Vice President - Technology Risk Management

Business Function:

Technology and Operations (T&O) enables and empowers the bank with an efficient, nimble and resilient infrastructure through a strategic focus on productivity, quality & control, technology, people capability and innovation. In Group T&O, we manage the majority of the Bank's operational processes and inspire to delight our business partners through our multiple banking delivery channels.

Job Purpose:

This is to manage risks for LOBTs acting as Line 1 risk manager.

Key Accountabilities:

- Assist Line of Business Technology in managing technology and operational risks.

- Drive and ensure regulatory compliance for the LOBT.

- Liaise and co-ordinate audit activities involving the LOBT.

- Issue & Action management for LOBT including is impacted (across external and internal audits and reviews and excluding IT Information Security) and action planning.

- Engagement across Technology verticals, Operations, Business, Compliance to prioritize, plan, act, prove, close all open findings within committed timelines.

- Scan regulatory requirements, circulars to ensure forward planning and execution for compliance. This includes Singapore and India regulatory requirements.

- Prepare, maintain and conduct control testing for units Risk Control Self Assessments (RCSAs).

- Outsourcing Risk assessment for the LOBT.

- Monitor risk issues and incidents for LOBT.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

- Liaise with stakeholders within and outside DBS, including at Group level to have a comprehensive view of all Technology Risks.

- Engage with Technology verticals and others as appropriate within DBS, to progress on closure of all open points.

- Engage with Compliance, understand the regulatory requirements at country and group level, and add these to the action points which Technology must ensure.

- Early identification of execution challenges in risk mitigation actions and being an effective catalyst with Technology teams and seniors to resolve bottlenecks such as cost or resource approvals, conflicting priorities.

- Risk assessment for LOBT covering partners, external environment and identify potential risks such as relating to scale-preparedness, DR & BCP support for the organization, code quality in terms of testing and deployment governance.

- Regular updates as per agreed rhythm, and fronting dialogues with stakeholders/LOBT, to highlight process on Risk Management and Risk Mitigation.

- Liaise with relevant departments to ensure awareness of Technology Risk within the DBS India Technology Team, and partner for this awareness across DBS India.

- Liase with Line of Business Risk in the region and co-ordinate efforts for the LOBT landscape used by India.

Required Experience:

- Ideally, 14+ years of successful experience in Technology Risk Management, Information Security, Technology Audit.

Education / Preferred Qualifications:

- Ideally, risk-accreditations like CISA, CRISC, CISM, CISSP experience on Information System audits and remediation, Agile Scrum accreditation and/or experience, and has worked as a Lead Auditor in Information System audits including ISO audits.

- Minimum Computer Science or Technology Management graduate, preferably in Info-Sec specialization.

Core Competencies:

- Awareness of Information Systems and their complexity, potential points of failure from a risk perspective.

- Good communication skills and ability to manage dialogues with seniors.

- Readiness to raise the red flag for risks, in the interests of the bank.

Technical Competencies:

- Ideally, risk-accreditations like CISA, CRISC, CISM, CISSP experience on Information System audits and remediation, Agile Scrum accreditation and/or experience, and has worked as a Lead Auditor in Information System audits including ISO audits.

Work Relationship:

- Awareness of Information Systems and their complexity, potential points of failure from a risk perspective.

DBS India - Culture & Behaviours:

- Drive Performance Through Value Based Propositions

- Ensure Customer Focus by Delighting Customers & Reduce Complaints

- Build Pride and Passion to Protect, Maintain and Enhance DBS Reputation

- Enhance Knowledge Base, Build Skill Sets & Develop Competencies

- Invest in Team Building & Motivation through Ideation & Innovation

- Execute at Speed While Maintaining Error Free Operations

- Develop a Passion for Performance to Grow Talent Pool

- Maintain the Highest Standards of Honesty and Integrity