VP/AVP - Regional Surveillance Ops Risk & Control

About the role

The Surveillance Operations Risk & Control - Regional role supports governance, risk oversight and continuous improvement across the region. It identifies and communicates material operational, regulatory and control risks, gives management insight, coordinates audit and assurance activities and assesses gaps between regulatory requirements and existing controls. It also supports the Standards & Training pillar by turning risk, audit and regulatory findings into process, procedure and training improvements. The role is based in DBS Asia Central.

Key responsibilities

• Regional governance and risk oversight: run regional governance forums, prepare monthly senior management reports, board papers and escalation materials, maintain oversight of key risks, issues, decisions and dependencies, assess control design and operating effectiveness, monitor risk, audit and regulatory actions to closure, challenge inadequate remediation and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Audit and assurance management: coordinate internal, external and independent assurance reviews, manage audit preparation, walkthroughs and evidence submissions, oversee findings and remediation plans, support closure validation and identify recurring audit themes.
• Regulatory gap analysis: monitor regulatory requirements and supervisory expectations, assess new requirements against existing controls, document the materiality and impact of gaps, track implementation and escalate material delays.
• Standards and training support: translate risk, audit and regulatory findings into process improvements, identify training needs from control failures, review procedures and training content from a risk and control perspective and assess regional adoption of changes.
• Stakeholder management: partner with regional and country Surveillance Operations teams, coordinate with Compliance, Legal, Risk, Audit, Technology and Data, communicate complex risk and regulatory matters clearly and coordinate cross-border actions.

Required profile

• Essential: experience in Surveillance Operations, Financial Crime, Risk, Compliance or Audit, and in a bank or regulated financial institution.
• Preferred: regional or cross-border experience, control testing, quality assurance or risk assessment experience, familiarity with local and/or regional banking regulations, exposure to process improvement, training or change implementation, and a relevant professional qualification in risk, audit, compliance or financial crime.

Required skills

• Good knowledge of governance, control design and issue management.
• 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, and to work under pressure.