Operations HK, Operations Specialist, Operations Risk & Control, Associate / Director recruitment

Position Category: Operations

Position Title: Operations HK, Operations Specialist, Operations Risk Control, Associate / Director

Job Level: Director

Location: Hong Kong - Hong Kong

Education Required: Bachelors Degree

Position Description:
Hong Kong Operations Risk Group (ORG) performs a pivotal role in consolidating; understanding and ultimately mitigating cross-divisional operations risk issues across Asia Ops and in providing a consolidated Asia-wide view of risk to key stake-holders in Asia and globally. In order to meet the growing requirement of ORG, the role will assist in the implementation of the risk program and embedding of the framework and standards.
Key responsibilities:
-Implement model for standards and tools stipulated by EORC/Firm ORD and Divisional Management
-Aggregate information across Operational divisions to identify patterns and prioritize risks for senior management attention
-Conduct Risk Assessments and reviews for various Business Areas
-Act as a point of escalation to Regional and Global Stakeholders, Divisional Management, Firm ORD, Audit, Compliance, and External Regulators
--Assessment; consolidation and escalation of key risk for Asia Operations
-Cross-Asia stakeholder management
-Production, analysis and development of the monthly Asia Operations Risk Report
-Ongoing review assessment of Operational Risk Incidents and associated Action Plans, including thematic and root cause analysis and review of incidents post-mortems
-Action plan verification of escalated Operational Risk Incidents
-Ongoing review, assessment and 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 Operational risk
-Coordinate/ assist self-assessment programs (RCSA, Targeted Risk Reviews) including regulatory-reporting RCSA for Asia regulatory reports
-Implementation/ execution of Operational risk related projects in Asia

Skills Required:
- 5 to 10 years of relevant experience within operations risk control function. The role is based around risk, and as such a strong focus on the control environment is essential.
- Sound communication skills are required to enable effective interaction with all levels of the organisation
- Attention to detail and quality of presentation is a must
- Fluency in English is required