As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.
Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.
We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.
Your Opportunity Starts Here.
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Vice President, Departmental Compliance Officer
Why Join
As a Vice President, Departmental Compliance Officer at OCBC, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the smooth delivery of our commercial banking services to our customers. You'll be part of a team that's dedicated to providing exceptional support to our business clients, and you'll have the opportunity to develop your skills and expertise in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
How you succeed
To succeed in this role, you'll need to be highly organized and detail-oriented, with a strong focus on delivering high-quality results. You'll work closely with our commercial banking teams to identify and resolve operational issues, and you'll need to be able to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders. By taking a proactive and solutions-focused approach, you'll be able to make a real impact on our business and our customers.
What you do
Prepare, analyse and deliver regular business performance reports and management information for senior management, providing insights, trend analysis, and actionable recommendations to support strategic and operational decisions.
Lead the team to support the end‑to‑end customer lifecycle, including onboarding, periodic customer due diligence (CDD), and ongoing reviews, ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.
Act as a key partner to Relationship Managers, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and other stakeholders to streamline processes, enhance workflow efficiency, and improve overall service quality.
Review existing business processes and operational practices to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and potential risks; advise stakeholders on control, governance, and regulatory implications where appropriate.
Establish, maintain, and enhance operational procedures, guidelines, and control frameworks. Conduct regular monitoring and reviews to ensure adherence to internal standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
Support management on governance matters, regulatory initiatives, and internal control enhancements.
Participate in business‑wide projects and change initiatives, including process enhancement, regulatory change implementation, and operational improvement programmes.
Provide guidance, and support to team members as required, fostering a collaborative and high‑performance working environment.
Who you are
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
Minimum 8–10 years of relevant experience in banking or financial services, preferably within wholesale banking, business management, management support, or similar functions.
Solid understanding of wholesale banking operations, customer onboarding, due diligence requirements, and regulatory expectations.
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear insights and recommendations for senior management.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with proven ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders and cross‑functional teams.
Proactive, resilient, and self‑driven, able to manage multiple priorities under tight timelines.
Customer‑centric mindset with a professional and collaborative approach to work.
Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese.
Who we are
As Singapore's longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.
Today, we're on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation.
But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia's leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.
We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.
What we offer
Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Equal opportunity. Fair employment. Selection based on ability and fit with our culture and values. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.
Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.
OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.
OCBC and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of commercial banking, specialist financial and wealth management services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services.
OCBC’s key markets are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has more than 570 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include about 300 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 90 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR under OCBC Wing Hang.
OCBC’s private banking services are provided by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals.
OCBC's insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southeast Asia.
