Chief Risk Officer - 100% Remote - Up to 200K

Responsibilities:

Identifying the key risk exposures (e.g. market risk, liquidity risk, credit risk, technology risk, operational risk, compliance risk, etc.) and assessing and measuring the extent of risk exposures of the bank and its operations

Monitoring the risk exposures and determining the corresponding capital requirement in accordance with the Basel capital adequacy framework and based on the banks internal capital adequacy assessment on an on-going basis

Independent Risk Management

Review of client approval documents provided by partner facing teams Review of AML policies defined by partner facing teams Input into credit risk management processes Drafting, reviewing and revising the Risk Management manuals to cope with the current developments of risk disciplines in the industry Board reporting Secretariat to the Risk Committee, Audit and Compliance Committee Reporting on a regular basis to senior management and to the board of directors of the results of assessment and monitoring Deeply understand the regulatory requirements and understand what specifically will be required to implement these requirements in the case of a partnership based bank.

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As per regulation, this position will report directly to the independent Risk and Audit / Compliance Committees/ BOD. The position will be independent of the Management but will work closely with the Head of Operations / CEO in the implementation of the responsibilities.

• Metrics to monitor
• BSP assessment of the bank's performance (BSP rating)
• Feedback from partner-facing teams
• Required skills and qualifications

This position requires expertise in control functions, while also understanding the implications of these functions on business operations to ensure the functions are implemented in a client-friendly manner.

• The specific areas of expertise seen in the candidate will include:
• Experience of credit risk analytics, or deep experience in risk functions in a regulated bank
• Expertise of BSP regulations in Risk Management areas
• Mathematical analysis experience
• Clear and concise writing
• Definition of risk management processes, including
• Operational risk reviews
• Market and liquidity risk
• IT risk management
• Leadership of risk functions

Initial tasks:

• Review current risk policies, and identify gaps in the overall framework
• Set up risk reporting, reporting to Board Committees
• Conduct risk assessments in partners
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