OPERATIONAL RISK AVP (4 MONTHS CONTRACT)

 

Job Description

  • Risk Management support for APAC Business Operations
  • Prepare the monthly Control Review Meeting with Operations senior management. This includes facilitating the meeting where required and working in partnership with the line management to ensure that all key risks are well understood and that relevant issues are escalated
  • Develop and cultivate relationships with senior members of line management responsible for underlying process (including SOX) & supervisory controls and ensure value added activities are performed to understand & enhance their control environment (leveraging MICOS system)
  • Communicate and monitor identified risk issues and suggest/track appropriate corrective action
  • Work with line management to support Audit/RCSA/Regulatory Examinations, RCSA and associated follow up actions
  • Work with line management to identify and ensure operational incidents/losses are reported timely in the Firm’s incident/loss monitoring system and risk assess each event to ensure appropriate remediation action is taken. Perform regular thematic read across to ensure risk is mitigated across other processes
  • Define and complete prioritised Operational Risk Reviews as required (e.g. Business Risk Reviews, New Business, follow up on recurring incidents). This includes but not limited to reviewing events/processes where there is inherent risk to identify potential control weaknesses and perform root cause analysis where required to ensure future risk is mitigated
  • Risk assess deployment proposals and evaluate impact to various Operational groups and ensure areas of control weakness are avoided

Job Requirement

  • A Degree in Business, Finance or Accounting is preferred but not essential
  • Min 4 yrs experiences in Operations and/or Audit, Change, Risk Management, and other control functions in either Private Banking or Investment Banking
  • Intermediate Powerpoint, Word & Excel skills
  • Strong verbal and written skills
  • Good Presentation skills
  • The ability to understand and document complex processes, procedures and controls
  • The ability to identify and articulate Operational risks within complex processes