VP2, Technology Governance

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

Job Description

Technology Assurance Review

• To conduct detailed technology governance and assurance reviews to ensure compliance to the bank's policies, framework, standards, procedures, regulatory, legal and compliance requirements.
• To participate in and work on the annual formation of Technology Assurance Review Plan with UOB Group.
• To produce good quality technology assurance review report for management oversight
• Possess skills sets in data analytics to ease and value add the technology assurance reviews

Technology Governance Risk Reporting

• To review and assess source reporting information for accurate governance risk reporting.
• To work closely with UOB Group and Second line of defence on the requirements of governance risk reporting.
• To produce good quality governance risk reports within the stipulated timeline for submission to UOB Group, second line of defence and regulator.

Technology Audit Management

• To serve as a liaison between Internal & External Auditors and Regulatory Bodies and IT Supporting Units to ensure their audit queries are responded and addressed in timely manner.
• To review and ensure accurate request for information (RFI) provided by IT Supporting Units prior to submission to Auditors.
• To review and provide feedback during Audit Observation (AO) and Audit Reporting stage.
• To ensure effective management and tracking of audit issues, ensure issues are appropriately addressed and rectified timely.

Business As Usual Activities

• To review and provide feedback on new updates arising from policies, framework, guidelines or concept papers internally from UOB Group and externally from Regulators.
• To advise and give guidance to Business Units for requirements against Policies, Guidelines and Regulatory requirements.
• To strategize the review of IT processes and operations to assess the effectiveness and efficiency, highlight potential risks, gaps and opportunities for improvements.
• To ensure timely completion of mandatory e-learning within Technology Units.
• To handle ad-hoc tasks rolled down from UOB Group and regulators.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or its equivalent.
• Minimum 8 to 10 years of related working experience. Knowledge of Cyber Security and IT security is essential. Industry certifications will be a plus e.g. CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, CCSP etc.
• Highly result oriented and can work independently.
• Ability to build relationship and interact effectively with internal and external parties. Strong engagement skills with various stakeholders from business and technology units will be a plus.
• Good analytical, technical, written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment in applying established techniques, procedures or standards.
• At least 5 years or more hands-on experience on IT Audit, Technology Governance Assurance Reviews are required.
• Practical knowledge of security concepts, goals, technologies; security vulnerabilities, mitigation and remediation.
• Ability to comprehend emerging technology risks such cyber risks, cloud and AI related risks etc.
• Familiar with security standards and best practice; regulatory requirements such as BNM RMiT, MAS TRM, PCI-DSS, PayNet Guidelines on Cyber Resilience, Malaysia Cyber Security Act, PDPA etc; architecture and security of operating system; logging or auditing systems, including those on Operating System, databases and network device; Systems Development Life Cycle.

Additional Requirements

Be a Part of the UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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