Third Party Risk Management Specialist

Job Details

Leading payments services group, enabling digital payments for merchants, consumers and banks across the entire payments value chain.

The Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) function forms an integral part of Group Procurement, which owns and manages the TPRM program. As an overview, the function maintains oversight of vendors’ performance and compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements, across the Group entities and divisions.

The TPRM Associate role is a single contributor role, supporting the VP of Corporate & Workplace Solutions in running the TPRM program and ensuring efficient and effective execution of processes and controls.

Key Responsibilities

Propose improvement initiatives and adjustments to the TPRM program, to reflect and adapt to changes in overall third party risk profile, evolving security standards, regulatory requirements and operating environment

Conduct reviews on existing TPRM related policies and procedures to assess ongoing effectiveness and compliance with regulatory and legal requirements

Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in third party risks, to provide advisory and guidance to business and IT stakeholders on third party risks related matters, i.e. completion of due diligence assessments, on-going risk monitoring, service level agreements, contractual clauses to meet regulatory requirements, handling of adverse developments and contractual breach/non-obligation etc

Conduct reviews on new and existing third-party arrangements, and working alongside with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from BCM, IT Security, IT Governance, Legal etc, to provide effective challenge on assessments and implementation of vendor management processes

Conduct TPRM Committee meetings and establish the agenda to include due diligence assessment approvals, status of monitoring and control activities, status of actions by business and IT stakeholders to address gaps, deviations or adverse developments etc

Perform independent testing to ascertain effective implementation of TPRM processes, Support audit requirements relating to third party risks

Requirements

Degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field,

Minimum 3-5 years of experience in vendor management, procurement, risk and compliance, business audit or a related area within the financial industry

Good knowledge and understanding of regulatory and legal requirements related to IT vendor management and contracts

Exhibit strong risk mindset, ensuring thorough and rigorous execution, while adhering to best practices

Demonstrated ability to independently engage and work with business and IT stakeholders to deliver TPRM objectives and goals

Good organizational and problem-solving skills, meticulous attention to details, and possess good verbal and written abilities

Good project/time management abilities, and able to prioritise work effectively to meet accelerated timelines

Good written and verbal communication skills

EA: 25C2690 | R23115755

Tangspac Search is a fully owned subsidiary of Tangspac consulting which is one of Asia’s leading professional staffing firms. For over twenty years, we have been passionate about providing the best recruitment services for our clients, with a deep focus on the financial services and technology sectors.

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