This position is part of the APAC Compliance Conduct & Operational Risk (CCOR) - Risk Assessment and Assurance Coverage Planning team and partners with Country & line of business (LOB) in CCOR, in executing the key CCOR risk assessment and assurance coverage planning programs for the APAC region. The chosen candidate will report to the APAC CCOR Risk Assessment and Assurance Coverage Planning Manager based in Singapore.

As a CCOR Officer for Risk Assessment and Assurance Coverage Planning, Associate within the APAC CCOR Risk Assessment team you will be responsible for the execution of the regional and legal entities risk assessment. This will involve working closely with the APAC CCOR Legal Entity Leads to coordinate, collate, analyse and review the required information from the LOB CCOR and Country subject matter experts. You will be responsible for coordinating this work for APAC CCOR, working in conjunction with the project lead to drive efficiency of Legal Entity risk assessments programs. You will also be providing guidance on the LE Risk Assessment framework, policies and procedures. The role will provide considerable exposure to Country, LOB CCOR and Horizontal Program Risk partners throughout APAC and the business.

The incumbent may also be required to support the Assurance Coverage Lead to work with the LOB and Country CCOR teams involved in the monitoring and testing activities to develop, maintain and execute a coordinated regional plan and strategy.

Job responsibilities:

Risk Assessment Program:

• Assisting in the execution of the risk assessment programs working alongside the APAC Country and LOB subject matter experts to ensure timely review and challenge of the operational risks for the legal entities (LE) in the region

• Understanding the LE risk assessments procedure and help ensure QA around adherence to the frameworks by the APAC CCOR reviewers

• Providing guidance and support to APAC CCOR reviewers on LE Risk Assessment framework, procedures and tools

• Understanding the LE risk assessment tool functionalities and work with the Global LE Framework teams in ongoing enhancements to the LE Risk Assessment tool and dashboards used by the firm and assist in the implementation of the tool to the region

• Assisting with the day-to-day deliverables of the CCOR LE Risk Assessment Programs for APAC

Assurance Planning (Monitoring & Testing):

• Understanding the Assurance Planning procedure and help ensure QA around adherence to the frameworks by the APAC performers

• Assisting in reviewing LE risk assessment gaps and prioritizing areas of focus to identify monitoring and testing activities with Country and LOB CCOR

• Working with LOB & Country CCOR Officers to identify their annual Assurance Plan to improve coverage of their LOB and entities' risk assessments and local regulatory requirements

• Providing guidance, support and training to APAC M&T users to assist them with documentation, execution, issue/exception reporting and resolving QA comments from global M&T QA team

• Working with the global M&T team in ongoing enhancements to the M&T tool used by the firm and assist in the implementation of the tool to the region

• Assisting with the day-to-day deliverables and reporting of the CCOR Assurance Coverage Planning Program for APAC

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in Compliance or Operational Risk preferably with a financial services institution

• Bachelors degree in Finance or a related field

• Effective and proven project management skills

• Proactive approach to problem solving and owning of issues

• Willingness to work as part of a tight Risk Assessment team, where interdependencies will be common and ongoing.

• Effective analytical, communication and negotiation skills

• Team player with ability to build lasting relationships, with proven flexibility, adaptability and reliability

• Detail oriented, with a highly disciplined approach to process and quality control; attention to detail is critical in this role

• Flexibility to handle multiple tasks, changing priorities, and monitor tight deadlines or unexpected requirement changes

• Comfortable working and partnering with people at all levels and across all functional areas

• Excellent working knowledge of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Knowledge of the general risk / control frameworks is an advantage

• Experience/knowledge of the regulatory environment and of financial products highly desirable

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