Independent Group Risk Manager

TECHNTEA PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

TECHNTEA PTE. LTD. is seeking a senior risk governance professional in Singapore to establish and oversee the Group Risk Register and taxonomy, translate risk appetite into measurable requirements, and manage incident review processes.

The role also covers RCSA/KRI design, vendor risk assessments, business continuity, and risk reporting to the CEO and Board. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in risk management within regulated financial services, with strong investigative capabilities and fluency

Qualifications

• 5+ years of risk management experience, including independent risk or internal audit within a regulated financial institution.
• Experience building a risk framework from scratch.
• Familiarity with RCSA, KRI design and incident management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the Group Risk Register and Group-wide Risk Taxonomy.
• Provide independent risk assessments for projects based on data sensitivity, exposure surface, impact radius, scale of change, and third-party dependency.
• Translate CEO's risk appetite into a structured framework with measurable requirements.
• Take ownership of triage in Group Incident Reporting and review L2/L3 incidents for root cause and preventive actions.
• Monitor preventive measures across four levels and report trends quarterly.
• Design and maintain RCSA templates and control checklists; design KRIs for client money segregation, reconciliation and settlement, private keys and custody, change management, and third-party dependencies.
• Conduct vendor risk assessments, tiering, identify concentration risks, and monitor critical third parties annually.
• Map critical services, establish Recovery Time Objectives, maintain BCP docs, and oversee semi-annual continuity exercises.
• Produce monthly risk reports and quarterly Group-level risk landscape reports for CEO and Board.

Skills

Risk management

Independent risk assessment

Regulated financial institution

Vendor risk assessments

BCP / resilience

Incident management

Chinese and English fluency

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 Chinese and English, with Chinese required for effective communication and collaboration with internal stakeholders