Vice President Governance, Compliance & Data Governance

The Vice President Governance, Compliance & Data Governance plays a critical leadership role in ensuring the banks operations align with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and global best practices. This role will champion the governance framework across cybersecurity, technology risk, and enterprise data management, while fostering a strong compliance culture throughout the organization. The incumbent will collaborate with internal stakeholders, regulators, and auditors to ensure robust oversight and strategic alignment with the banks digital and risk transformation goals.

Responsibilities :

• Develop and maintain governance frameworks for cybersecurity, IT risk, and data management.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory guidelines, and industry standards.
• Prepare governance reports and dashboards for senior management, board committees, and regulators.
• Lead governance forums, steering committees, and risk review sessions.
• Monitor adherence to banking regulations (e.g., BNM RMiT, MAS TRM, GDPR, PCI DSS, ISO 27001).
• Support regulatory audits, internal audits, and compliance assessments.
• Act as liaison with regulators on governance and compliance matters.
• Ensure timely resolution of audit and compliance findings.
• Maintain a comprehensive inventory of regulatory obligations and track compliance status.
• Establish and implement a bank-wide data governance framework.
• Define and enforce policies for data ownership, classification, quality, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure compliance with data protection and privacy laws (e.g., PDPA, GDPR).
• Collaborate with business and IT teams to enhance data integrity, accuracy, and availability.
• Support strategic data initiatives including data lakes, analytics, and enterprise reporting.
• Partner with Information Security, Risk, IT, and Business units to embed governance practices.
• Deliver training and awareness programs on compliance and data governance.
• Serve as subject matter expert for governance-related projects and initiatives.

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