Technology Risk & Control Specialist (Application Control / Banking / Payments)

SMART IMS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart IMS Inc in Singapore is hiring an IT Risk & Control Specialist to support a leading global investment bank. The role sits within APAC Risk & Controls and focuses on implementing the bank's risk framework and governance routines.

You will oversee risk management across modules, engage with stakeholders, and drive remediation and regulatory alignment in a fast-paced, multinational environment.

Qualifications

• IT risk audit or control experience in banking/ FI domain.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT; 4–6+ years of experience.
• Experience executing risk initiatives within tech risk, compliance, or tech audit.
• Experience in payments domain risk.
• Experience in application control testing.
• Experience leading programs for regulatory risk exposure.

Responsibilities

• Drive risk engagement and management and issue identification across controls (ERP, RCSA, eRIC, SIAI, JDI, AIAI, RIAI, etc).
• Drive QA testing, Business Continuity for applications, Sustainability Program and new toolset adoption with JIRA for Risk management.
• Manage senior stakeholders communication and reporting.
• Develop and socialize potential risk mitigation strategies.
• Foster the Identify, Escalate, Debate risk culture.
• Assess regulatory changes impacting technology and operations and drive related risk mitigation program with stakeholders.
• Manage regulatory relationships, where relevant.
• Collaborate with GCIBT application groups, Risk Leads and process owners to respond to audits, exams, and inquiries.
• Assist business and process owners with remediating significant risks.
• Identify opportunities to enhance or streamline risk management processes.

Skills

IT risk audit

Banking domain

Regulatory risk

Application control testing

Stakeholder management

Risk program leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT

Job description

Smart IMS Inc provides Digital technology & Cloud transformation services, Application & Infrastructure Management Services, Unified Communications and Insurance implementation services to customers across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific regions. As the trusted technology and business partner of leading MNCs, including Global Investment Banks, Smart IMS is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Oracle Platinum Partner and AWS MSP Partner. We are looking to hire anITRisk & Control Specialistin Singapore to support our client which is a leadingglobal investment bank.

What you can expect:

• The role will sit within the APAC Risk & Controls function of the bank, which works with Application Managers, Enterprise Control functions and COOs across the line of businesses to ensure that control gaps are identified and remediated.
• You will oversee the effective implementation of the Bank’s Risk framework and Global Technology (GT) governance routines and requirements, using established tools and documented procedures. This includes documentation to enable tracking, monitoring, and escalation of technology risk related issues to management, and acting as an ambassador of the risk culture.

What you will do:

• Drive risk engagement & management and issue identification; in particular E2E risk management includes ERP, RCSA, eRIC, SIAI, JDI, AIAI, RIAI etc.
• Drive QA (Quality Assurance) testing, Business Continuity for applications, Sustainability Program and new toolset adoption with JIRA for Risk management.
• Manage senior stakeholders communication and reporting
• Develop and socialize potential risk mitigation strategies
• Foster the Identify, Escalate, Debate risk culture
• Assess regulatory (eg MAS, HKMA, CBRC, OJK, RBI, etc) changes impacting technology and operations and drive related risk mitigation program with required stakeholders
• Manage regulatory relationships, where relevant
• Collaborate across the GCIBT application groups, Risk Leads and enterprise process owners (including Global Information Security) to respond to Internal and External Audits, Exams, and Regulatory/Clearing Inquiries & Assessments.
• Assist business and process owners with remediating the most significant risks including Audit Issues, Self-Identified Audit Issues, Compliance Identified Audit Issues, Regulatory Issues
• Identify opportunities for enhancing or streamlining execution of risk management processes; partner across multiple divisions to execute.

Job Requirements:

• Individual with IT Risk Audit or Control experience in theBanking/FIdomain.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, minimum 4-6 plus years of experience
• Relevant experience in executing Risk initiatives within a tech risk function, compliance or technology audit role
• Candidates need to possess IT Risk Audit or Control experience in thepayments domain
• Possess risk experience inApplication Control Testing
• Experience in leading programs for proactively identifying regulatory risk exposure and potential non-compliant areas
• Knowledge of APAC regulations & understanding of regulatory risk management preferred
• Possess confidence and assertiveness, unafraid to voice opinions and influence stakeholders effectively