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Chief Risk Officer (Financial services)
- Posted 12 October 2019
- SalaryHKD
- LocationHong Kong
- Job type Permanent
- ReferenceNL/HK/CROFS
Job Description
- Competitive salary package
- Fast-growing financial institution
- Great company culture and fast paced environment
A leading financial services company in Asia Pacific is looking for a Chief Risk Officer who will be responsible for the strengthening of risk culture via risk management operations, including overseeing company’s risk identification and mitigation activities – which involve financial auditing, fraud prevention, disaster recovery planning, and input of regulatory compliance data.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise risk, legal and compliance departments to ensure the risk control process and structure are effective and up to date according to the regulatory requirements
- Develop risk maps and strategic action plans to mitigate the company's primary threats
- Monitor the progress of the plans
- Carry out risk analysis and progress reports and present the evaluation to board members and other stakeholders
- Identify possible operational risk including employee errors and system failures, and initiate strategic plans against these risks
- Collaborate with stakeholders for understanding of the products, systems and process
- Quantify the amount of risk the company should take on
- Control the funding and budgeting of the strategic plans
- Recruit and train your team
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Risk Management or related fields
- Minimum 15 years of experience in risk management
- Experience in retail banking credit and strategy risk
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English and Mandarin)
- Knowledge of the HKMA regulatory guidelines
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