Associate Director & Manager, Risk and Control Governance

Risk & Control Governance:

• Pro-active review of the control framework (processes, procedures, controls, reporting etc.) to ensure risks are proactively identified, measured, monitored, reported and escalated.
• Provides support in the continuous enhancement of operational risk management approaches, tools and Management Information aiming to develop, implement and continuously enhance operational risk management practices.
• Oversight on all Operational Risk events, coordinating with the central operational risk & control group to ensure events are accurately captured and remediation actions are appropriate.
• Complete root cause analysis of audit points, operational risks actions and events, KRI trends with the view to recommend mitigation strategies or where management attention is required to enhance the control infrastructure.
• Partner with Compliance, Operations Engineering and Business & Client Services Management to assist reviews and implementation of specific regulatory or market changes across the relevant departments considering internal policy, processes and operational risks.
• Coordinate and Complete the Assurance program for the APAC and EMEA Business & Client Services group, ensuring control deficiencies are identified, escalated and remediation timely and the Internal Control Management Policy requirements are adhered to.
• Coordinate and complete appropriate Operational Risk or Compliance training by the respective areas as and when necessary.
• Reviews policies relating to control aspects and gives feedback and input as necessary.
• Facilitate/ Preparation of papers to governing bodies or committees.

Management:

• Demonstrate leadership by developing people in the region, contributing to and participating in learning and development initiatives, and participating in wider community engagement initiatives.
• Establish and maintain an environment that empowers direct reports in the APAC region to be productive and resourceful, and that encourages maximum performance, and also manages any low performances appropriately.
• Frequently review and ensure that potential is managed and that direct reports take an active role in managing their objectives and goals.
• In carrying out your supervisory responsibilities, review for indications of non-compliance with Firm Polices, notify the appropriate risk and control areas of such indications, and work with the relevant risk and control areas to remediate issues on a timely basis.