Companies (2026)
• FXC Intelligence Top 100 Cross-border Payment Companies (2026)
• Newsweek's The Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces (three years running, most recently 2025)
• LinkedIn as one of the Top 20 Startups in the UK (2025)

About this role in the team:

We're looking for a Head of Risk - Singapore to lead risk management for BVNK's Singapore business and play a critical role in supporting our continued growth and regulatory footprint across the region.

Reporting to our VP, Group Risk & Governance , you'll be the senior risk leader for Singapore, responsible for ensuring we have a robust and effective risk management framework that meets local regulatory expectations while remaining aligned with BVNK's global approach.

You'll work closely with senior leadership, the Singapore business and teams across Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime, Legal, Product and Operations. You'll provide independent oversight and challenge, ensure our key risks are appropriately identified and managed, and help embed a strong risk culture as we scale.

This is a senior, hands‑on role requiring someone who can move comfortably between strategy and execution - from working with senior stakeholders and regulators to maintaining risk frameworks, risk appetite, RCSAs, KRIs and entity‑level risk reporting.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Own and oversee the risk management framework for BVNK's Singapore entity , ensuring it meets local regulatory expectations and remains aligned with BVNK's Group risk framework.
• Partner with the VP, Group Risk & Governance and senior leadership to ensure an effective, consistent and scalable approach to risk management.
• Establish, maintain and continuously enhance the Singapore entity's risk appetite, policies and supporting risk management processes .
• Lead the Singapore Enterprise Wide RIsk Assessment (EWRA) , ensuring material risks are identified, assessed, monitored and appropriately mitigated.
• Develop and embed Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and other risk metrics to provide timely visibility of BVNK Singapore's risk profile and exposures.
• Provide independent second‑line oversight and challenge to the business, ensuring risks associated with growth, new products, partnerships and operational changes are appropriately understood and managed.
• Ensure appropriate risk governance and reporting is in place, including clear escalation of risks that fall outside agreed risk appetite.
• Support engagement with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and other relevant regulatory stakeholders on risk‑related matters, including regulatory requests and reviews.
• Identify and assess emerging risks and regulatory developments which could impact BVNK's Singapore operations and ensure appropriate mitigation plans are established.
• Work closely with colleagues across Group Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime, Legal, Product and Operations to ensure effective risk management is embedded across the business.
• Champion a strong and proactive risk culture , helping first‑line risk owners understand their responsibilities and strengthening risk ownership throughout the Singapore business.
• Contribute to the continued development of BVNK's Group risk frameworks , sharing local expertise and ensuring Singapore remains appropriately integrated into our global approach.

What we need from you:

Significant experience in risk management within a regulated financial services environment, ideally within payments, e-money, fintech, banking or digital