RISK EVENT CONSULTANT recruitment
The Risk and Compliance team provide support and advice to Senior Managers and all business areas to help ensure that the Company meets its regulatory obligations and operates within the internal risk and control framework.
The Risk Event Consultant reports to the Head of Enterprise Risk Management and will work closely with the business aligned Risk Compliance teams.
Core Responsibilities:
- To effectively manage and develop the risk event process.
- To ensure that risk events are investigated thoroughly and the causes understood, that consistent and high quality reporting is delivered, and that the business is well placed to deal with and learn from risk events.
- To ensure that business areas are provided with efficient, timely and value added support and advice in relation to risk events.
- Own the risk event management process within the Company.
- Act as first point of contact in Risk Compliance for queries relating to risk events.
- Support the Risk Compliance consultants and business teams throughout the lifecycle of a risk event, with particular focus on quality of input, action and event closure.
- Monitor all risk events and ensure appropriate Risk Compliance consultant focus.
- Facilitate investigation and recording of high impact risk events.
- Chair the Risk Event Forum.
- Chase/escalate actions to senior management within the business.
- Ensure all risk event stakeholders are trained and aware of best practice.
- Act as key point of contact with Group Risk for risk events.
- Log risk events as required.
- Provide all management information for risk events to the Company committees.
- Assist in the development and enhancement of processes and practices within the Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
- Contribute to the development of strong business relationships across the Company.
Core Skills:
- Good interpersonal skills including influencing, credibility and consistency.
- Effective communicator e.g. running a committee, report writing skills.
- Decision making and judgement.
- Investigatory and analytical skills.
- MS Office skills including excel and powerpoint.
- Relationship Building.
- Negotiation and Influencing.
- Analytical thinking.
- Change Orientation.
- Teamwork.
- Problem Solving.
Core Requirements:
- Understanding of asset management business processes.
- General awareness of operational risk principles and practices.
- Relevant knowledge of FSA regulations (particularly applicable to the investment management business)
- Relevant knowledge of overseas regulations.
- Knowledge of investment management business.
- Knowledge of relevant industry bodies.
- Degree educated with experience in Financial Services industry.
- Experience of working in a Compliance/Risk environment within investment management industry.
- Investment management background.
- IMC / IAQ / CISI Diploma exams.
Core-Asset Consulting offer specialist recruitment services to the Investment Banking, Financial Services, Secretarial Support, and Human Resources markets across Scotland.
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June 14, 2012
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