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Vice President, Risk Control Unit MY
Vice President, Risk Control Unit MYCIMB • Malaysia, Malaysia
Vice President, Risk Control Unit MY

Vice President, Risk Control Unit MY

CIMB • Malaysia, Malaysia
10 days ago
Job description

Responsibilities and Scope

  • Responsible for ensuring the Division / Department maintains an adequate and effective first line of defense risk management program;
  • Promote and support Business and Support Management to ensure adherence with applicable banking laws, rules, regulations and internal policies, procedures and processes. Action plans should be developed to address the risk and control issues;
  • Enable the effective execution of the operational risk and compliance throughout the Bank / Group, with respect to identifying, quantifying, reviewing, evaluating and measuring risk to ensure that all compliance and risk categories are identified and managed in accordance with regulatory, internal policies and procedures requirements.

Scope

  • Responsible for management of operational risk and regulatory risk for the Division / Department across the legal entities or across the geography as stated in the appointment letter;
  • For external regulatory examination : The Risk Control Unit Head is responsible to act as a liaison and address all concerns and requirements of regulators with respect to risks within their functional area of responsibility. The Risk Control Specialist is expected to assist the Risk Control Unit Head.
  • Key Responsibilities

  • Drive strong Operational Risk Management practices.
  • Proactively manage the risk in the Division / Department to reduce the likelihood or impact of negative impact events.
  • Responsible to report risks to the Head of Division / Department in a timely manner so that Heads of Division / Department have a clear view of the overall control effectiveness of their unit.
  • Execute the operational risk framework of the bank in a robust and disciplined manner so as to achieve sound risk management practices and reporting.
  • Proactively partner and engage with the second line of defense to achieve an optimal outcome of risk management for the CIMB Group.
  • Proactively validate division / dept policies, procedures, SOPs for completeness and accuracy & sign-off on all SOPs.
  • Promote and maintain regulatory compliance.
  • Build and execute the compliance risk framework within the Division / Department in a robust and discipline manner so as to achieve sound compliance risk management practices and reporting.
  • Support and lead the Division / Department in relation to proactive identification and management of compliance risk.
  • Proactively identify areas with ineffective controls and work with the relevant stakeholders to enhance overall control environment to mitigate compliance risks.
  • Champion the Risk Culture.
  • Establish a reverence for strong risk management by applying knowledge and understanding of business products, services and processes.
  • Facilitate strong partnerships across various stakeholder groups, determine best methods of communication and establish escalation model.
  • To ensure an alignment of tasks between the 3 lines of defense to minimize overlap or gaps arising during execution of role and responsibilities.
  • Compile and analyse risk data for themes and trends; raise awareness of emerging risks in the industry and recommend mitigation measures.
  • Ensures that every business and support unit within the Division / Department has an RCU team and QA testers and the appointment is properly executed via GHR.
  • Track and maintain an updated list of the RCU team and QA testers (onboarding and offboarding) within the Division / Department
  • Facilitate all relevant training within the Division / Department and cascade relevant risk information or program updates to the RCU team and QA testers and respective business heads.
  • Provide guidance as needed to support RCU team and QA testers in their role.
  • Employee Engagement and Development
  • Monitor performance against the relevant RCU team and QA testers KPIs; including soliciting and incorporating performance feedback from Head of Group ORM and Head of Group Compliance.
  • Develop direct and indirect subordinates to ensure each has a well thought through and executable action plan to help them achieve their development goals and needs.
  • Provide timely feedback to staff and complete appraisal processes in line with CIMB process.
  • Comply with HR performance processes and meet internal KPIs.
  • Attract, develop and retain talent.
  • Job Specification

    Relevant work experience : Minimum 10 years work experience with relevant experience of a risk / audit / compliance / legal related role within the relevant business / function preferred

    Core Competencies

  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
  • An understanding of risk drivers and ability to articulate risk to non-risk personnel.
  • In depth knowledge of risk related to (business / function)
  • Able to work autonomously
  • Demonstrated managerial, leadership and facilitation skills
  • Understanding of how a bank operates front to back end
  • Good presentational skills
  • Job Info

  • Job Identification 32011
  • Job Category Consumer Banking
  • Posting Date 10 / 07 / 2025, 03 : 14 AM
  • Job Schedule Full time
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