Job description

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Risk Oversight & Governance

• Provide risk management oversight and support for management.
• Support the Team Head in managing regular governance committees by preparing relevant risk reports and highlighting key issues and trends in the risk dashboard.
• Implement the risk and control framework to ensure effective risk management.

Risk Assessment & Reporting

• Manage periodic risk assessments, attestations, and reporting activities.
• Coordinate the implementation of operational risk and compliance initiatives and policies.

Technology Risk Advisory

• Support risk matters, representing technology teams in risk and control discussions.
• Provide technology risk support to Domain leads and their teams.

Self-Assessments & Control Testing

• Facilitate and coordinate self-assessment activities such as Regulatory Requirement Self-Assessment and Risk & Control Self-Assessment.
• Conduct independent control testing to support control monitoring, attestations, and review/reporting of regulatory compliance breaches and operational risk incidents.

Audit Management

• Lead audit management activities including pre-audit checks and coordination with audit teams during and after audit engagements involving Technology teams.

Focused Risk Reviews

• Conduct targeted risk assessments, deep dives, and focused reviews on specific risk areas.
• Collaborate with Technology units to resolve identified risk issues.

Risk Monitoring & Issue Tracking

• Proactively identify risks by monitoring technology performance in risk and compliance management.
• Track resolution of issues arising from regulatory breaches, operational incidents, special reviews, audits, and inspections.

Risk Culture & Awareness

• Provide training and support to strengthen risk culture and awareness within Technology units.

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Professional certifications such as CISA or CISM are advantageous.
• Minimum of 8 years of working experience, with at least 5 years in a risk & control or audit function within a banking environment.
• Extensive experience in managing or assessing the adequacy of controls over technology activities in a banking context.
• Preferably possesses strong knowledge of retail and corporate banking processes and products.
• Strong ability to identify risks, assess control effectiveness, and recommend appropriate control enhancements.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and conceptual skills.
• Proven experience in leading and managing projects.
• Effective communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage stakeholders across multiple disciplines and levels.

Additional Requirements