Senior Manager – Legal, Compliance & Risk

Key Responsibilities

COMPLIANCE

Assist and support Head of TIM in:

• Ensuring compliance risk is effectively managed and controls in place.
• Ensuring compliance risk is assessed, reviewed and monitored regularly.
• Ensuring compliance to regulatory requirements.
• Ensuring mandatory statutory training courses are completed by all TIM staff and officers.
• Ensuring implementation of Group Compliance projects and initiatives within TIM.

Legal

• Provide legal advice on the interpretation of applicable laws and regulations.
• Work closely with Group Legal to draft, review, negotiate and modify commercial contracts and agreements entered by TIM and any spillover from Group Office.
• Ensure the terms and conditions of the contracts/agreements strongly and legally protect TIM’s interests with the third parties.
• Manage ICSA’s entered into between TIM and other members of the FWD Group.

Risk

• Provide ad-hoc support to Group Risk as needed (e.g. assess risks TIM is exposed, Business Continuity arrangements, processes and controls review)
• Reporting on risk issues/incidents to TIM management and Group Risk and Group Compliance.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Manage reports of Non-Financial and Compliance Risks and provide support with the provision of compliance risk management advice.
• Ensure that compliance risks are considered in the overall risk assessment process for TIM.
• Provide advice and support to Head of TIM on all Legal and Compliance matters.
• Liaise with regulators and industry bodies and participate, where possible, in industry meetings to ensure knowledge exchange about regulations and to improve compliance risk management knowledge.
• Drive Compliance activities and initiatives within TIM.
• Partner with Group Legal, other Risk Management functions, and Management to ensure integrated risk management efforts without duplication.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• To provide effective compliance services to support TIM
• Regular reports are prepared and presented as and when required
• To advise on adverse consequences arising from regulatory compliance and reputational breaches/issues are properly managed, mitigated and reported, with remedial action initiated in line with the materiality of the risk/issue
• Efficient coordination of regulatory related request and ensure proper communication.
• To protect TIM from legal risks and liabilities and to escalate material legal issues to Group Legal.

Qualification & Requirements

• Degree in Law/ Compliance/ Audit and/or relevant experiences; or Qualified lawyer (Malaysia, common law)
• Minimum of 5 years of Banking/Insurance/Takaful work experience in the compliance and/or Audit functions;
• Experience in a regulatory set-up with compliance or audit background.

KNOWLEDGE & TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, with experience of dealing with executives at all levels including the capacity to articulate the case for risk management and policy in the language of business.
• Experience of interpreting and analysing a large volume of information and / or data and provide succinct summary for management.
• Strong team-player attitude.
• Consistent follow-through in ensuring corrective or mitigating actions are put in place or closed out.
• Pro-active in identifying regulatory compliance issues or developing appropriate recommendations/solutions

Benefits

• Family & Parenting
• Financial & Retirement
• Insurance, Health & Wellness
• Professional Support
• Other Perks and Benefits…