Job Description

Department : Operational Risk DepartmentRoles & Responsibility:The Risk Officer will support the Operational Risk Department in the following activities.

• Design and lead risk management initiatives that include assessing the risk and developing appropriate risk management strategies that are in line with the Bank's risk appetite.

• Develop and implement business unit strategy to further enhance ORM capabilities of the business units.

• Guide business units to identify, assess, prioritize, monitor, and report operational risks in their functional areas.

• Review adequacy of the risk mitigation measures taken by the units and play the challenge role leveraging industry good practice. Analyze internal and external operational risk data and prepare summary for discussing with the units and various stakeholders. Contribute to the preparation of quarterly risk reports prepared for various stakeholders.

• Coordinate Integrity Due Diligence (IDD) related activities that include secretariat to the IDD Steering Committee, guiding business units on IDD matters, and performing independent testing of IDD processes handled by the units.

• Perform research on various thematic areas to understand operational risk landscape that includes trends, emerging risks, good practices, regulatory changes etc.

• Provide support to programs designed to create risk culture across the Chennai office.

• Participate in designing, testing, and implementing new and current technology solutions.

• Perform any other duties or responsibilities consistent with the employee role and assigned by the management

Candidate Profile: Master's degree or equivalent in a business or finance related discipline.

• Minimum of 7 years practical experience in ORM, ideally in a second line function.

• Expert knowledge on ORM frameworks and processes.

Experience in guiding business units and/or clients in the implementation of risk management frameworks and initiatives.

• Experience in management and strategic consulting is highly desirable.

• Exposure to preparing risk reports for various stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience in analyzing and interpreting data and presenting in a concise manner.

• Knowledge on AML/CFT and Integrity Due Diligence is highly desirable.

• Working knowledge of Governance, Risk and Compliance systems.

• Working knowledge of various reporting tools such as Business Objects and Tableau.

• Exposure to using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based solutions is highly desirable.

• Proven ability to lead teams and projects.

• Proven ability to learn and contribute in new areas such as climate risk, Artificial Intelligence etc.

• Proven ability to deal with confidential matters and with discretion.

• Exceptional communication skills, written and oral, including the ability to explain and express views/opinions articulately and confidently.

• Willingness to travel on short-term assignments.

• The flexibility to work outside normal office hours as may be required from time-to-time.

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