Banking Job - Mandarin speaking Head of Risk Management - London - wm

Please note that this role is for a Mandarin speaking Head of Risk Management.

This is a permanent office-based role with a salary of up to £150k, depending on experience.

The ideal candidate will be fluent in Mandarin Chinese and have experience in best practice risk management and governance frameworks in the commodity or energy sector.

• Responsible for the daily operations and human resources allocation of the Risk Management Department;
• Developing and enhancing risk management policies, mechanisms, instructions and procedures;
• Maintaining close and effective communication with the group in relation to Risk policies update and implementation;
• Providing timely and effective risk management information to the board;
• Setting various risk management indicators and monitoring measures;
• Executing internal control procedures and providing advice and recommendations to management;
• Ensuring that the data used by the firm to assess its risks are fit for purpose in terms of quality, quantity and breadth;
• Providing oversight and challenge of the firm's systems and controls in respect of risk management;
• Providing oversight and validation of the firm's external reporting of risk;
• Providing risk assessment and recommendations over business projects or new products launch;
• Dealing with unexpected major risk events and providing remedial measures;
• Ensuring the adequacy of risk information, risk analysis and risk training provided to members of the firm's governing body;
• Reporting to the firm's governing body on the firm's risk exposures relative to its risk appetite and tolerance;
• Maintaining and developing margin models for current and new products/markets;
• Providing risk input to the ICARA process;
• Risk Management Committee (RMC), supervising sub-committees such as Credit Committee, Electronic Trading Committee, and Procurement Committee;
• Overseeing the NPA process via RMC;

• Leadership skills, including the ability to exercise oversight of risk governance
• Considerable knowledge and experience of best practice risk management and governance frameworks, methodologies, and practices
• Proven ability to oversee a number of risk types, including credit, market, liquidity, operational risk etc.
• Knowledge of regulatory environment and key regulatory regime.
• Experience with the commodities or energy market.
• Strong financial analytical skills and IT skills

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability.

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