Head of Risk & Compliance Job Listing at SS&C Technologies in Singapore (Job ID R22503)

Description

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

Job Description

The Head of Risk & Compliance will provide strategic leadership and direction for Risk, Compliance and Governance across the business. They will support the GIDS Head of Risk & Compliance to provide a consistent and established approach to Risk & Compliance Governance, Oversight and Leadership that supports business needs to achieve goals in a compliant manner and within risk appetite.

Role Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Represent and report risk and compliance activities and escalations in a timely manner to the Risk Management Committee, Executive Committees, Managing Director and the Boards

• Support and advise Board members, the Managing Director and business unit leaders in terms of Risk, Compliance and Governance

• Ensure timely and accurate regulatory reporting to regulators with an open and honest relationship

• Ensure all financials specific to risk and compliance are controlled within statutory and corporate requirements

• Ensure data protection and data security remains a top priority within the company

• Engage with GIDS DPO in relation to Data Privacy concerns

• Promote and support the risk, compliance and governance culture, driving ownership into the business

• Ensure appropriate attendance at industry meetings

• Represent Risk & Compliance at senior client meetings.

• Engaging with client counterparts on a regular basis to promote and maintain relationships

Oversight

• Monitor progress of timely and effective achievement and implementation of objectives, goals, policies and strategies

• Ensure corporate governance is maintained in line with current best practice

• Ensure appropriate responsibilities are allocated to individual direct reports taking into account competencies and experience

• Assist in the resolution of shareholder questions and provide timely and accurate escalation of updates to the shareholders

• Develop and motivate the risk and compliance team to ensure staff provide support and advice to all areas of the business or new business and new product initiatives, appropriately and within expected timeframes

• To provide risk and compliance advice (relevant Singapore legislation) and support on regulatory change to all levels of management and business areas

• Oversee risk and compliance control processes through the provision of risk and compliance advice on operational procedural matters including AML, Sanctions and Fraud controls

• Manage and respond to business escalations in relation to AML, Sanctions and Fraud

• Ensure effective and robust operational oversight through the compliance monitoring programme and risk assessment reviews, with appropriate reporting to Senior Management for trends and potential significant control weaknesses and regulatory issues, which require follow-up with the business, and agree solutions/actions necessary to minimise the risk of future occurrences

• Identify and support risk and compliance training requirements that may be necessary

• Support the business to agree pragmatic compliant solutions and action plans to issues identified from monitoring visits, both internal and external in nature

• Co-ordinate the development and implementation of agreed policy documents, including ongoing review, to reflect legal and regulatory changes

• Ensure various databases are maintained (e.g gifts and benefits, personal account dealing register) and reviewed to identify trends and potential training needs

Education and qualifications:

• Qualifications in: Business, Finance, Law or related field

Prior knowledge and skills:

• 5 years' experience at senior level working in a regulated financial services environment

• 10 years' experience working in a professional service led environment with regulatory controls

• Solid understanding of Financial Services and investment product requirements.

• Experience in senior assurance and advice roles: Risk, Compliance, Audit, Legal.

• Knowledge of data protection and/or regulatory considerations in the financial services sector.

Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent leadership and communication skills.

• Strong organisational and presentation skills.

• Strong sense of what's right and what's wrong and willingness to challenge and escalate as required.

• Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision making skills.

• Maintain understanding and awareness of industry requirements, initiatives, and developments.

• Build strong collaborative relationships.

• Ability to work and prioritise workload in a highly pressurised environment within tight deadlines.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan. SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.