Associate Vice President, Corporate Actions Specialist, Watchlist, Scrubbing & Control Tower Greater Singapore Area

The Company is seeking an Associate Vice President, Corporate Actions Specialist to oversee the end-to-end corporate actions lifecycle, with a focus on watchlist governance, data quality, and control tower oversight. Responsibilities include monitoring announcements, prioritizing complex and time-sensitive events, validating event details, and ensuring accurate records are available for downstream processing. The role leads exception management, escalations, risk controls, audit readiness, and root-cause remediation, while coordinating with internal teams and external service providers. It also involves coaching team members, reporting significant risks and issues to management, and driving process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement. Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in banking, finance, accounting, or a related discipline, and 5–8 years of relevant experience in corporate actions or custody operations. Strong knowledge of corporate action event types, SWIFT messaging standards such as MT564, MT566, and MT568, and depository procedures is required. Applicants should bring experience with operational risk mitigation, audit protocols, and control frameworks, along with strong analytical, data-validation, and problem-solving skills. The role also calls for sound judgment under pressure, effective communication and stakeholder management, and the ability to meet strict market deadlines; leadership or supervisory experience is preferred.

Hiring Company

DBS Bank