Independent Group Risk Manager

techntea pte. ltd.; Shenton Way; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Techntea Pte. Ltd. is seeking a seasoned risk management professional to lead group risk governance, incident management, and risk assessment across business lines.

You will build the risk framework from scratch, design RCSA/KRI controls, and lead independent investigations in a regulated financial environment. Fluency in English and Chinese and strong stakeholder engagement across Greater China and regional markets are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of risk management experience, including at least 2 years in independent risk or internal audit in a regulated financial institution.
• Experience building a risk framework from scratch.
• Familiarity with RCSA, KRI design and incident management methodologies.
• Experience in CFD / brokerage risk management, Exchange or VASP risk, or operational risk in a payment institution.
• Ability to independently conduct investigative work.
• Strong working proficiency in English and Chinese, with engagement across Greater China and regional markets.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the Group Risk Register and Group-wide Risk Taxonomy aligned with Compliance.
• Establish risk-rating standards and provide independent risk assessments for individual projects based on five dimensions: data sensitivity, exposure surface, impact radius, scale of change, and third-party dependency.
• Translate the CEO's defined risk appetite into a structured framework with clear and measurable requirements.
• Take ownership of the triage owner role within the Group Incident Reporting mechanism and conduct independent reviews of L2 / L3 incidents to validate root cause and assess preventive measures.
• Monitor implementation and effectiveness of preventive measures across four levels (L0 elimination, L1 clarification, L2 redesign, L3 automation) and provide quarterly trend reporting.
• Produce monthly reports on Risk Register changes, accepted risks, incident trends, and overdue remediation items, and quarterly reports on Group-level risk landscape to the CEO and Board.

Skills

Risk management

Independent investigations

RCSA design

KRI design

Incident management

Third-party risk

Bilingual English/Chinese

Job description

Key responsibilities

Risk Governance Framework & Risk Appetite

• Establish and maintain the Group Risk Register covering all business lines and entities, and establish a Group-wide Risk Taxonomy aligned with Compliance

• Establish risk-rating standards and provide independent risk assessments for individual projects based on five dimensions: data sensitivity, exposure surface, impact radius, scale of change, and third-party dependency

• Translate the CEO's defined risk appetite into a structured framework with clear and measurable requirements

Incident Management & Independent Review

• Take ownership of the triage owner role within the Group Incident Reporting mechanism and conduct independent reviews of L2 / L3 incidents to validate root cause and assess preventive measures

• Monitor implementation and effectiveness of preventive measures across four levels (L0 elimination, L1 clarification, L2 redesign, L3 automation) and provide quarterly trend reporting

RCSA & Key Risk Indicators (KRI)

• Design and maintain RCSA templates and control checklists, and design KRIs covering areas such as client money segregation, reconciliation and settlement, private keys and custody, change management, and third-party dependencies

Third-Party & Concentration Risk

• Conduct vendor risk assessments and risk tiering, identify concentration risks, and conduct ongoing monitoring and annual reassessments of critical third parties

Business Continuity & Resilience

• Map critical business services, establish Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), maintain BCP documentation, and organise, observe and report on semi-annual business continuity exercises

Risk Reporting

• Produce monthly reports on Risk Register changes, accepted risks, incident trends, and overdue remediation items, and quarterly reports on Group-level risk landscape to the CEO and Board

Requirements

• 5+ years of risk management experience, including at least 2 years in an independent risk or internal audit role within a regulated financial institution

• Experience building a risk framework from scratch

• Familiarity with RCSA, KRI design and incident management methodologies

• Experience in at least one of the following: CFD / brokerage risk management, Exchange or VASP risk, or Operational risk within a payment institution

• Ability to independently conduct investigative work

• Strong working proficiency in English and Chinese, with the role requiring regular engagement with internal stakeholders across Greater China and other regional markets