Lead the development of a professional risk and compliance team for Lockton Singapore by leveraging technology to afford maximum operational room for processes to be efficiently conducted within the regulatory compliance requirements.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Enhance and implement policies, systems, and processes in relation to the governance, use, and analysis of personal data.
• Oversee the regulatory function. Monitor and manage Lockton Singapore’s compliance with regulatory requirements under the applicable laws and regulations as well as internal policies and procedures.
• Enhance and manage policies, systems, and processes to counter the risks of Lockton Singapore’s involvement in money laundering, terrorism financing, weapons proliferation and sanctions evasion, bribery, corruption, and filing of Suspicious Transactions Reports (STRs).
• Manage regulatory returns to the Regulator on a timely basis.
• Localise and implement Lockton International corporate policies, governance programmes and relevant initiatives.
• Perform periodic compliance reviews.
• Quarterly risk and compliance reporting to Lockton UK.
• Keep abreast of compliance and regulatory requirements, trends and best practices relevant to Lockton Singapore. Provide advice and support implementation of changes as required.
• Oversee Lockton Singapore’s risk matrix.
• Provision of legal advice and support on contracts and business issues as relevant.
• Interpretation of policies and development of internal guidelines to facilitate operations.
• Proactive in finding solutions to business and operational issues.
• Implement technology to ensure compliance operations are efficient.

Qualifications

• Degree in Law with prior experience in compliance for an insurance broker or general insurer. Legal education and experience would be an advantage.
• Working experience with exposure to the finance sector.

Experience

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral).
• Flexible and business-minded in regulatory and policy interpretation.
• Experience dealing with the Monetary Authority of Singapore on insurance regulations and issues.
• Experience working in the health and general insurance sector dealing with risk, compliance, legal and regulatory issues.
• Knowledge of regulatory framework and compliance issues relevant to general insurance and reinsurance broking.
• Comfortable learning and using technology tools and platforms e.g. Microsoft 365 solutions.