Insurance & Superannuation

Head Of Risk Salary in Malaysia (2026)

Name: Head Of Risk salary benchmark — Malaysia
Creator: CheckFairPay
Published: 2026-08-23

2026 data · 1 Malaysian market observations · Head level · how we calculate this

P10

RM 10,000

P25

RM 10,000

Median

RM 10,000

P75

RM 10,000

P90

RM 10,000

RM 10,000RM 10,000

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Career ladder — entry to director

Typical monthly pay at each seniority step for this role family.

Intern

RM 1,200 – RM 1,200median RM 1,200

Intern- Halal & Risk Management1

Junior

RM 3,550 – RM 3,850median RM 3,700

Junior Risk Management Associate Risk Compliance & Assurance4

Mid

RM 5,069 – RM 5,821median RM 5,437

Risk Control Executive Risk Officer Compliance And Risk Management Executive Fraud RISK Officer15

Senior

RM 6,750 – RM 7,250median RM 7,000

Senior Risk Management Executive Senior Risk Analyst4

Lead / Specialist

RM 3,750 – RM 4,250median RM 4,000

Risk Consultant2

Manager

RM 10,116 – RM 13,741median RM 11,800

IT Risk Manager Risk Manager Risk Management Manager Trading Risk Manager48

Head

RM 18,065 – RM 28,022median RM 23,043

Head of IT Risk Senior Manager Operations Risk & Controls Head Of Risk Legal & Compliance Head Of Cyber Risk23

Aggregated Malaysian market observations from the CheckFairPay market database, normalised to monthly gross basic pay. Pay varies by company, location, skills and total compensation — use as a directional guide. Read the full methodology.