VP, Operational Risk Management, Investment Banking

Job Summary

• Singapore
• Permanent
• JN -042023-1930825
• Apr 12, 2023
• Competitive

Job Description
Morgan McKinley is working in partnership with a regional Investment Bank with strong footprints and relationship in the Asia region.

As the VP, Operational Risk Management, you will be reporting functionally to the Head of ORM and locally to the Head of Risk. The ideal candidate should be someone who is proactive, forward-looking, and has a deep understanding of operational risk management.

Role and Responsibilities

• Develop and implement operational risk policies and monitor the first line of defence's compliance to the ORM standards.
• Provide operational risk advisory and oversight with a focus on but not limited to Information Technology Risk, Information Security Risk, and Cyber Security Risk.
• Support a consistent risk management governance model including the Pan Asia Risk Management Committee, Board Risk Committee, and risk management policies and procedures across risk management disciplines.
• Conduct independent assessments on operational risk through reviews on incidents, control issues, risk & control self-assessments, and key risk indicators.
• Analyze firm-wide risk themes and trends, and provide recommendations and challenges.
• Strengthen the firm-wide risk culture through training programmes and best practices sharing.
• Support risk & control programs including business continuity framework, outsourcing or third-party risk management, end-user computing, and segregation of duties.
• Manage the new business/product governance to ensure appropriate risk assessment prior to business commencement.

Key Requirements

• At least 5-8 years of relevant experience in financial institutions with good knowledge of securities products and processes.
• Preferably with recent work experience in Global Markets and Banking, Fixed Income, Currency (FIC) Business.
• Experience in risk and control related roles including first or second line of defences.
• Positive attitude to change, self-driven, and able to identify areas of improvements and challenge status quo.
• Strong communication skills; analytical and problem-solving.
• Team player. Capable of working with stakeholders across different levels and leveraging expertise from other teams and entities.

If you are interested in the role and would like to discuss the opportunity further, please click apply now or email Hagen at for more information.

Only shortlisted candidates will be responded to, therefore if you do not receive a response within 14 days please accept this as notification that you have not been shortlisted.

Morgan McKinley Pte Ltd, EA License No: 11C5502

Lee Boon Hou (Hagen), Registration No: R1870932