Regulatory Compliance & Risk Culture, Consultant (PDPA)

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At AIA, your skills, perspective and ideas can contribute to our Purpose of helping millions of people live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives. Across our diverse markets, you will take on meaningful challenges, collaborate with talented colleagues and help turn ideas into positive outcomes for our customers and communities.
Join us to shape what comes next, grow through new experiences and extend your impact across Asia.
About the Role
Reporting to Senior Manager, Regulatory Compliance & Risk Culture, this position is responsible to help the Company in managing and mitigating regulatory risk which include risk arising from data privacy and fraud. Collaborate with business functions to foster a positive risk culture through effective risk and compliance awareness, engagement, advisory and preventive programs.
Regulatory Advisory
Provide ongoing compliance advisory and support to business functions on various business initiatives, to ensure that the business is compliant with relevant regulations including the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).
Conduct gap assessments on new regulatory developments, liaise with the various business functions to ensure new regulatory requirements are properly implemented, identified gaps are closely monitored to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.
Ensure regulatory obligations are effectively embedded into business. Monitor and ensure proper remediation of any lapses noted.
Develop and deliver data privacy training and awareness communications, to promote understanding of regulatory obligations and risk management expectations.
Regulatory Liaison
Liaise with key regulators and industry associations to ensure that their requests and queries are promptly addressed. Facilitate engagement sessions with key regulators to ensure AIAS’ relationship with key regulators are well managed.
Review and provide adequate challenge to the business functions on responses to regulators to ensure the Company’s responses are accurate, consistent and of good quality.
Other responsibilities
Assist in reporting requirements to regulators, Group, Board of Directors, senior management, and other stakeholders as required.
Any other ad hoc tasks & projects as assigned by Team Lead/Head/ExCO
Minimum Job Requirements:
Education
Bachelor’s degree (or degree equivalent).
Experience
At least 5 years’ relevant experience, preferably in the financial sector, with knowledge of internal controls and managing regulatory risk
Certifications/licenses
Professional accreditations on data privacy will be an added advantage.
Skills
Team player
Liaison, relationship building and communication skills e.g. mediation.
Building trust and credibility with Key Regulators by responding in an accurate, timely and concise manner
Digital Analytics skills
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