Compliance and Operations Risk Test Director - Executive Director

Excellent Opportunity to join in a senior role to lead Asia Pacific Testing Centre of Excellence

As a TCOE - APAC Lead, Executive Director within our firmwide Testing Center of Excellence (TCOE), you will be an essential part of our commitment to maintaining a strong risk and control environment. You will work closely with partners across Risk Management, Compliance, Operational Risk and Control Management, providing insights and opportunities to our business owners to help maintain a strong risk and control environment. You will lead a regional team focused on performing end-to-end process reviews on the APAC 1LOD to ensure adherence to laws, rules, and regulations, including performing an evaluation of control design and performance. Your role will involve liaising with compliance, risk and control partners at a senior level across multiple locations, leading a team situated in multiple locations across the APAC region, and navigating the regulatory landscape. This role provides an opportunity to contribute to TCOE improvements and transformation, manage headcount, and recruit, develop and retain top risk and control talent.

Job responsibilities

• Lead the testing team effort in assessing and monitoring compliance and operational risks, ensuring compliance with firm standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Lead and develop the APAC TCOE team and ensure timely and accurate execution of the testing plan, including control evaluations and end-to-end process reviews.
• Navigate regulatory and compliance landscape when defining assessment approach and strategy; ensure compliance assessment requirements across a complex regulatory environment are addressed through testing results.
• Partner with key stakeholders in Business units to perform control evaluations, and testing efforts across multiple business groups and operational functions to identify control gaps as well as opportunities for effectiveness and efficiency improvements.
• Recruit, develop and retain top risk and control talent.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to a regional team of professionals, serving as leader to the organization.
• Collaborating with other business testing leads to ensure consistency and identify integration points.
• Participate in TCOE improvements and transformation as the organization develops and matures during its early stages.

• Solid knowledge and experience of the multiple sub-lines of business across the APAC region, including their processes and controls.
• Demonstrated knowledge of risk management frameworks, regulations, and industry best practices within the APAC region.
• Solid experience or equivalent expertise in risk management, audit, compliance, control management or a related field with a strong understanding of industry standards.
• Experience in leading geographically diverse teams with a range of levels.
• Proven stakeholder management and ability to influence and drive at a senior executive level.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex issues, develop and implement risk mitigation strategies, and effectively communicate recommendations based on regulatory guidance and standards.
• Expertise in working with large sets of data and information to drive informed decisions.
• Ability to effectively provide team guidance and set clear direction to manage competing priorities while driving focus on targeted execution.

• Experience in Internal or External Audit, compliance or control management .
• Data analytical tools such as Tableau, Alteryx or Python.