Job Description

Prudential's purpose is to help people get the most out of life. We will deliver our purpose by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our colleagues, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and in exchange, we support our people's career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow and Succeed.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Key LBU Oversight responsibilities:

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  Be the “Relationship Manager” and provide oversight of the compliance functions of the Local Business Units (LBU) allocated to him/her. Ensure that the LBU compliance teams are performing to the compliance standards required by the stakeholders of Eastspring Investments i.e the Group/Regional Compliance Policies & Standards and implementation of industry best practices, taking into account commercial requirements and local regulatory complexities. Some travel is therefore required.
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  Proactively work with the LBU Heads of Compliance to ensure that there is an Annual Compliance Monitoring Plan (ACMP) established for the LBUs and to proactively challenge the ACMP to ensure that the ACMP has adequately performed the regulatory risk and control assessment of the business; and relevant compliance tests have been designed to monitor these risks.
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  Conduct regular reviews of the status of implementation of the LBU ACMP and report accordingly.
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  Be in regular contact with the LBU Heads of Compliance in order to understand and identify the key compliance risks; review and analyse the key compliance management information / statistics and hot topics that both Head Office and LBU Compliance teams should watch out for. Be responsible for areas of ‘Specialization’ allocated to him/her across all of Eastspring’s businesses globally e.g Management Reporting, Conflict of interests, ESG etc
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  Proactively advise and work with LBU Heads of Compliance to interpret and, if necessary, to implement the required Group/ Eastspring Investments compliance standards and controls.
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  Provide proactive and timely advice and support to key business /strategic initiatives / projects including GBM/Eastspring 3.0 and ESG from the compliance perspective. This can be both at Head Office and at LBU level.

Key Head Office Compliance responsibilities:

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  Ensure that the Head of HO Compliance and CRO Eastspring Investments are kept updated on key compliance issues and compliance hot topics in the LBUs allocated to him/her.
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  Assist the Head of Head Office Compliance in the preparation of the relevant Compliance Reports to the various governance committees/functional heads at Eastspring Investments and Group Head Office. Attend the committees/meetings as required.
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  Work with Group Head Office in reviewing Prudential Group wide policies and procedures for applicability to Eastspring. Accordingly, implement appropriate Eastspring Investments group policies and where necessary, procedures.
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  Assist the Head of Head Office Compliance in preparing ad hoc papers on risk and compliance as and when requested by any of the governance committees.
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  Take leadership for Eastspring Investments wide projects as and when required.
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  Participate in ad hoc reviews and investigations as required.
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  Manage staff within the Head Office Compliance team as may be required.

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EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

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  University degree in Accountancy /Law
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  /Business /Banking /Finance preferred
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  Total working experience of at least 10 years with experience largely in the areas of risk and controls; at least 4 years in compliance in asset management in a managerial capacity preferred.
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  Exposure to cross border regulatory matters will be a bonus
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  Proficiency in English and one other Asian language

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with special requirements.