APAC Regional Risk & Governance Lead, Global Markets & Treasury

Job Responsibilities

• Enhance the Risk and Governance framework within the region to uphold firm’s reputation and safeguard SMBC, its clients and its assets.
• Strengthen governance across group entities, and enhance framework to promote collaboration in a risk mitigated manner
• Drive compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations from an in-business standpoint
• Be the subject matter expert for technology systems used in the Global Markets Business Unit (focus on FX and Rates Booking systems) with a view to mitigating operational risk and regulatory risk
• Liaison for Head Office discussions on governance roadmap for Treasury Sales and Trading business regionally in Asia
• Appropriately assess franchise risk, governance and controls when regional decisions are made.
• Coordinate and work closely with Risk, Compliance, Finance, Legal and other control functions to enhance the relationship with the treasury department

Job Requirements

• University Degree.
• Experience in financial institutions in driving risk and governance forums, and architecting control frameworks
• Experience in managing business controls, franchise risk and governance is required
• Knowledge of end-to-end trade flow including execution, back office settlement processes and linkage of Front Office systems to downstream systems
• Knowledge of FX and Rates products will be an added advantage
• 7+ years in performing similar roles in the APAC financial industry is preferred with emphasis given to candidates who have had exposure in driving technology change management
• Experience in technology management, strategic planning, project management, and legal vehicle management