Lead regional governance, risk oversight and audit coordination for Surveillance Operations. Assess control design and effectiveness, manage regulatory gap analysis, drive remediation, translate findings into standards and training, and liaise with Compliance, Legal, Risk, Audit, Technology and regional teams to ensure timely closure of issues and consistent implementation.
Role Purpose
The Surveillance Operations Risk & Control - Regional role supports effective governance, risk oversight and continuous improvement across the region.
The role identifies and communicates material operational, regulatory and control risks, provides actionable management insights, coordinates audit and assurance activities, and assesses gaps between regulatory requirements and existing controls.
The role also supports the Standards & Training pillar by translating risk, audit and regulatory findings into sustainable improvements to processes, procedures and training.
Key Responsibilities
1. Regional Governance and Risk Oversight
- Coordinate regional governance forums and prepare monthly senior management reports, board papers and escalation materials.
- Prepare and present monthly regional Surveillance Operations dashboards, reports and management information.
- Maintain oversight of key risks, issues, decisions and dependencies.
- Assess the design and operating effectiveness of key controls.
- Monitor risk, audit and regulatory actions through to closure.
- Challenge inadequate remediation and inconsistent implementation across locations.
- Provide actionable insights and recommend proportionate corrective and preventive actions.
- Escalate material risks and recurring control weaknesses.
2. Audit and Assurance Management
- Coordinate internal audits, external audits and independent assurance reviews.
- Manage audit preparation, process walkthroughs and evidence submissions.
- Maintain oversight of findings, remediation plans and deadlines.
- Support closure validation and identify recurring or systemic audit themes.
3. Regulatory Gap Analysis
- Monitor relevant regulatory requirements, supervisory expectations and internal policy developments.
- Assess new or revised requirements against existing processes and controls.
- Evaluate and document the materiality and operational impact of identified gaps.
- Translate regulatory requirements into practical operational and control changes.
- Track implementation and escalate material gaps or delays.
4. Standards & Training Support
- Support the team responsible for regional standards, training and processes.
- Translate risk, audit and regulatory findings into sustainable process improvements.
- Identify training needs arising from control failures and recurring exceptions.
- Review procedures and training content from a risk-and-control perspective.
- Assess the effectiveness and regional adoption of resulting changes.
5. Stakeholder Management
- Partner with regional and country Surveillance Operations teams.
- Coordinate with Compliance, Legal, Risk, Audit, Technology and Data stakeholders.
- Communicate complex risk and regulatory matters clearly to management and operational teams.
- Coordinate cross-border actions, dependencies and implementation activities.
Experience and Qualifications
Essential
- Experience in Surveillance Operations, Financial Crime, Risk, Compliance or Audit.
- Experience working within a bank or regulated financial institution.
- Good knowledge of governance, control design and issue management.
- Experience coordinating audits, assurance reviews or regulatory matters.
- Ability to conduct structured regulatory and control gap assessments.
- Strong analytical, written communication and senior management reporting skills.
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, actions, deadlines and dependencies.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
Preferred
- Experience in a regional or cross-border role.
- Experience in control testing, quality assurance or risk assessments.
- Familiarity with local and/or regional banking regulations and supervisory expectations.
- Exposure to process improvement, training or change implementation.
- Relevant professional qualification in risk, audit, compliance or financial crime.
Location:
DBS Asia CentralJob:
ComplianceSchedule:
RegularEmployee Status:
Full timeDBS Bank Ltd Singapore Office
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