Senior Manager, Group Risk Office

Certis; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational risk management firm in Singapore is seeking a Senior Manager for its Group Risk Office. The successful candidate will conduct financial control reviews, evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls, and manage SAP segregation of duties. With 7-10 years of experience in risk management or compliance, this role demands strong communication skills and an ability to collaborate across departments. The position offers a dynamic work environment and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of relevant work experience in compliance or risk management.
• Experience with internal control frameworks like COSO or ISO 31000.
• Meticulous planning and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct financial control reviews across multiple markets.
• Evaluate design and effectiveness of financial controls.
• Prepare risk reports and dashboards for management.

Skills

Risk management

Internal controls

Financial analysis

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor degree in Finance or related fields

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Senior Manager, Group Risk Office responsible for conducting financial control reviews across markets to assess control effectiveness, managing SAP segregation of duties review, monitoring and reporting key financial and operational risks and supporting risk management initiatives to strengthen governance and compliance frameworks.

What You’ll Do:

• Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of controls over key financial processes (e.g. revenue recognition, procure-to-pay, payroll, asset management, general ledger, and financial reporting) based on the Financial Control Checklist (FCC), finance policies and prevailing practices.
• Perform periodic financial control reviews across multiple markets to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls.
• Identify control gaps, process inefficiencies, and potential financial or operational risks.
• Recommend and follow-up on implementation progress of the remediation actions with the various stakeholders.
• Review the financial policies to ensure that the processes and controls are effective and in-practice, if there are any changes to processes e.g., new system implementation, new processes recommended through audits.
• Initiate and ensure the completion of periodic control self-assessment exercises by the business units and functions.
• Advise internal stakeholders on key financial controls upon request.
• Perform ad-hoc review of financial controls as assigned by the Department Head.

SAP Segregation of Duties (SoD) Review

• Conduct the end-to-end processes in relation to the annual review on SAP access and segregation of duties (SOD), including but not limited to initiating the service request for the extract of user access reports, sending and obtaining sign-offs from business process owners/dept heads.
• Work with relevant teams to analyze SoD rulesets and risks flagged, evaluate proposed mitigating controls and ensure alignment across all markets.
• Review the SoD matrices to ensure appropriate role assignments and prevent segregation of duties risks.
• Conduct regular compliance checks on the approved mitigating controls for the business units.
• Responsible for the related SoD review activities during the new S4 Hana implementation.

Reporting and Communication

• Assist in preparation of regular risk reports and dashboards for management, the Group & Audit Risk Committee, and the Board.
• Coordinate risk and control communication and awareness initiatives across departments and markets.

Others

• Assist in managing risk related project and/or risk management tools, and technology platforms (e.g., implementation of ERM systems).
• Undertake any ad-hoc tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Department Head.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting, Risk Management or related fields.
• At least 7-10 years of relevant work experience, preferably in compliance / risk management / internal controls / internal audit / process review / process improvement.
• Conceptual skills including various methods for risk management and experience with internal control environments and frameworks (e.g. COSO, ISO 31000).
• Knowledge of various functional areas, including Finance, Operational & Financial Internal Controls and Compliance, Regulations, IT General Controls.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, possess ability to communicate effectively and confidently at all levels.
• Resilient, highly adaptable to dynamic work environments, with strong ability to influence and garner support and cooperation.
• Self-driven and energetic, ability to work independently and equally well as a team player when the situation arises.
• Meticulous, good planning and documentation skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint) skills.