Finance Risk Management and Finance Risk Division Head

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Risk Management Activities

Strategic Design and Implementation:

Assists the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) in designing, embedding, and implementing continuous enhancements to Risk Management functions.

Fosters a management philosophy and culture aligned with effective risk management throughout the organization.

Operational Risk Oversight:

Spearheads and oversees enterprise-wide operational risk identification and assessment.

Utilizes various ORM tools, including Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA), Project Risk Assessment/Advisory activities (PRA), Key Risk Indicators (KRI), Incident Management, Issue and Action Management.

Risk Tools Implementation:

Ensures the comprehensive implementation of all Risk Tools.

Conducts critical analyses of root causes and issues, aiming for full integration into operational processes.

Creates and oversees the development and implementation of operational key risk and control indicators.

Coordinates with senior management to perform operational business risk reviews.

Monitors and ensures the resolution of operating risk issues for business units.

Assists in identifying and evaluating risk areas across operational activities.

Guidance and Review:

Conducts reviews and provides guidance on risk acceptance, contract, and policy/procedure creation or updating.

Regulatory Compliance and Impact Analysis:

Reviews and provides critical inputs on new regulations and laws impacting the Risk Management function and the overall operations of the company.

Governance, Reporting and Escalations

Reviews and provides inputs to all risk reports, results, issues, and decisions to the CRO, Senior Management, and the Board

Reports to Senior Management, Governance Committees, and Board-level Committees

Provides reports and updates to CRO for BAU and Adhoc Activities 

Escalates key risks and actual/potential non-compliance incidents to respective risk owners through the CRO to ensure that potential risks or incidents are managed effectively. 

Performs periodic business risk reviews.

Validates gap analysis against required regulation / laws / Internal policies, performs escalations and collaborations In addressing gaps

Embedding Risk Management Function and Advancement

Helps in ensuring embedding of Risk Management in assigned groups’ daily activities including strategic planning, capital allocation, product development, etc.

Performs promotions and training business and functional partners in the different risk management activities

Keep abreast of latest operational risk management techniques and industry best practices.

Ensures continued awareness of the Risk Management policy/framework, Org-wide Risk Matrix and common risk language across the organization.

Financial Risk Management Activities

Monitor the overall operation and the performance of the FinRM activities meant to identify current and emerging financial risk.

Devise relevant KPIs for the function, and deliberate prioritization of scope expansions.

Spearheads and oversees financial risk identification and assessment at the enterprise level, and as when relevant, on a per use case level and other levels of business granularity.

Ensures full implementation and regular review of frameworks and practices on liquidity risk management, market risk management, and credit risk management.

Oversee the implementation of risk appetite and tolerances discovery, measurement, and review.

Coordinate with management the performance of the stress testing methodology from the scenario identification, to estimation, and corresponding action plan.

Develop and manage other relevant risk management modeling, estimation methodologies to standardize understanding and quantification of risk including stress testing, and revenue assurance functions.

Review the reasonableness of the financial risk key risk and control indicators (KRIs) and trigger necessary adjustments.

Ensure coordination of the FinRM function with other Risk Group divisions in  

conducting detailed risk assessments for initiatives, projects, and new products, services, and promos, ensuring key applicable financial risk are considered.

during post assessments after implementation of new initiatives.

Provide necessary guidance, training and empowerment to the FinRM team in the execution and development of financial risk management activities.

Assist fellow Risk Division Heads in designing and implementing the continuing enhancement of the project risk advisory functions, management philosophy and culture within the organization.

Coordinate and report to the CRO regarding results of risk reviews and assessments.

Assist business in documenting and in providing guidance for inputs to risk acceptances.

Conducts reviews of policies and procedures, as needed.

Keep abreast of latest financial risk management techniques and industry best practices.

Governance, Reporting and Escalations

Report on financial risk activity results, issues, and decisions to senior management on a regular basis.

Coordinate with the Finance Group for alignment on relevant data sources and necessary context to perform enterprise level assessments.

What We Offer

Opportunity for career growth and development in the #1 FinTech company in the country Working with a dynamic and highly collaborative team who want to change the game A company that values their people with highly competitive and flexible compensation and benefits package