Role Purpose:

The role will lead and oversee the end- to- end regulatory Authorisation, licensing, cross- border governance, and oversight framework across various global regulatory jurisdictions. The role is responsible for ensuring the organization maintains a robust license- to- operate environment, adheres to global regulatory standards, and implements strong control frameworks within Organization global legal entities.

The leader will represent as a key person in the governance forums, regulatory interactions, policy and standard refresh cycles, readiness assessments, and oversight of key risk and control activities.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Regulatory Authorisations & Licensing Oversight

- Lead governance of all global licenses, permissions, waivers, exceptions, and registrations.

- Oversee the end- to- end lifecycle of authorisations including applications, renewals, variations of permission, cancellations, and regulatory submissions.

- Oversee and manage periodic license attestation and related stakeholder communication

- Ensure accurate global license mapping and data integrity across compliance tools.

- Direct regional workshops to identify gaps in licensing coverage and manage decomposition of new or unidentified permissions.

2. Cross-Border Governance & Controls

- Act as senior compliance lead for all cross- border working groups (Reach-in, Fly-in/Fly-out, Operating Model Working Groups).

- Oversee alignment of cross- border controls with program deliverables.

- Review risk assessments for complex cross- border activity across global jurisdictions.

- Provide expert challenge on country-level regulatory requirements, restrictions, and governance.

3. Policy, Standard & Control Framework Leadership

- Lead annual policy and standard refresh cycles

- Drive end- to- end refresh of standards including documentation review, Glossary refresh, Process write-up, control testing, F2B validation, pen testing, and readiness assessments.

- Ensure all controls and RCSA question sets relating to licensing/cross- border are accurate, updated, and embedded across business units.

4. Governance Forums & Senior Stakeholder Management

Represent in key governance forums including:

- License-to-Operate Governance Group Forums

- Periodic Compliance SteerCo

- Cross Border IGF

- Weekly Controls Working Group

- Global Governance Forums

- Legal Entity Booking Model Governance Forums

- Present regulatory updates to global stakeholders and interface with regulators as required.

- Build strong partnerships with Legal, Controls functions, Frameworks team, Business Oversight Compliance, Finance, and Business management.

6. Data Stewardship & Critical Data Governance

- Oversee and manage migration and uplift of complex data sets as a part of automation and system enhancement

- Ensure governance over critical data elements including regulator lists, triggers, mapping, and inventories.

- Maintain SharePoint governance and knowledge repositories.

7. Team Leadership & Operating Model Implementation

- Oversee the implementation of TOM & RACI models across compliance and business units.

- Provide training, upskilling and guidance to compliance team members across regions.

- Manage distribution lists, group mailboxes, and build operational clarity across global teams.

- Support transition planning and knowledge transfer during team changes.

Key Skills & Experience:

- Extensive experience in regulatory compliance, preferably in licensing, cross- border governance, and Entity Authorisation.

- Deep understanding of global regulatory frameworks in financial service segment.

- Proven ability to lead large governance programs and multi-region regulatory initiatives.

- Strong analytical capability to interpret complex regulatory datasets.

- Exceptional stakeholder management with senior executives and regulators.

- Experience leading policy/standard refresh cycles and control framework implementation.

- Ability to manage high volumes of data with accuracy and strategic insight.

- Strong communication, influence, and leadership skills across matrixed organizations.

Qualifications:

- Extensive professional experience in regulatory compliance at VP having exposure to global regulatory activities.

- Professional compliance or regulatory certification desirable.

- Bachelor's degree in law, Finance, Business, Risk or related field (Master's preferred).