Our client is looking to hire an Operational Risk Management Professional responsible for partnering with business lines and functional teams to implement and enhance risk management processes, tools, and methodologies. This role focuses on minimizing operational risk losses through continuous improvements informed by industry standards and regulatory guidelines.
Key Responsibilities:
- Risk Management Implementation: Partner with business lines and functional teams to apply risk management tools, processes, and methodologies, ensuring they are effectively utilized across functions.
- Risk Assessments & Root Cause Analysis: Contribute to risk assessments, addressing root causes of operational risk losses by challenging both historical and current practices.
- Process Optimization: Recommend and implement enhancements to internal processes using a risk-based approach, with a focus on continuous improvement and alignment with industry practices.
- Risk Tolerance Management: Assist in the development and maintenance of risk tolerance levels across the organization.
- Operational Risk Reporting: Conduct research and analysis of operational risk data, prepare comprehensive reports, and present findings on emerging risks and risk management best practices to senior management and governance teams.
- Control Environment: Review and challenge internal processes, including new technologies, products, and services, to maintain an effective control environment.
- Control Testing: Conduct control testing to monitor the risk environment and ensure adherence to risk management policies.
- GRC Tool Administration: Administer risk management policies and procedures using the organization's Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tool.
- Cross-Functional Liaison: Collaborate with departments such as IT, Compliance, Legal, Data Privacy, HR, and Internal Audit to ensure a comprehensive risk management strategy.
- Training & Education: Deliver educational and training materials to support the cultivation of a risk management culture throughout the organization.
- Business Relationship Development: Build strong relationships with business lines to enhance knowledge and drive risk management initiatives.
Qualifications:
- 2-5 years of experience in risk management or internal audit.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or equivalent experience.
- Experience working with Operations or Front Office teams, with exposure to control functions.
- Familiarity with working in multinational environments.
- Knowledge of risk management frameworks such as Basel or COSO is preferred.
- Experience with risk management tools (e.g., GRC), Power BI, Tableau, and system development is beneficial but not required.
