Key Responsibilities:

- Lead the design, implementation, and continuous enhancement of the organization's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework.

- Develop and maintain enterprise-wide risk policies, appetite frameworks, limits, and governance structures.

- Provide regular and insightful risk reporting to the Board and senior management, highlighting key exposures, emerging risks, trends, and mitigation actions.

- Oversee market, liquidity, credit, operational, and other material enterprise risks, ensuring appropriate monitoring and escalation mechanisms.

- Establish robust processes for identifying, assessing, measuring, monitoring, and mitigating emerging and existing risks.

- Strengthen fraud risk management and prevention frameworks, including fraud monitoring, detection, investigation, and remediation processes.

- Oversee and enhance AML frameworks and rule calibration, ensuring alignment with applicable regulatory requirements and evolving risk patterns.

- Partner with Internal Audit, Compliance, Legal, Finance, and Business leadership to strengthen internal controls and risk governance.

- Ensure effective implementation of regulatory requirements and maintain strong regulatory relationships where applicable.

- Drive organization-wide awareness and accountability for risk, embedding a strong risk culture across functions and levels.

- Review and challenge business strategies, products, processes, and major initiatives from a risk perspective.

- Lead enterprise-wide risk assessments, stress testing, scenario analysis, and business continuity resilience initiatives where applicable.

- Establish appropriate risk metrics, KRIs, dashboards, and early-warning indicators for senior management and Board oversight.

- Lead and develop a high-performing risk management function, fostering strong technical capability, independence, and accountability.

Candidate Profile:

- 10+ years of progressive experience in risk management, preferably within financial services, banking, investment management, securities, or capital markets.

- Proven experience in senior enterprise-level risk leadership, with exposure to Board and executive-level stakeholders.

- Strong understanding of Enterprise Risk Management, market risk, liquidity risk, operational risk, fraud risk, and regulatory risk.

- Strong knowledge of AML, regulatory frameworks, governance, internal controls, and risk oversight practices.

- Demonstrated experience designing or transforming ERM frameworks within complex organizations.

- Strong regulatory acumen with the ability to interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into practical risk frameworks and controls.

- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage with the Board, executive leadership, regulators, auditors, and business teams.

- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, decision-making, and risk assessment capabilities.

- Experience leading and developing senior risk professionals and building a strong risk culture.

- Relevant professional qualifications in Risk Management, Finance, Accounting, Compliance, or related disciplines would be advantageous.