Responsibilities:

• Act as a second line of defense to proactively manage the risk / loss.
• Review new products or services launch and assure that material risks are appropriately identified and mitigated by input action plans.
• Work closely with stakeholders to design and develop Risk and Control Self Assessment (RCSA) as well as to set Key Risk Indicator (KRI) and its tolerance level.
• Ensure periodic RCSA testing as well as KRI collection and retaining evidence thereof within timeliness to assess the proper functioning and adequacy of existing controls.
• Ensure that action plans are directed at the root cause of the identified exception on RCSA testing / KRI trigger and appropriate, prioritized and sustainable to mitigate residual risks. Also, assure that the owner of each action is clearly assigned and realistic target date of each action is set in order to protect the overdue issue.
• Accurately, completely and timely record exception on CET and KRI trigger in risk system.
• Revisit RCSA and KRI when there is a new emerging risk / audit or regulatory finding and perform RCSA and KRI refreshment on yearly basis.
• Socialize significant risk & loss events as well as audit findings and conduct lessons learned to create awareness.
• Coordinate with compliance / internal and external audits to solve regulatory / audit findings, track aging, periodic follow up to ensure that all findings are remediated by committed timeliness and that the actual root cause are being addressed.

Qualifications Requirements:

• Bachelor or higher degree in Risk Management, Finance, Accounting, Financial Engineering or a related field is required
• Minimum 5 years experience in operational risk or internal audit in a banking or financial technology business
• Professional certifications (FRM, CPA, etc.) would be a plus
• Strong English language (speaking, reading & writing)
• Strong proven analytical skills
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work with cross functional teams