Risk Services, Regulatory Advisory Generalist - Senior Manager

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

Job summary

PwC Singapore is seeking a Senior Manager in Regulatory Risk and Compliance within the Risk Services practice. You will provide regulatory advice to financial services clients, conduct reviews, and help strengthen governance, controls and compliance programs across banks, payments and fintech clients.

You will lead engagements, manage stakeholders, and contribute to new services with a focus on regulatory technology, platform development, and market opportunities while maintaining high

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of banking regulatory or external audit experience in a big 4 audit firm, regulator or financial institution.
• Good understanding of the banks/payments/Fintech companies (remittance, merchant acquisition, money-changing etc.).
• Experience in local MAS regulatory requirements preferred. This includes Banking Act, Payments Act, Individual Accountability and Conduct, Securities and Futures Act, Financial Advisers Act, amongst others.
• Experienced in performing internal audits or internal control reviews.
• Meticulous and attention to details, possessing an analytical and enquiring mind-set.
• Professional, confident and highly motivated self-starter, with an ability to handle multiple engagements/projects in a fast pace environment with tight deadlines.
• Possess strong values, personal integrity and emotional intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Providing regulatory advice to financial services clients such as banks/payments/Fintech companies (remittance, merchant acquisition, money-changing etc.) on areas relating to risk, regulations and compliance.
• Conducting compliance reviews and internal audits, and formulating recommendations for processes and controls to better comply with regulatory requirements, regulators’ expectations and industry/market practices.
• Providing regulatory advice on areas such as licensing, regulatory reporting, compliance framework development and operationalizing regulatory change.
• Providing support to financial services audit engagements on regulatory and compliance reporting.
• Helping to build our Compliance Outsourcing Services.
• Working with our strategic alliance partner to formulate new services / product to the market (e.g. regulatory technology / platform).
• Working on business developments or new market opportunities (e.g. new clients, services, proposal formulation).
• Managing key stakeholder relationships, including communication of the scope of work, findings and observations, industry updates.

Job description

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 370,000 people in 149 countries. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting we help clients build, accelerate and sustain momentum. Find out more at www.pwc.com.

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

FS X-Sector

Specialism

Conduct and Compliance

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 370,000 people in 149 countries. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting we help clients build, accelerate and sustain momentum. Find out more at www.pwc.com.

Our Risk Services Practice provides an invaluable safeguard in today’s complex operating environment with insights and independent assurance. We work with clients to deliver business control to help them to protect and strengthen every aspect of their business from people to performance, systems to strategy, business plans to business resilience. We help clients manage, mitigate and control risks from potential cybersecurity breaches to possible breaks in the supply chain. We assess and prepare businesses by looking into their technology, finance, data analytics, regulatory requirements, data security and privacy, internal audit, and the third parties our clients rely on, to help clients deliver quality results and meet their strategic objectives.

Business Function

A career within Regulatory Risk and Compliance services, will provide you with the opportunity to help companies rethink their approach to compliance and risk and create a sustainable risk advantage. We’re a part of an unique client proposition, assisting our clients develop proper internal controls by on technical know-how and leveraging on analytics and technology solutions to underpin efficient execution of governance, to optimise their risk and compliance policies and processes, and improve business performance.

How will you value add?

You will be a part of Regulatory Risk and Compliance in Risk Services, and you will experience a dynamic and fast-paced working environment. From potential start-ups to renowned local and global financial institutions, clients look to you for audit, regulatory, listing, private placement, corporate change and other business-related risk and compliance advice. Together we can build trust in the financial services space and solve important problems.

Responsibilities

• Providing regulatory advice to financial services clients such as banks/payments/Fintech companies (remittance, merchant acquisition, money-changing etc.) on areas relating to risk, regulations and compliance.
• Conducting compliance reviews and internal audits, and formulating recommendations for processes and controls to better comply with regulatory requirements, regulators’ expectations and industry/market practices.
• Providing regulatory advice on areas such as licensing, regulatory reporting, compliance framework development and operationalizing regulatory change.
• Providing support to financial services audit engagements on regulatory and compliance reporting.
• Helping to build our Compliance Outsourcing Services.
• Working with our strategic alliance partner to formulate new services / product to the market (e.g. regulatory technology / platform).
• Working on business developments or new market opportunities (e.g. new clients, services, proposal formulation).
• Managing key stakeholder relationships, including communication of the scope of work, findings and observations, industry updates.

About You

• At least 8 years of banking regulatory or external audit experience in a big 4 audit firm, regulator or financial institution. Previous employment with regulator(s) will be highly preferred.
• Good understanding of the banks/payments/Fintech companies (remittance, merchant acquisition, money-changing etc.) landscape.
• Experience in local MAS regulatory requirements preferred. This includes Banking Act, Payments Act, Individual Accountability and Conduct, Securities and Futures Act, Financial Advisers Act, amongst others.
• Experienced in performing internal audits or internal control reviews.
• Meticulous and attention to details, possessing an analytical and enquiring mind-set
• Professional, confident and highly motivated self-starter, with an ability to handle multiple engagements/projects in a fast pace environment with tight deadlines.Positive attitude to learn and strong team player.
• Possess strong values, personal integrity and emotional intelligence.

Education

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Degrees/Field Of Study Required

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Degrees/Field Of Study preferred

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Certifications

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Required Skills

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Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Anti-Bribery, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, Business Ethics, Coaching and Feedback, Code of Ethics, Communication, Compliance and Governance, Compliance and Standards, Compliance Auditing, Compliance Frameworks, Compliance Program Implementation, Compliance Reporting, Compliance Review, Compliance Risk Assessment, Compliance Training, Controls Compliance, Creativity, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Protection Management (DPM), Disability Support {+ 38 more}

Desired Languages

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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

Job Posting End Date

(none given)