Finance – Banking Attorney / Finance – Financial Services Regulation Attorney / Finance – Gener[…]

Finance – Banking Attorney / Finance – Financial Services Regulation Attorney / Finance – General Attorney in Alexandra, Singapore (General)

Job Title: SVP, Legal and Compliance Function to Global Transactional Service (GTS) and Institutional Banking Group (IBG)

Job Responsibilities

• Provide timely, commercial, and sensible legal and regulatory advice to internal stakeholders, including advice on cross-border and domestic requirements related to IBG/GTS business.
• Review and develop standard documentation with product managers to enhance commerciality, consistency, and simplicity. Develop guidelines and processes for deviation from the company’s standard terms and conditions.
• Develop, streamline, and improve documentation, policies, and processes.
• Support the development and execution of new products and initiatives.
• Guide business units on AML in high-risk customers or escalated cases, partnering closely with business units and AML subject matter experts to ensure a consistent and robust AML risk management framework for new products and initiatives.
• Assist and complete the negotiation of transactional documentation.
• Implement tools and processes to mitigate legal and compliance risks, review materials to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, and provide thematic training to internal stakeholders.
• Liaise with external legal counsels and other internal stakeholders on the implementation of new products, new product approval documentation, and in the review and negotiation of transaction documentation.
• Work with external counsels to manage disputes and litigation.

Education and Experience

• 10 – 15 years of relevant working experience in the financial/banking industry, preferably in corporate banking.
• Professional qualifications in addition to a degree in law from a reputable university.
• Experience and familiarity in handling documentation related to credit/lending and institutional banking products.
• Good knowledge of banking and financial services laws and regulations, best practices, and understanding of institutional banking products. Knowledge of cross-border regulatory and legal frameworks, particularly in the company’s core markets, will be an added advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, ability to provide advice reflecting lateral thought, and ability to work on multiple tasks, including running projects and managing multiple stakeholders.
• Must be a self-starter with initiative, be a team player who is innovative, customer-focused, and performance and results-oriented.
• Able to effectively prioritize, manage, and complete multiple transactions/tasks within deadlines.
• Possess excellent analytic and problem-solving skills.

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