Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Singapore is rapidly expanding its presence in Financial Services. AWS offers global public cloud offerings with a diversity of GRC/Compliance programs and attestations to enable our customer base. AWS Singapore Pte. Ltd is looking for independent, passionate, and deeply experienced professionals from the Financial Services industry to provide thought leadership in assisting financial institutions to move regulated workloads and data into the cloud by addressing their specific security, regulatory, compliance and governance requirements.

This key position values specialized experience of supporting financial services sector compliance efforts and will this role will have high visibility at the most senior levels of government agencies, institutions, and AWS, including frequent interaction with CISOs, CTOs, CCOs, CROs, and their teams.

Key job responsibilities

• The position, as part of the AWSI ASEAN Financial Services Governance Risk and Compliance team, will act as the primary Governance/Compliance interface for Financial Services institutions.

• The candidate will already have, and continue to foster, key relationships, and be able to interpret the impacts of policy changes, and track and report on industry trends.

• It would be helpful to have experience of reviewing and understanding guidelines & regulations that impact financial services institutions using cloud service providers. This may include areas such as third party outsourcing, operational resilience, data privacy and cyber security.

• Candidate would have the ability to take the initiative and able to influence at a senior level across their organizations by providing guidance to vendor management, security, technology and risk controls teams.

• The candidate may have experience of engagement in cross industry forums and groups.

• Candidate would have experience of motivating others and generating results and is sensitive to the diverse perspectives of stakeholders across the IT, security, risk and controls teams in a financial company.

• It helpful if the candidate has experience of engagement with regulators directly or in a cross industry forum.

A day in the life

Ensures readiness to adhere to regulatory requirements and various industry standards. Research and preparation for the day’s customers meetings and calls. Collaborate with account teams and other cross-functional teams to:

Manage Customer meeting(s) and customer cadence calls

Support evolving regulations and Industry standards

Manage internal communications on new requirements and driving compliance

Research and stay updated on relevant laws and regulations

Owning any corrective actions to ensure Compliance

About the team

AWS Global Sales Technology (AGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The Global AWS Industries (AWSI) team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWSI partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.

Diverse Experiences

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Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience

• 5+ years of professional or military experience

• Bachelor's degree

• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level

• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations

• Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements