Key Areas of Responsibilities
- Responsible for managing risk based on metrics.
- Responsible for monitoring the divisions and business adherence to the requirements of the Operational Risk framework
- Execution of methodologies to identify and mitigate risk arising from inadequate or failed internal processes, people, systems or external events
- Assist in enterprise wide risk identification, assessment, documentation, monitoring and reviewing process
- Evaluate adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures and processes
- Advisory and recommendation to business and senior management on risk related issues and highlight risk ratings
- Assistance in drafting incident reports, corrective action plans and capturing operational losses / event management
- Encourage and promote a culture of risk awareness, mitigation and transparency with clear understanding of residual risk profile, remedial strategies.
- Conduct recurring risk assessments, internal control reviews, self-assessments, internal audits, scenario analysis and operational quality assurance
- Review and provide consulting support to moderate risk arising out of change management and technology initiatives
- Responsible for managing Regulatory/Compliance queries/Ops data collation/Ops response to regulators / compliance.
- Stay aware of industry news and regulatory developments to facilitate a more proactive approach to risk identification and mitigation.
- Driving and executing the departments BCP program in Hong Kong
- Oversight of Operational Excellence with focus on Risk and Controls
- Manage production of business intelligence and analytics with relevant metrics and reporting
Requirements
- Bachelors degree or above in Operational Risk/Compliance domain desired
- Minimum of 10 years of securities industry experience
- Proven quantitative and analytical skills
- Possess intimate knowledge of internal business processes and product lines specifically in the financial services industry
- Experience in developing and managing operational risk frameworks
- Familiar with market practices, regulatory guidelines and recommendations, legal and compliance aspects of operations delivery in financial services (HKEX rules, SFC rules, SGX rules, Dodd-Frank, EMIR, Sarbanes Oxley, Basel, Volcker)
- Experience in handling Regulatory/Compliance queries/Ops data collation/Ops response (Asia – SFC/MAS)
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Relationship management skills
- Prior experience in Risk/audit roles would be advantageous
- Lean / Six Sigma certifications would be advantageous
Key Contacts
- Ops Management / Staff within CSI
- ORM / Compliance / AML / Businesses within CSI