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Job Description:
Job description (heading) / Description du poste (titre)
The Risk Analyst shall assist the Head – Risk Management in implementing effective risk programs, policies and processes for the management of financial risks resulting from business activities and in accordance with the Risk Management Guidelines of the BSP and with Sun Life Group policies.
The FRM Risk analyst shall assist in identifying, measuring, monitoring, and reporting risk as part of the second line of defense and shall support the business in building a strong and healthy risk environment by ensuring that appropriate policies and control procedures are in place. The Risk Specialist shall also assist in rolling out risk and control initiatives across all various financial risk areas such as but not limited to Financial Risk Management (FRM) and Model and End User Computing (MEUC).
Preferred skills (heading) / Compétences particulières (titre)
- Analytical skills
- Has adequate knowledge and exposure in trust/banking regulations and practices, risk management, information security, internal control or compliance
- Good communication skills with the ability to collaborate with other teams
- Comfortable in dealing with cross-functional units
- Work collaboratively with others and influence peers and management
Qualifications (heading) / Compétences (titre)
- Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Management, Economics, or equivalent
- At least 3 years of relevant work experience on Financial Risk Management
- Strong grasp of trust/banking business, technical issues or trust/banking trends
- Experience on derivatives risk management, is a plus
- FRM, or CFA is a plus
Responsibilities (heading) / Responsabilités (titre)
Management Reporting:
- Prepare, analyze and ensure completeness of the various financial daily risk management reports, including limits utilization.
- Prepare, analyze and ensure completeness and accuracy of the monthly, quarterly and annual / semi-annual risk metrics & indicators, risk management (including Risk and Compliance Management Committee and Board reports) and other reports.
Governance, Oversight and Risk Management
- Review, analyze and provide recommendations on the various financial risk limits to be prescribed by risk management policies and operating guidelines ensuring compliance with local regulatory (i.e. BSP) requirements.
- Work collaboratively with others to ensure the annual review, roll-out, renewal, implementation of and compliance on the various operating guidelines.
- Assist in identifying (i.e. limit breaches) and monitoring action plans to address policy/operating guidelines non-compliance.
- Assist in the roll-out of corporate driven financial risk management initiatives for implementation in the BU.
- The position also handles financial risk management related queries and /or elevates the same to the Head – Risk Management as necessary.
- Promote risk awareness via initiatives that include risk and control trainings to strengthen the Risk Culture of the business unit.
- Assist in the development Ensures that risk based measurement and reporting metrics, including risk limits and exception reporting.
Others
- Act as an Administrator for the SLIMTC Archer particularly - MEU risk management database (MEUC)
- Other functions that may be assigned by the Head – Risk Management
Job Category:
Risk Management
Posting End Date:
30/03/2025
What We Do
A UK company, Sun Life Financial of Canada is focused on building excellent customer service by offering the highest levels of customer care. We have been serving customers in the UK for over 100 years