Job Purpose
We are looking for an Operational Risk Specialist to be an integral member of the Ops COO - Operational Risk Management team, primarily responsible for managing Risk and Control Governance Forumsin collaboration with the key cross functional/locational stakeholders, with the aim to drive improvements in key risk focus areas and operational resilience and mitigate potential risks in Group Operations. The incumbent will need to lead and perform risk reviews, establish risk metrics and dashboards in Risk Control Tower, facilitate risk decisions/approvals from Ops senior management, as well as drive initiatives/projects to uplift resiliency and operational effectiveness in Group Operations.
Key Accountabilities
- Drive and manage Risk and Control Governance Forums
- Perform risk reviews to identify key risks and assess key risk focus areas
- Identify, lead or participate in Operational Risk Management Initiatives/Projects
- Lead, design and drive establishment of risk landscapes/dashboards/metrics into risk control tower
Job Responsibilities
- Drive and manage Risk and Control Governance Forums
- Ensure effectiveness through defining agenda by engaging key cross functional/locational stakeholders
- Enable/facilitate key risk decisions/approval process on key risk areas
- Perform risk reviews to identify key risks and assess key risks focus areas
- Analyse risk profile of Operations units which involves reviewing risk metrics, risk events, audit results etc with the aim to identify recurring risk themes/risk concerns
- Perform risk reviews and collaborate effectively with key stakeholders to identify initiatives on mitigation plans to enhance effectiveness and efficiency and follow through to resolution
- Lead or participate in Operational Risk Management Initiatives/Projects
- Lead or participate in initiatives/projects contributing to improvements in risk and control and quality involving multiple stakeholders
- Lead, design and drive establishment of risk landscapes/dashboards/metrics into risk control tower
- Design and drive establishment of risk metrics across Operations units to enable review of key risk profiles and positions through automation and data visualisation
Enhance metrics reporting through data visualisation techniques.
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of experience in an Operations or Operational risk management role, preferably in a banking or financial institution
- Ability to manage, influence and communicate effectively with different stakeholders
- Ability to adapt quickly in a dynamic and fast changing environment and keep pace with rapid changes in business
- Strong analytical skills to review and analyse data, savvy with usage of data visualisation tools e.g. Qlikview or Tableau
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office tools especially Excel and Powerpoint
Primary Location
Singapore-DBS Asia Central
Job
Risk Management
Schedule
Regular
Job Type
Full-time
Job Posting
Mar 15, 2026, 9:00:00 AM
