DRSC SR&T: Asia Pacific Centre for Regulatory Strategy, Lead Coordinator (Manager)

Title: DRSC SR&T: Lead Coordinator, Asia Pacific Centre for Regulatory Strategy (based in Kuala Lumpur) - Manager

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About the Business

With competencies encompassing capital markets, control assurance, contractual exposure and insurance claims, and security services, our Strategy, Risk and Transactions professionals offer a wealth of experience across a spectrum of industries. This is a great place to build a career and make an impact that really matters.

Our Risk, Regulatory & Forensic portfolio helps clients manage risk, regulatory compliance, enforcement actions, financial crime, and other regulatory investigation related matters (excluding the practice of law). These services are usually in support of the Chief Risk Officer, Chief Finance Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Operating Officer etc. or other designated client leaders responsible for risk, regulatory, compliance, and financial crime issues, delivered through:

• Regulatory & Financial Risk
• Forensic & Financial Crime
• Enterprise Risk

About the Asia Pacific Centre for Regulatory Strategy (ACRS)

As financial service industry (FSI) regulators and legislators respond to the unpredictable global economic, business, and geo-political landscape - as well as the introduction of new technologies and digital platforms - they will continue to reshape today's operating frameworks, creating a growing list of challenges for many firms operating in the region.

Through regular dialogue with regulatory bodies, financial institutions, trade associations, and other key stakeholders, the Centre helps Deloitte's clients stay ahead of evolving regulatory trends and advises clients and internal stakeholders on the holistic strategic impact of forthcoming regulation. With regional hubs in the Americas, Asia Pacific and EMEA, the Centre combines the strength of Deloitte's network of experienced risk, regulatory, and industry professionals - including a deep roster of former regulators, industry specialists, and business advisers - with a rich understanding of the impact of regulations on business models and strategy.

Work You'll Do

We are now looking for a talented regulatory and risk management professional to join the ACRS as the lead researcher, writer, and coordinator. As part of the pan-Asia Pacific team, you will be responsible for a host of interesting responsibilities, including:

• Managing the production cycle for ACRS-led thought leadership from initial conception to final publication and promotion (including the annual Financial Services Regulatory Outlook publication point of views on specific topics of market interest)
• Leading research and drafting for a wide range of topics relating to trends in financial services regulation for ACRS-led thought leadership
• Leveraging Deloitte subject matter experts from across the AP region to enhance thought leadership content with on-the-ground expertise and experience
• Leading the planning and execution of promotional activities such as events, webinars, briefings etc. (with the support of Deloitte's marketing professionals and country teams) to showcase the work being done by the Centre
• Coordinating internal management processes, e.g. ACRS Steering Committee, monthly team meetings KPI collection
• Supporting the Operations Lead on the development and delivery of the budget and annual plan
• Supporting relationships with key financial services institutions, industry representative bodies, and regulatory bodies around Asia Pacific through contribution to key meetingsand development of briefing materials
• Working closely with centres in EMEA and the US to share insights within the group to support cross-border clients as well as develop deep understanding of the global regulatory landscape and to support global thought leadership
• Supporting relevant opportunities of business development, including responding to proposals for work and supporting service design and delivery from a regulatory perspective

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte, we believe in the importance of empowering our people to be leaders at all levels. We connect our purpose and shared values to identify issues as well as to make an impact that matters to our clients, people and the communities. Additionally,Managers across our Firm are expected to:

• Develop diverse, high-performing people and teams through new and meaningful development opportunities.
• Collaborate effectively to build productive relationships and networks.
• Understand and lead the execution of key objectives and priorities for internal as well as external stakeholders.
• Align your team to key objectives as well as set clear priorities and direction.
• Make informed decisions that positively impact the sustainable financial performance and enhance the quality of outcomes.
• Influence stakeholders, teams, and individuals positively - leading by example and providing equal opportunities for our people to grow, develop and succeed.
• Lead with integrity and make a strong positive impact by energising others, valuing individual differences, recognising contributions, and inspiring self-belief.
• Deliver superior value and high-quality results to stakeholders while driving high performance from people across Deloitte.
• Apply their understanding of disruptive trends and competitor activity to recommend changes, in line with leading practices.

Requirements

We are looking for someone with:

• Familiarity with financial regulation topics, for example, prudential regulation, conduct regulation, sustainability and digitalization, at the supranational and national level
• Experience working on regulatory topics in financial regulatory bodies or financial institutions
• Native-level fluency in written and spoken business English, as content creation and review in the English language will be a key aspect of the position fluency in an Asian language would be an asset (in particular - Putonghua, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Indonesian etc.)
• Experience in coordinating promotional and market engagement events for our publications to amplify their impact in local markets
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including across geographies
• Experience with project management, particularly with the lifecycle of publications familiarity with collaboration tools (e.g. SharePoint, MS Teams) would be an asset
• Excellent research skills
• Experience managing complex research projects involving senior stakeholders from multiple jurisdictions would be an asset
• Experience in working across complex matrix environments or with (mostly / fully) virtual teams the ideal individual should also be international in their outlook as well as culturally sensitive
• Experience working for a regulatory body is preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Public policy/Law/Finance/Economics/Engineering/Risk Management/Quantitative Finance or related fields are preferred
• International working experience in multiple regions would be an asset
• Industry experience from leading advisory firms/banks/insurers/exchanges/regulators/credit agencies//brokerage/private equity/asset management would be an asset but not required.

Due to volume of applications, we regret only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Candidates will only be contacted by authorised Deloitte Recruiters via firm's business contact number or business email address.