EORC Beijing, Operational Risk Specialist – Director recruitment

Position Category: Risk Management

Position Title: EORC Beijing, Operational Risk Specialist -
Director

Job Level: Director

Location: China - Beijing

Education Required: Bachelors Degree

Position Description:
Enterprise Operational Risk and Control (EORC) is tasked to ensure
that the Firm has a sound operational risk management culture and
practices across all divisions and regions. This role is part of
the Firm-wide Operational Risk program covering all aspects of
Operational Risk across all divisions in Morgan Stanley in the Asia
region, with special focus on the Morgan Stanley Banking entity in
China.

Key responsibilities for this role would include:
• Ownership of the monthly Firm-wide, regional country level
Operational Risk Report, including ongoing production, analysis and
development of the reporting
• Working with Operational Risk Department (ORD) and senior
management, to improve design, content and efficiency of
Operational Risk management reporting to various oversight
committees such as Asia Operational Risk Committee (Monthly),
country operational risk committees, and Executive Management;
• Perform operational risk report generation adherence to
Operational Risk reporting procedure
• Ongoing review assessment of Operational Risk Incidents and
associated Action Plans, including thematic and root cause analysis
and review of incident post-mortems
• Operational Risk Incident, action plan verification for
'significant' incidents
• Develop Operational Risk Metrics program as well as ongoing
review, assessment collection of Key Risk Indicators
• Operational Risk analysis of data collected to identify key risk
themes from the various data sources (incidents, indicators,
assessments etc)
• User training for risk systems in the region (RITA, RADAR)
• Coordinate/assist facilitate self assessment programs (RCSA,
targeted risk reviews)
• Participate and provide input to highlight any operational risk
requirement in accordance with business and regulatory requirements
that relates to internal controls and operational risk management;
Implement/ execute the Firm-wide Operational Risk related projects
and initiatives as required

Skills Required:
Candidates will be expected to demonstrate the ability to act with
integrity, and maturity. Flexibility is a key element as is the
ability to understand and react to changes in senior management's
priorities.

Candidates should be able to plan and coordinate several tasks at
any one time. Candidates will be expected to set and achieve
deadlines for each deliverable. Attention to detail and quality of
presentation is a must, especially since the reports produced will
be used by senior management to assess their level of risk.

Sound communication skills are required to enable effective
interaction with all levels of the organisation and to
coordinate/facilitate meetings. It will also be important to have
excellent team work skills, given that coordination is required
across global and virtual teams.

The role will require external liaison with senior management in
the banking entity in China, as well as with colleagues in other
regions.

Ability to communicate in English and Putonghua is required.
Ability to read simplied Chinese is a must.