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A senior leadership role anchoring the Control pillar within Markets Operations at a long-established Singapore bank. You will oversee control effectiveness, country and centre-of-excellence oversight, and the data governance agenda, working closely with risk, compliance, audit and change teams. It suits an experienced operations, risk or governance professional who is comfortable influencing senior stakeholders across jurisdictions.
What you'll do
Lead the design, implementation and ongoing improvement of the Markets Operations control framework
Drive control effectiveness, control redesign, risk assessment, self-control attestation and remediation discipline
Ensure key operational risks are identified, measured, escalated and remediated through transparent governance
Provide structured oversight of Country Operations and centre-of-excellence activities against global standards
Balance local regulatory, client and market requirements with centralised governance and standardised controls
Lead the data governance agenda covering data quality, ownership, lineage, reporting standards, analytics and management information
Oversee MIS, data strategy, data execution and analytics for trusted reporting and better operational decisions
Partner with Business, Technology and Change teams on sustainable data architecture and governance standards
Establish consistent KPI, KRI, SLA and service-level reporting across Markets Operations
Provide group-level performance transparency to senior leadership on operational health, emerging risks and remediation progress
Ensure regulatory obligations, country requirements and control commitments are tracked, evidenced and governed
Chair or support governance forums on control, country oversight, data governance, issue management and service assurance
Drive issue intake, root-cause analysis, action ownership and closure governance
Partner with Risk, Compliance and Audit to embed assurance outcomes into business-as-usual controls
Work with Change Governance to embed control-by-design principles in transformation initiatives
Ensure interim or manual controls have clear ownership, compensating controls and a path to strategic remediation
Promote automation, analytics, standardised reporting and proactive risk detection
Build and lead a specialist control, country oversight and data governance team
Develop capabilities in operational risk, regulatory governance, data analytics, service performance and assurance
Foster a culture of transparency, constructive challenge, ownership and continuous improvement
Good to know
Based at the bank's Singapore office
Full-time position
Requirements
15–20 years of experience in Markets Operations, operational risk, control governance, data governance, regulatory assurance, country oversight or transformation in a regulated financial institution
Proven experience designing and managing control frameworks, governance forums, issue management processes and operational assurance models
Strong understanding of Markets products, operational lifecycle, country regulatory requirements, risk controls and data governance principles
Experience working across multiple jurisdictions, functions and senior stakeholder groups
Ability to use data, analytics and structured reporting to improve transparency and decision-making
Strong control, risk and governance mindset
Benefits
Competitive base salary
Holistic, flexible benefits suite
Community initiatives
Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities
Equal opportunity and fair employment
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