Operational Risk Manager

This search procedure has been closed (22-02-2017).
Field
Finance
Salary
salary undisclosed
Location
Geneva
Employment
Permanent
Headhunter
Congentis

The organisation

For our client, a worldwide operating Private Bank, we seek to recruit a high calibre candidate to support the operational risk team in Geneva.

The position

Acts as a point of contact to the business and provides expert counsel on appropriate implementation of the operational risk management framework. Provides guidance on:

  • Issues Management (Risk Issues, Accepted Risk, Managing Non-Compliance)
  • Alert Management
  • Risk Assessments
  • Loss Event reporting
  • Divisional Event Escalation Reports (DEER) or Group Notifiable Events (GNEPs)
  • Control Environment Certification
  • Group Policy Standards
  • Ensures compliance with all relevant policies that are the responsibility of Operational Risk.
  • Plays a key role in the identification, escalation and mitigation of potential or actual operational risks (i.e. by means of state of the art risk review activities) and in the co-ordination of processes concerning risk issues identified, Notifiable events and Loss Data collection.
  • Participates in business and operational risk related projects and initiatives.
  • Advise staff on regulatory matters
  • Monitor and review processes which are relevant from a regulatory point of view
  • Collaborate with compliance teams of the bank’s foreign branches as well from the Division and Group
  • Providing direct liaison and ongoing operational risk support and guidance to the Geneva Branch Business/Risk. Managers
  • Performance of independent risk reviews and special investigations, focused on the Geneva Branch, in accordance with the entities Operational Risk Monitoring methodology/plan

Tasks & responsibilities

Principal advisor to the business on Strategic Risk Programme activities as they relate to:

  • Operational Risk (i.e. consult and advise on the Geneva’s First Line of defence test programme).
  • Operational Risk representative on any Change Programmes/Projects
  • Operational Risk co-ordinator and principle representative for NPAP
  • Principle point of contact for Business Process Change(s)
  • Business interface with the PB Control, Supervision and Oversight Programme
  • Co-ordinate the twice-a-year Control Environment Certification process according to Divisional guidance and draft the Head of the Branch certificate.
  • Contributes towards the development of a sound operational risk culture within the Geneva-Branch (i.e. Performance of Risk and Fraud related awareness trainings and / or operational risk self assessments (ORSA’s)).

Candidate profile

  • Communicating
  • Achieving excellence
  • Understanding issues
  • Building trust and understanding
  • Gathering information
  • Finding solutions
  • Collaborating for success
  • At least 10 years financial services experience. Practical experience as a risk manager and / or an internal auditor would be an asset.
  • Extensive working knowledge of operational risk practices.
  • Understanding of operational risk issues and their commercial impacts.
  • Proven track record of strong relationship skills at all levels both internally and externally.
  • Strong knowledge of private banking, asset management, financial products preferable.
  • Ability to deliver against routine commitments in a timely, high quality manners
  • Educated to degree standard or equivalent.
  • Good Spanish, French and English language skills, both written and verbal are required
  • An awareness of our clients' products, systems and procedures would be beneficial
  • Structured and methodical approach to problem identification and resolution.
  • Conceptual thinker.Self disciplined, absolutely reliable and mature and strong in getting things fixed.

Interested?

You can apply to this position by using the link below.

This search procedure has been closed (22-02-2017).