Job Description

Position Reports to:
Group Legal Regulatory Compliance (GLRC) Cluster Lead, Project Office
Position Description:

• Hold overall responsibility and accountability for IT project management in areas related to Group Legal & Regulatory Compliance
• Work in partnership with the stakeholders to deliver projects to agreed scope, schedule, budget and quality.

• Prepare project feasibility studies, cost-benefit analysis and proposals and obtain required approvals from appropriate IT management and project sponsors
• Provide financial crime implementation support on a wide range of risk and regulatory projects (KYC, Fraud or AML).
• Maintain current knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and all related anti-money laundering and OFAC regulations
• Establish project plans, resources, budgets and time-frames, and assign tasks
• Identify, track and communicate project progress, milestones, deliverables changes and dependencies within the schedule, costs, issues and risks
• Manage team\'s performance of project tasks, provide technical advice and guidance, schedule assignments and training for development, prepare performance appraisals
• Coordinate project activities across multiple development, product management, user experience and QA teams in a matrix organisation
• Secure acceptance and approval of deliverables or revisions to the project from the project sponsor and stakeholders
• Manage vendor relationship and deliverables
• Evaluate and recommend purchases of software packages, hardware and service vendors where appropriate
• Ensure work deliverables are in compliance with bank policies and regulatory requirements.
• Plan for and oversee preparation of documentation of each project phase (business requirements, functional specification, project plan, test strategy, test plan, etc), training and support in new/modified applications.

• Knowledge in Banking or Financial Institution Domain is essential
• Experience in Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Technology projects and solution will be an added advantage

• Ability to learn and adapt to new fraud risk management tools.
• Continue to build proficiency of BSA techniques and AML principles and other regulatory compliance requirements by attending internal training, external training, and completing continuing education courses.
• Understanding of technical aspects of system integration in a mix technology environment.

• Tertiary education required
• 10 years in project management in IT in financial institution delivering projects exceeding S$2 mil
• Certification or formal training in project management is an advantage
• Self starting with excellent leadership and team building skills
• Ability to resolve complex problems creatively

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