Head of Operational Risk | Executive Director | Hong Kong recruitment
Role:
• Oversight of the regional risk profile and management of the ORD team, is the responsibility of the candidate.
• Building strong relationships with business areas to have risk discussions and facilitate operational risk management framework implementation such as:
• Promote awareness of operational risk and risk management best practices
• Capture and analyze operational loss data, and as needed, advise the Business Area in developing effective mitigation steps and controls
• Maintain regular dialogue with business areas to evaluate changes in business environment
• Analysis and reporting of Operational Risk themes, risk levels and focus action items
• Project based involvement on risk management initiatives.
Skills Required:
• Leadership. Managing the team, providing guidance on pro-active risk management, setting direction to deliver results while maintaining versatility as the global OR framework evolves.
• Relationship building and influencing skills, representing the team especially with regional senior management. Given the risk management role, at times, the role requires the ability to ask tough questions or drill down into details, and at the same time maintaining partnership.
• Analytical thinking and experience in risk management functions, or in performing risk assessments.
• The greater the knowledge of financial business, products, processes, risk and control, the more value the person will be able to add to the role.
It is important to have excellent interpersonal skills and organizational ability, given that coordination is required across global, cross-departmental and across multiple