Manager/AVP - Counterparty Credit Risk

Accountabilities for Business, Customers and Stakeholders:

- Support in the definition and scoping of the Treasury Risk Assurance function, promoting and implementing synergies and efficiencies while securing an optimal and best in class control environment.

- Challenge the first line control and risk owners to ensure that risk management activities are working effectively. This includes the following activities for Treasury Risk

- Provide subject matter expertise, advice, guidance, and effective challenge to the Risk and Control Owners;

- Monitor compliance of the minimum requirements applicable to the management of Treasury risk, as set out in relevant policies.

- Report on the risk and control profile, including impacts of external environment changes, emerging risks and changes to the business strategy;

- Work with the business to understand the impact of emerging risks that require changes to controls, resources and business operations to ensure they remain within appetite;

- Support definition of the Risk and Control Library, including minimum control standards, with input from Risk Owners, and Control Owners, specifying key risks and key controls and providing guidance on continuous monitoring expectations.

- Recommend Risk and Control Assessment ("RCA") scoping, and challenge where this is not appropriately applied in the RCA; and challenge Risk and Control Owners on risk and control management, including inherent risk, residual risk, control effectiveness ratings, issues, actions and events.

- Work closely with Internal Audit (INA) to understand the outcomes of their reviews and how this affects the control environment.

Leadership & Teamwork:

- Leadership (i.e. manages people - professionals, manager of managers,

- Provides expertise in subject matter to raise the standards of the team

- Leads by example to ensure the correct behaviour is adopted.

- Demonstrates core behaviors and values.

- Interpersonal Skills (i.e. collaboration and networking external / internal, external / internal negotiation required and at what levels)

- Ability to build relationships by communicating, influencing and negotiating effectively with senior managers, third party consultants, technical experts across the whole department and business users.

- Willingness to take ownership of deliverables / problems, see them through to completion and to use own initiative to resolve issues, whilst dealing with a diverse range of people and directing cross functional teams.

- Strong interpersonal skills, coupled with the ability to succeed within a matrix management structure and build and maintain relationships globally.

- Highly effective communication skills (oral, written and presentational).

- Demonstrate experience of leading with unwavering and courageous integrity to do the right thing.

- Ability to work in fast-paced environment with proven ability to handle multiple outputs at one time.

Qualifications:

What you will need to succeed in the role:

Knowledge, skills & experience:

- CA / MBA in Finance or Masters in similar and relevant field

- At least 5 years of work experience in a Big4 / Financial services firm in area of internal audit, assurance or treasury management

- Good working knowledge of capital reporting requirements and regulations

- Good understanding of various capital reporting metrics - Capital ratios, deductions from capital, how they are calculated

- Ability to provide independent and effective review and challenge of key Capital processes including regulatory reporting

- Good understanding of assurance techniques obtained in a big 4 accounting firm or internal audit department of a financial institution

- Ability to challenge stakeholders at various level and build relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders

- Strong stakeholder management skills

- Strong writing skills and ability to take complex requirements and document them in an easy-to-read manner

- Strong analytical, planning and organizational skills

- A good understanding of Treasury risk and associated processes

- Ability to make connections between multiple risk and issues

- Proven track record of successful involvement with change management programs

- Excellent communication skills with experience in interacting with individuals at all levels of an organization

- Creative approach to problem solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the "big picture" view