The staff is responsible for supporting the Risk Management Team to fully implement an effective Enterprise Risk Management framework in the company.  This role has a primary focus on Operational Risk Management. 

What the role is? 

Support the Associate Director, Risk Management in managing and implementing the Enterprise Risk Management Framework, with a primary focus on ensuring the effective operation of the Company’s operational risk management practices. Key roles and responsibilities are set out below.

Risk Committee and Management Reporting

• Provide key support in preparing regular reports on operational risk management activities for relevant management committees and the Board-level Risk Committee, and follow up and monitor actions arising from meetings.
• Monitor and report key risk indicators and ensure timely escalation of significant risk issues to the relevant risk committees.
• Coordinate and participate in pre-meetings with risk owners for the quarterly risk register meetings.
• Support regular reporting to Group Risk

Key Operational Risk Exercise and Reporting

• Collaborate with various departments to embed operational risk management practices into business process and decision-making
• Internal Control Adequacy Assessment (InCA).  Drive the annual InCA exercise, including scoping, training, testing and reporting result to management; identify enhancement opportunities for InCA process
• Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA).  Facilitate and support the quarterly RCSA exercise with risk and control owners
• Incident Reporting.  Facilitate operational risk incident reporting; review incident reports and provide advice on remedial and preventive actions; monitor related actions and report updates to relevant risk committees; and enhance the existing incident reporting mechanism
• Project Risk Assessment. Facilitate and support project risk assessments, review assessment results, and provide advice on appropriate mitigating actions
• AI Risk Assessment/ Outsourcing Risk Assessment.  Support the review from a risk management perspective
• Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA).  Support the production of ORSA reporting from an operational risk perspective

Policy and Standard Adherence

• Support the regular review and validation of risk policies
• Support the review of the relevant Company’s policies and standards from a risk management perspective

Risk Awareness and Culture

• Foster and embed a strong risk culture in line with the Company’s risk philosophy.
• Support the delivery of training and awareness programmes to enhance understanding and management of operational risks across the Company

Others

• Act as a trusted advisor with all lines of defence.
• Support on other risk-related deliverables as warranted by the Chief Risk Officer or senior management team
• Demonstrate strong strategic acumen and proactively contribute valuable insights to support the continuous enhancement of the ERM framework.
• Support the enhancement of the GRC risk system.
• Provide advice on Business Continuity / Operational Resilience matters on needed basis

What we look for?

• Bachelor’s degree or above, preferably in Risk Management, Insurance, or Accountancy.  Degree or above in other Business-related discipline may also be considered
• Professional qualifications in accountancy (e.g. HKICPA/ ACCA etc.) or risk management are preferred
• At least 8 to 10 years of working experience in operational risk management within the insurance industry or consultancy firm.
• Strong knowledge of operational risk management frameworks, tools, and techniques
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.  Influencing ability is an advantage
• Excellent analytical skills coupled with a pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and industry best practices related to operational risk management
• Proficient in MS Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.  AI tools (e.g. Copilot) and Power BI will be advantage
• Strong writing and presentation skills in both English and Chinese.  Proficiency in Putonghua is preferred

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