Location: Singapore
Job Function: Legal & Compliance Department
Job Type: Permanent
Req ID: 16040
GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 locations around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we Work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.
Legal and Compliance Department
We govern, structure, negotiate and execute the largest and most complex deals globally, across all asset classes.
Compliance
You will gate-keep and escalate material regulatory, compliance, reputational risks and incidents to the GIC Board and senior management. You will help to monitor the constantly evolving regulatory landscape to advise our stakeholders of the potential implications and to implement the requisite controls. You will also promote and reinforce staff awareness of the applicable regulatory and compliance policies and procedures.
What impact can you make in this role?
You will be part of the Compliance Division in the Legal and Compliance Department that manages the regulatory, compliance and reputational risks of GIC. We are looking for a highly motivated, intellectually curious and high performing candidate to join our Regulatory Advisory Compliance team as an Assistant Vice President/Vice President.
What will you do as an AVP/VP, Regulatory Advisory Compliance?
- Be part of a team that advises on, evaluates and implements the requisite compliance policies and controls to ensure that GIC complies with all regulatory and compliance requirements that apply to GIC’s investment, trading and operational activities globally.
- Monitor and stay abreast of the latest regulatory requirements and enforcement developments and trends that apply to GIC’s investment, trading and operational activities, including the Sustainability space, and advise stakeholders in a timely manner to ensure that the appropriate risk and impact analysis and assessments are performed. Where applicable, this would entail taking the lead or working with other members of the team, external legal counsels and other stakeholders across GIC to implement change initiatives to address such regulatory trends and/or requirements.
- Provide sound, pragmatic and timely regulatory and compliance advice to GIC’s portfolio managers / deal teams and internal stakeholders on their investment, trading and operational activities. Such activities can range from trading activities in global securities and derivatives markets, private investments, new products, initiatives or trading strategies.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders to advise on the implementation of robust and effective controls and processes to ensure compliance with all applicable global laws, regulations and rules.
- Work closely with external legal counsel in the relevant jurisdictions to seek regulatory and compliance advice where required.
- Support stakeholders in GIC’s engagement with global regulators, which includes liaising with stakeholders and formulating appropriate responses in a timely manner to queries from regulators, and/or coordinate directly with external parties such as GIC’s Clients, global regulators, custodians and broker dealers on any regulatory and/or compliance risk issues where required.
- Monitor and assess the applicability and impact of the relevant financial sector licensing obligations in countries where GIC has established a global office to conduct investment activities as a discretionary fund manager.
What qualifications or skills should you possess in this role?
- At least 8 to 15 years of relevant compliance experience in a financial institution, regulator and/or securities exchange. Candidates with prior experience in a regulatory advisory compliance role or experience working at a regulatory body are preferred.
- A strong understanding and knowledge of financial products and how securities / financial markets work and operate.
- Candidates with a working knowledge and understanding of key financial regulations issued by regulators such as the MAS, US SEC, US CFTC, UK FCA is preferred.
- Candidates with experience and keen interest in ESG/Sustainability related regulations and developments, and/or markets compliance experience covering specific asset classes will be preferred.
- Proven expertise and experience in reading and interpreting laws and regulations with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Possess strong written and verbal communication abilities and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with impact and confidence to internal or external stakeholders and senior management, and to uphold compliance positions and decisions under pressure.
Work at the Point of Impact
We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious, agile, and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas, share your views, and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence, which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact.
Flexibility at GIC
At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection. At the same time, we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus, our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.
GIC is an equal opportunity employer
As an employer, we passionately believe every individual brings with them unique diversity of thought and perspectives to meaningfully enrich perspectives of GIC teams to drive competitive performance. An inclusive environment yields exceptional contribution.
Learn more about our Legal & Compliance Department here:
https://gic.careers/group/legal-compliance
