General Manager, Governance
Date: 14 May 2026
Location: Kuala Lumpur, MY
Company: hrdcorp
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SECTION 2: JOB PURPOSE & OVERVIEW (Brief summary of the position i.e. why the position exists) |
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Responsible for providing independent oversight and assurance across the organisation’s Internal Audit, Risk Management, and Integrity functions. The role ensures that governance frameworks, risk practices, and integrity standards are robust, effective, and aligned with regulatory, ethical, and organisational expectations.
The position plays a critical role in safeguarding the organisation’s reputation, assets, and sustainability by promoting accountability, transparency, and a strong culture of ethical conduct, while supporting management and the Board in fulfilling their governance and oversight responsibilities.
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SECTION 4: KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (Please list in brief and concise statements the key accountabilities of the job) |
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Risk Management Strategy & Governance Drive the implementation of enterprise-wide risk management strategies and frameworks by identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks across strategic, operational, financial, ESG, IT security, and compliance domains, thereby ensuring organisational resilience.
Oversee the enforcement of risk controls by embedding liquidity, investment, and expenditure governance into operations, ensuring prudent financial stewardship and compliance with statutory requirements.
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Oversight of Internal Audit Oversee the Internal Audit function by approving audit plans, reviewing findings, and ensuring corrective actions are implemented, thereby safeguarding independence and effectiveness of audit processes.
Facilitate collaboration between auditors and management by translating audit recommendations into actionable measures, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities, and providing assurance to leadership on the adequacy of internal controls.
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Organisational Integrity & Anti-Corruption Measures Lead the Integrity function by enforcing ethical standards, codes of conduct, and anti-corruption measures, ensuring impartial investigations into misconduct and abuse of power.
Oversee the Organisation Anti-Corruption Plan (OACP) and related programmes by embedding compliance controls, impartial handling of whistleblowing cases, and disciplinary reviews, thereby cultivating a culture of ethics, accountability, and transparency.
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Advisory & Strategic Insights Provide advisory support to the Chief Governance Officer by delivering policy recommendations and strategic insights on organisational risk, integrity, compliance, and governance, enabling informed decisions and proactive risk mitigation.
Facilitate evidence-based reporting to the Chief Governance Officer and Board Committees by consolidating risk, compliance, and integrity data, thereby strengthening oversight and stakeholder confidence.
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Ethics & Accountability Champion integrity and compliance across the organisation by designing and executing training, awareness, and engagement programmes that strengthen moral values, ethical behaviour, and good governance among staff and leadership.
Foster a culture of moral responsibility and ethical decision-making by embedding the organisation’s core values into daily operations and leadership behaviour, cultivating a workforce that exemplifies transparency, accountability, and professionalism.
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GENERIC ACCOUNTABILITIES (Accountabilities that all positions require to support the business operations & objectives) |
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MINDSET, BEHAVIOUR AND CULTURE Promote a positive mindset and behaviour, shaping a work culture that values personal integrity and drives high performance. Use practical tools and methods to emphasise ethics, customer focus, and commitment.
Foster personal growth and business excellence by embracing PSMB’s Core Values (P.I.L.L.A.R.S - Passion, Integrity, Leadership, Loyalty, Agility, Responsiveness). Ready to take on extra tasks as needed and willing to go above and beyond.
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CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT Drive self-development of talent, skills and knowledge by attending training and participate in seminars/workshops or other training venues to align with the promotion of lifelong learning and acquisition of future work skills in achieving high performance delivery. |
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OPERATIONAL BUDGET MANAGEMENT Strategise and manage departmental/unit operations within allocated approved budget through continuous monitoring of actual expenditure against budget and undertake appropriate control measures to ensure operations are conducted effectively and efficiently to support business goals.
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STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT Foster and sustain effective working relationships and rapport with the internal stakeholders and relevant government authorities, business and management institutions, national and key industry players and service providers to keep abreast with latest development to capture new business opportunities.
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LEADERSHIP AND CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT (VP & ABOVE) Drive the development of a competent working team that will enhance and sustain staff capabilities in achieving high performance delivery to ensure internalisation of the right leadership and capabilities in executing their jobs.
Foster the development of talents by providing guidance and avenue to potential employees for succession planning and recommend development needs as required to ensure grooming of talents in align to the best interest of the talent and PSMB’s vision and mission.
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SECTION 5: QUALIFICATION & RELEVANT EXPERIENCE (Indicate the minimum knowledge and skills required for this job i.e. education, professional working experience and other specific skills) |
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Educational Qualification
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Relevant Experience (skills & knowledge)
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