Strategic Wealth Risk Leader – Singapore

HSBC Holdings plc; Singapore; On-site; SGD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc in Singapore seeks an experienced Head of Wealth Risk to provide independent risk oversight for wealth-management activities, balancing commercial judgment with strong risk disciplines. You will engage senior business leaders and governance forums to ensure robust risk management and customer outcomes.

The role requires leading teams, driving risk assessments, and shaping the control environment, while collaborating across regional and global risk functions to support

Qualifications

• Degree or postgraduate qualification in finance, business, accounting, law or a related discipline.
• Significant senior experience in risk management within private banking, wealth management, asset management or another regulated financial-services environment.
• Experience across multiple risk disciplines, such as financial, conduct, operational, regulatory or investment risk.
• Strong understanding of investment products, wealth services, product governance and distribution practices.
• Experience operating in a regulated environment and influencing decisions within a complex, international organisation.
• Experience working effectively with colleagues across different countries and cultures.
• Excellent written and spoken business English.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent risk advice and challenge to senior stakeholders and relevant governance forums.
• Maintain a consolidated view of key and emerging risks affecting wealth-management activities in Singapore.
• Monitor risk indicators, issues, remediation plans and control effectiveness.
• Review regulatory, market, economic and business developments on risk profile.
• Support risk assessments, stress testing, scenario analysis, reporting and escalation.
• Identify vulnerabilities and develop practical mitigation plans.
• Promote consistent application of risk standards with local requirements.

Skills

Risk governance

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

Change leadership

Executive presence

Risk assessment

Strategic thinking

Data-driven

Strong English

Education

Degree or postgraduate qualification in finance, business, accounting, law or related discipline

Job description

HSBC Holdings plc in Singapore seeks an experienced Head of Wealth Risk to provide independent risk oversight for wealth-management activities, balancing commercial judgment with strong risk disciplines. You will engage senior business leaders and governance forums to ensure robust risk management and customer outcomes.

The role requires leading teams, driving risk assessments, and shaping the control environment, while collaborating across regional and global risk functions to support