Senior Risk & Control Leader — Gen AI & Analytics

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

Job summary

PERSOL Outsourcing Singapore Pte Ltd is seeking an experienced risk professional to lead IBGO risk management and controls across regional hubs. The role focuses on identifying, assessing, and escalating risk events, control failures and regulatory compliance within banking operations.

You will drive audit readiness, oversee RCSA quality, prepare metrics, and lead initiatives using advanced analytics, including AI-powered tools, to enhance predictive risk models and incident investigations.

Qualifications

• University degree with 8–10 years in risk/control at financial institutions.
• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Able to proactively deal with and navigate ambiguous situations.
• Hands-on experience in operational risk management.
• Adequate understanding of the regulatory environment in banking.
• Ability to deep dive into details whilst maintaining a strategic big-picture view.
• Comprehensive knowledge of banking, policies, processes, controls, and systems.
• Excellent presentation skills, enabling effective communication of complex information.
• Proactive, self-starter, highly collaborative, with excellent organization and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and manage emerging risks for IBGO across risk events and renewals.
• Drive audit readiness and coordinate audits.
• Oversee regional RCSA quality and PURE Testing.
• Prepare risk metrics and forum materials with data accuracy.
• Represent IBGO at risk forums and explain risk initiatives to stakeholders.
• Champion innovation using advanced analytics, Generative AI, and agents for proactive risk identification, assessment, and mitigation.
• Lead Gen AI-powered exploration to streamline problem solving and root cause analysis.
• Review incident management investigations and root cause analyses and standardize best practices.
• Drive risk agenda in IBGO Risk & Resiliency Forum and communicate key topics to location heads and risk managers.
• Promote staff awareness on risk & control and provide targeted training.
• Lead risk dashboard and Ops Control Tower enhancements.
• Contribute to the thematic assessment, storyline, and development of training topics for quarterly IBGO Risk Awareness.

Skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Ambiguity navigation

Operational risk management

Regulatory knowledge

Detail oriented

Presentation skills

Proactive attitude

Time management

Education

University degree

Job description

PERSOL Outsourcing Singapore Pte Ltd is seeking an experienced risk professional to lead IBGO risk management and controls across regional hubs. The role focuses on identifying, assessing, and escalating risk events, control failures and regulatory compliance within banking operations.

You will drive audit readiness, oversee RCSA quality, prepare metrics, and lead initiatives using advanced analytics, including AI-powered tools, to enhance predictive risk models and incident investigations.