Risk and Compliance Manager at FASTMARKETS COMMODITIES SINGAPORE PTE LTD

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

02 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

04 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Risk Management, Compliance, Communication, Attention to Detail, Commercial Awareness, Team Player, Interpersonal Skills, Influencing Skills, Documentation, Operational Risks, Excel, IOSCO Regulations, BMR Regulations, Project Management, Business Continuity, Analytical Skills

Industry

Information Services

Description

Company Description Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 600 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Finland and beyond. Job Description The Role As a key member of Fastmarkets’ Legal, Risk and Compliance (LRC) team, you will play an active role in implementing and embedding the firm’s risk and compliance framework. Acting as the compliance subject matter expert, you will work collaboratively with the LRC team and the Head of Risk and Compliance to identify and assess risk and compliance vulnerabilities across the business. You will lead and participate in internal control assurance activities, ensuring that Fastmarkets’ processes and controls are aligned with internal policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements (including IOSCO/BMR). Your contribution will be instrumental in shaping, advancing, and operationalising the risk and compliance programme across the organisation. The LRC function, led by the General Counsel and reporting to the CEO, is recognised as a strategic business partner essential to delivering Fastmarkets’ objectives. This role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and provides valuable insight into risk and compliance issues impacting the organisation in today’s evolving business environment. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES Implement and monitor Fastmarkets’ compliance programme, ensuring ongoing adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements. Lead the collaboration with business functions to implement and integrate the organisation’s risk framework across all relevant areas Conduct compliance reviews, investigations, and assurance activities to verify process integrity and regulatory compliance. Provide tailored compliance support and advisory services across the organisation. Assist in updating policies and procedures to reflect evolving regulatory standards. Respond to risk and compliance queries from all business areas. Perform trade-sanctions screening in accordance with Fastmarkets’ trade-sanctions policy. Collaborate with business functions to develop, implement, and update compliance policies. Lead or contribute to compliance-related projects and initiatives, offering expert guidance as needed. Promote and embed the code of business conduct and risk management practices throughout the business. Identify, assess, document, and regularly review operational risks in partnership with business functions. Register risk events and manage the delivery of risk incident reports. Develop and review key risk indicators in collaboration with relevant teams. Organise and facilitate risk and compliance assurance meetings with stakeholders. Identify areas of compliance vulnerability and risk, implement corrective actions, and provide guidance to prevent recurrence. Work closely with senior management and business units to enhance visibility of risk exposures and ensure alignment with the organisation’s risk appetite. Drive the continuous improvement of risk procedures, processes, and tools to support proactive risk management. Deliver actionable insights on emerging risk areas to inform executive decision-making. Oversee and manage the insurance programme across Fastmarkets. Support business functions in evaluating potential threats and implementing business continuity policies and procedures for disruptive events. KEY INTERFACES Senior leadership team Legal, Risk and Compliance Editorial Commercial Technology and Information Security Finance HR Events Qualifications We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on... KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly. Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, law, or a related finance discipline. Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a risk or compliance role ideally gained in a regulated environment. Proven ability to implement and manage compliance programmes across an organisation. Exceptional communication skills, with strong attention to detail and accuracy. Demonstrated commercial awareness and a hands-on approach to execution. Independent, self-motivated, and able to prioritise tasks effectively under pressure with minimal supervision. Comfortable working both autonomously and collaboratively within a small team. Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, with experience engaging senior stakeholders on complex issues. Strong written skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise, and high-quality documentation. Experience managing risk and control activities, with a solid understanding of operational risks. Numerate and proficient in computer applications, including Excel. Preferred knowledge of IOSCO and BMR regulations. If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway. Additional Information Our Values Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It’s this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values. Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are: METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performance ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day. CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences. You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you! If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day. It’s vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you’re great.

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Responsibilities

Implement and monitor Fastmarkets’ compliance programme while ensuring adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements. Lead compliance reviews and provide tailored support across the organization.