Head of Operational Risk Management

Job No.: 499603
Employment Type: Full time
Departments: Legal & Compliance and Operational Risk Management Department
Job Functions: Risk Management, Compliance / Operational Risk Management

Responsibilities:

• Set up an effective operational risk management framework for BOCHK Group (the Group) according to the Basel and regulatory requirements;
• Coordinate with departments to implement the bank’s operational risk management strategies and policies, assist to adopt appropriate methodologies, tools and procedures to identify, assess, monitor, control or mitigate operational risk;
• Monitor departments’ implementation of operational risk management policies, follow up of key operational risks identified via operational risk management tools and provide recommendations to mitigate control weaknesses and monitor the rectification progress;
• Formulate products/services risk monitoring administrative measures at bank-level, participate in the due diligence process pertaining to products/services as well as insourced/outsourced activities;
• Formulate business continuity plan and risk mitigation measures and manage its implementation, including the business continuity facilities setup, maintenance and amendment of business continuity plan, drills test, monitor the daily emergency events;
• Lead and manage the operational risk management, business continuity planning and emergency handling of ASEAN institutions /subsidiaries;
• Promote operational risk management culture, awareness and training;
• Comply with legal, regulations or rules issued by regulators, bank’s strategy and relevant risk management policies and procedures; identify and control potential or existing risks of various types, timely report to the superior and the relevant units, formulate and follow up the rectification measures.

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree holder or above with major in Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics or other related discipline;
• Holder of professional qualification in ACCA / CPA / FRM / PRM / CIA etc. is preferred;
• Minimum of 10 years of experiences in risk management in banking; minimum of 6 years of team management experience is preferred;
• Possess sound understanding in local regulatory requirements, industry peers and market practices, etc.;
• Familiar with bank operations and knowledgeable in concepts, principles and monitoring framework of risk management;
• Proficiency in both English and Chinese (including Putonghua) with good communication skills.