Wealth Management Risk & Controls Leader

Schroders; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Schroders Wealth Management seeks an experienced Business Risk Manager to oversee non-financial risk within Wealth Management, ensuring first-line risk controls and regulatory compliance are embedded across the front office and client lifecycle processes. You will drive risk culture, deliver executive risk dashboards, and partner with Investment and Product teams to strengthen governance and resilience.

The role requires a deep background in risk management within banking/wealth environments,

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in banking or financial services risk management.
• Experience in first-line risk management roles or equivalent control environment.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements (MAS, AML/KYC, operational risk, risk governance).
• Experience in private banking, wealth management, or a comparable regulatory environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• High integrity, independence of thought, and sound judgment.
• Ability to influence organizational culture and drive accountability.
• Flexible and able to cope with a changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Establish and evolve the first-line risk and control framework.
• Ensure controls across front office and client lifecycle processes.
• Prepare risk reporting for senior management forums.
• Lead RCA and remediation of risk issues.
• Coordinate updates to client management standards for Front Office.
• Provide risk guidance for investment and product teams.
• Act as the liaison with auditors on first-line control matters.
• Develop executive risk dashboards and insights.

Skills

First-line Risk Mgt

Stakeholder mgmt

Regulatory knowledge

Analytical thinking

Communication

Job description

Schroders Wealth Management seeks an experienced Business Risk Manager to oversee non-financial risk within Wealth Management, ensuring first-line risk controls and regulatory compliance are embedded across the front office and client lifecycle processes. You will drive risk culture, deliver executive risk dashboards, and partner with Investment and Product teams to strengthen governance and resilience.

The role requires a deep background in risk management within banking/wealth environments,