Senior Associate/ Associate, Legal & Compliance Officer, Institutional Banking Group​, DBS Vietnam HCMC

DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia, with over 280 branches across 18 markets. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, DBS has a growing presence in the three key Asian axes of growth: Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The bank's capital position, as well as "AA-" and "Aa1" credit ratings, is among the highest in Asia-Pacific. DBS has been recognised for its leadership in the region, having been named "Asia's Best Bank" by The Banker, a member of the Financial Times group, and "Best Bank in Asia-Pacific" by Global Finance. The bank has also been named "Safest Bank in Asia" by Global Finance for seven consecutive years from 2009 to 2015.
Business Function
Corporate and Investment Banking provides corporate customers with a full range of commercial banking products and services, including cash management services, current accounts, time deposits, trade finance, working capital finance, term loans and foreign exchange. Through our continued commitment, DBS has cultivated long-standing relationships with its customers in the region that are based on account relationship management, service differentiation, product development and rigorous credit standards.
Job Purpose
- Provide professional legal and compliance advice and supports to the Branch, thereby enabling the Branch to effectively and proactively manage legal and regulatory risk
- Implement Group Legal & Compliance policies and frameworks at the Branch
- Develop and strengthen the compliance culture and thereby protect the reputation of the Branch
Key Accountabilities
**Compliance
- Develop and promote a strong compliance culture within the Branch
- Ensure that key regulatory and compliance risks are effectively identified and managed.
- Ensure effective interpretation and recommendations on regulations and policies affecting the Branch
- Ensure the compliance with Group's Standards/Policies/Guides and Local's Policies/ Procedures applicable to all businesses and functions across the branch
- Ensure timely regulatory update & reporting
**Legal
- Manage standard documentation for the Branch
- Ensure appropriate procedures and guidance are developed to allow the branch to effectively manage legal and contractual risks
- Facilitate the resolution of legal and contractual issues as required
Responsibilities
**Compliance
- Provide sound, professional compliance advice, interpretation and recommendation on regulations and policies queries arising from BU/SU
- Provide regulations briefing, regulations analysis and impact analysis
- Ensure new regulatory notices are timely distributed to internal stakeholders
- Regular monitoring of implementation of regulatory notices and regulations, regulatory reporting
- Provide other regular compliance monitoring and controls as required under local policies
- Facilitate BU/SU in establishing, reviewing and updating internal rules, policies and guidelines to meet best practice regulatory and industry standards.
- Assess training needs, develop and review training materials, and conduct training for business units.
- Liaise with regulators arising for regulatory clarifications from time to time
- Support in some AML tasks, other assigned tasks from time to time
Legal
- Provide sound, professional advice on legal, contractual issues in relation to products, services and transactions
- Review and provide recommendations on the legal aspects and considerations for the development and deployment of new products and services as well as any key business initiatives
- Draft and review template forms, contracts, T&Cs of the Branch, or other documents provided by clients
- Establish, review and update internal rules, policies and guidelines to meet best practice regulatory and industry standards for the management of legal and contractual risks
- Develop legal newsletter