About this role
About the Role Lead the first-line assurance activities across Investment Management functions to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, and to establish and implement controls ensuring adherence to policies and procedures. Support the CIO with strategic advisory, oversight, and practical solutions, engaging with control functions and regional offices. What You'll Do
- Provide strategic advisory on assurance challenges, identify control gaps, and support senior management decision-making.
- Lead the establishment and ongoing improvement of the first-line governance architecture to strengthen control effectiveness and accountability.
- Perform assurance activities including gap analysis, attestation on group/regulatory guidelines, and oversight of investment activities for policy/regulatory adherence.
- Daily monitoring of investment limits and restrictions, with timely investigation and escalations and follow-through to closure.
- Periodically review internal policies (Investment Policy, Investment Mandates Standard, Investment Guidelines, Risk Appetite Statements, ALMIC charters).
- Maintain Bloomberg Front Office Systems, including setting, testing, and monitoring compliance rules (CMGR, BTCA).
- Promote a strong control mindset and risk-aware culture; provide quarterly governance training.
- Maintain documentation and act as primary contact for Investment Management assurance with Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, Shariah, Legal, and regional/group assurance.
- Proactively monitor market developments and regulatory changes to ensure ongoing compliance.
- Prepare periodic and ad-hoc reports for Committees, senior management, and regional/group offices. What We're Looking For
- Degree in Legal, Finance, Investment, Economics, Actuarial Science, Accounting, or equivalent; professional qualifications such as CFA, ACCA, CPA, FRM are an added advantage.
- Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in investment, risk, compliance, audit, or related fields, preferably in insurance/finance.
- Experience in using Bloomberg Compliance functions.
- Strong analytical skills, high self-motivation, excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management. Nice to Have
- CFA, ACCA, CPA, FRM or other professional qualifications.