Chief Risk Officer

About Maybank Securities

Maybank Securities, a leading brokerage and investment bank with a reach extending across ASEAN, the UK and the US, offers a comprehensive suite of services. These include corporate finance & advisory, navigating debt and equity capital markets, derivatives trading, brokerage and research for both retail and institutional investors, and prime brokerage.

Job Description

Responsible for planning and driving strategic initiatives to develop, enhance, and implement risk monitoring and reporting frameworks, management practices, policies, guidelines, procedures, and methodologies, in alignment with the business objectives of the Maybank Group.

Key Responsibilities:

• Principally responsible for establishing and implementing the risk management framework to identify, monitor, and manage the risks of the financial institution
• Champion execution and implementation of the Risk Management framework, including applicable systems, policies and procedures, for all relevant businesses and jurisdictions, including but not limited to credit risk, market risk and operational risk;
• Oversee development and implementation of country-specific risk management plans, in line with local regulatory requirements;
• Facilitate discussions and strategize with Business Heads to further business plans and/or solve business/credit issues;
• Facilitate collaboration across countries for sharing of best practices and knowledge;
• Oversee independent assessment and monitoring of risk across the local business, in compliance with applicable laws, rules and standards within the Group;
• Ensure reporting of risk assessments, including breaches and deficiencies detected, to the Board of Directors, Management Risk Committee and Executive Committee, and advise on the preventive actions taken;
• Develop and manage the close rapport with regulators through periodic visit and/or formal and informal communication;
• Build local risk management team capabilities

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree or Professional Qualification
• Minimum 10 years working experience in the financial services industry covering Compliance, Internal Audit and Risk Management. (but preferred 15 years)
• Discipline/Related Field:Equities, CFDs, fixed income, leveraged forex, futures and options
• Possesses good understanding of key risk and control concepts, tools and trends
• Possess risk-based thinking and mind-set
• Strong business acumen, along with a good understanding of the critical business drivers.
• Strong communication and written ability, with excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Experienced in leading and managing teams
• A keen eye for detail with strong business acumen and able to adapt and respond to changes

We regret that only short-listed candidates will be notified.