Finance - Banking Attorney in Bukit Timah, Singapore (General)

Job Title: SVP, Legal and Compliance Function to Global Transactional Service (GTS) and Institutional Banking Group (IBG)

• Provide legal and compliance support for Global Transactional Services (GTS) and Institutional Banking Group (IBG), offering a full range of commercial banking products and services such as cash management, trade and supply chain finance, custody services, working capital finance, loans, and foreign exchange.
• Deliver timely, commercial, and sensible legal and regulatory advice to internal stakeholders on cross-border and domestic requirements related to IBG/GTS business.
• Review and develop standard documentation with product managers to enhance commerciality, consistency, and simplicity, and create guidelines and processes for deviations from the Bank’s standard terms and conditions.
• Streamline and improve documentation, policies, and processes.
• Support the development and execution of new products and initiatives.
• Provide guidance to business units on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) for high-risk customers or escalated cases, ensuring a consistent and robust AML risk management framework in new products and initiatives.
• Assist in and complete negotiation of transactional documentation.
• Implement tools/processes to mitigate legal and compliance risks, review materials for regulatory adherence, and provide thematic training to internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with external legal counsels and other internal stakeholders on new product implementation, new product approval documentation, and in the review and negotiation of transaction documentation.
• Work with external counsels to manage disputes and litigation.

• 10 - 15 years of relevant working experience in the financial/banking industry, preferably in corporate banking.
• Professional qualifications in addition to a degree in law from a reputable university.
• Experience and familiarity with documentation related to credit/lending and institutional banking products.
• Good knowledge of banking and financial services laws and regulations, best practices, and understanding of institutional banking products. Knowledge of cross-border regulatory and legal framework, particularly in core markets, is an added advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide advice reflecting lateral thought and manage multiple tasks, including running projects and managing multiple stakeholders.
• Must be a self-starter with initiative, a team player who is innovative, customer-focused, performance, and results-oriented.
• Ability to effectively prioritize, manage, and complete multiple transactions/tasks within deadlines.
• Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

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