Job Description

What the role is:

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is Singapore\'s central bank and integrated financial regulator.

As central bank, MAS promotes sustained, non-inflationary economic growth through the conduct of monetary policy and close macroeconomic surveillance and analysis. It manages Singapore\'s exchange rate, official foreign reserves, and liquidity in the banking sector.

As an integrated financial supervisor, MAS fosters a sound financial services sector through its prudential oversight of all financial institutions in Singapore - banks, insurers, capital market intermediaries, financial advisors, and stock exchanges. It is also responsible for well-functioning financial markets, sound conduct, and investor education.

MAS also works with the financial industry to promote Singapore as a dynamic international financial centre. It facilitates the development of infrastructure, adoption of technology, and upgrading of skills in the financial industry.

Join us now, if you have a genuine interest in making an impact to help shape Singapore\'s economic and financial landscape.

What you will be working on:

You will lead a dynamic team to foster an innovative and inclusive payments ecosystem in Singapore, and anchor Singapore\'s position as a global payments hub. You will lead the team to develop strategies, policies and initiatives, aimed at promoting the growth of e-payments in Singapore and design future-ready national payment infrastructures. Your responsibilities will include:

Collaborating with key stakeholders from government agencies and the payments and banking industry on policies and initiatives to enhance e-payment solutions and infrastructure for businesses and individuals in Singapore.

Overseeing the execution of industry projects to enable safe, efficient, and interoperable e-payment solutions. This includes developing payments market and governance policies with the industry for national payment rails including PayNow, FAST, GIRO, SGQR and cheque truncation systems.

Facilitating close coordination within the payments industry through inter-governmental and industry bodies led by MAS, including leading the Payments Council and Electronic Payments Committee secretariat teams.

Building a deep understanding of the needs and challenges of domestic payment users, including businesses and individuals, to guide the development of effective strategies.

Crafting and fine-tuning medium to long-term strategies for MAS\' payments roadmap for the domestic payments market and infrastructure.

What we are looking for:

Keen interest in the payments sector.

Relevant experience and technical experience in developing and maintaining payments related infrastructures will be advantageous.

Team player with good networking skills and excellent organisational skills. Strong analytical competence with the capacity to synthesize value from a fluid industry landscape and diverse sources.

Excellent writing and communication skills.

Strong understanding of trends and developments in the payments landscape.

About Monetary Authority of Singapore:

MAS is the central bank of Singapore. Our mission is to promote sustained non-inflationary economic growth, and a sound and progressive financial centre.

Monetary Authority of Singapore