Senior Risk and Compliance Assurance Manager

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join the Risk and Compliance Assurance team in the role of Senior Risk and Compliance Assurance Manager.

Principal Responsibilities:

Impact on the Business:

• Support the Head of Risk and Compliance Assurance - Malaysia in executing the Malaysia assurance strategy and annual plan, and lead delivery of assigned reviews and portfolio activities in line with the global methodology, country risk profile and regulatory priorities.
• Act as a senior in-country representative for Risk and Compliance Assurance under the mandate of the Head of Risk and Compliance Assurance - Malaysia, maintaining the function’s independence and ensuring relevant standards, policies and procedures are applied.
• Provide Risk Owners, Control Owners and Risk Stewards with clear conclusions on control design and operating effectiveness, including root causes and implications.
• Escalate material control deficiencies, emerging risks and overdue or ineffective remediation promptly through country and global governance.
• Maintain a forward-looking view of Malaysia regulatory developments, emerging risks and business change; recommend changes to assurance coverage to the Head of Risk and Compliance Assurance - Malaysia and implement agreed adjustments.
• Coordinate with Internal Audit and other assurance providers to optimise coverage, minimise duplication and identify gaps.
• Deliver outputs that are accurate, timely and consistently of a high standard of quality and completeness.

Customers/Stakeholders:

• Build trusted, appropriately challenging relationships with the Malaysia Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, country and business leadership, Risk Owners, Control Owners and Risk Stewards while preserving assurance independence.
• Represent Risk and Compliance Assurance at relevant Malaysia governance forums and support regulatory engagements where delegated by, or agreed with, the Head of Risk and Compliance Assurance - Malaysia.
• Support the Head’s consultation on the Malaysia assurance plan and lead stakeholder consultation for assigned review scope, findings, issue closure and thematic insights.
• Provide timely, concise and decision-useful management information on assurance coverage, outcomes, trends and remediation.

Leadership & Teamwork:

• Provide visible professional leadership for Risk and Compliance Assurance in Malaysia and foster an inclusive and collaborative culture through influence, role-modelling and effective matrix working.
• Set clear expectations for quality, professional judgement and constructive challenge on assigned reviews, and provide effective peer review, guidance and coaching to colleagues contributing to the work without formal line-management responsibility.
• Coordinate effectively with colleagues and subject-matter experts assigned from Malaysia, regional or global teams, agreeing roles, inputs and delivery expectations for assigned assurance activity.
• Set the highest standards through personal behaviour and interaction with others.

Operational Effectiveness and Control:

• Maintain effective governance, quality assurance and operational controls over assigned Malaysia assurance activity, escalating portfolio-level matters to the Head of Risk and Compliance Assurance - Malaysia.
• Ensure assurance work is evidence-based, independently concluded and performed to a standard on which senior management and other assurance providers can place appropriate reliance.
• Manage delivery, resource, data, model, conduct and information risks arising from the assurance activity, escalating concerns promptly.
• Promote innovation, analytics and proportionate use of technology in delivering effective assurance.

Knowledge & Experience / Qualifications:

• Extensive senior-level experience in risk, compliance, audit or assurance within a complex financial-services organisation, including leading risk-based assurance or control-testing activity.
• Strong current knowledge of Malaysia’s regulatory environment and the expectations applicable to financial institutions, together with broad RC, FC and Resilience risk knowledge.
• Clear understanding of risk governance and the three lines model within global financial services.
• Demonstrated ability to lead significant assurance reviews and assigned portfolio activity, exercise independent professional judgement within delegated authority, address senior stakeholder challenge and escalate material concerns appropriately.
• Strong stakeholder-management, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to adapt communication for executive, governance and regulatory audiences.
• Highly motivated and collaborative, with strong attention to detail, sound decision-making and the resilience to deliver in a complex environment.
• A high level of professional and personal integrity.
• Relevant degree and/or recognised professional qualification in risk, compliance, audit, financial crime or a related discipline is preferred.
• Strong written and spoken English.