Associate Analyst/Analyst, Operational & Legal Risk | Treasury Risk & Infrastructure (TRI)

Responsible for monitoring, reporting, conduct risk assessment and provide input on implementation of operational risk and business continuity management specifically for treasury operations.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Managing Operational Risk:

• Conduct risk assessment of operational incidents to identify gaps and to recommend guidelines/policies to mitigate and/or eliminate operational risk for treasury operations.
• Ensure adequate segregation of duties and to highlight any risk trends in dealing activities and to recommend to Management on steps to manage operational risk issue.
• Formulate, recommend, and implement appropriate operational risk guidelines on new investment activities or products.
• Maintain an effective surveillance mechanism to monitor treasury operations’ activities and to impose pre-emptive measures to safeguard the Bank’s interest.
• Ensures efficient execution and timely identification of potential risks or opportunities for process improvement in operational activities.
• Coordinate audit processes from internal and external stakeholders to ensure proper alignment of objectives, efficient utilization of resources, and comprehensive coverage of audit scope and requirements.
• Ensure the availability of resources to maintain continuity in treasury operations and mitigate potential risks that could adversely affect operational efficiency.
• Implement initiative to promote a culture of risk awareness and accountability across the organization through regular communication and educational initiatives. 

2. Business Continuity Management (BCM)

• Review and assess the effectiveness of Department’s Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and formulate new policy or procedures to mitigate disruption on critical treasury operations.
• Collaboration with various departments to identify potential risks, develop continuity plans, and establish checklists for responding to and recovering from a certain scenario. 
• Conduct business impact analyses to prioritize critical functions and processes and provide regular reports to management on the status of the business continuity program.
• Ensure the implementation of BCM initiative and testing activities under business continuity management for effective coordination.

3. Legal Risk

• Ensure the legal agreements with updated standard provisions are in-place to meet the bank and industry requirements as well as to manage any potential legal risk in collaboration with Jabatan Undang-Undang (JUN).
• Consolidate legal document for record keeping and submission to JUN. 
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential legal risks and liabilities in collaboration with JUN.

QUALIFICATIONS
 

Academic Qualifications

Degree or professional qualifications in economics, mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, information technology, banking, or finance. Specifically for legal risk: 
Degree or professional qualifications in law.

Experience

Knowledge in treasury, finance, supervisory, audit, regulations, back office, and other related operations.

Bank Negara Malaysia (the Central Bank of Malaysia), is a statutory body which started operations on 26 January 1959. Bank Negara Malaysia is governed by the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009. The role of Bank Negara Malaysia is to promote monetary and financial stability. This is aimed at providing a conducive environment for the sustainable growth of the Malaysian economy.

Bank Negara Malaysia’s monetary policy stance is to maintain price stability while remaining supportive of growth. Bank Negara Malaysia is also responsible for financial system stability. This is achieved by developing a sound, resilient, progressive and diversified financial sector which serves to support the sectors of the real economy. It also plays an important function in implementing initiatives to deepen and strengthen the financial markets, including the foreign exchange market.

Bank Negara Malaysia has played a significant developmental role in developing the financial system infrastructure in advancing the financial inclusion agenda. This is to ensure all economic sectors and segments of the society have access to financial services. In addition, Bank Negara Malaysia also oversees the nation’s payment systems infrastructure which emphasize on the efficiency and security of the financial systems.

As the banker and adviser to the Government, Bank Negara Malaysia provides advice on macroeconomic policies and the management of public debt. Bank Negara Malaysia is also the sole authority in issuing the national currency and in managing the country's international reserves.