Risk Manager, Operational Risk APAC

About the OpportunityJob Type: Permanent

Application Deadline: 27 January 2025

Job Description

Title                 Risk Manager, Operational Risk APAC

Department    Operational Risk

Location          Hong Kong

Reports To      Risk Director, Operational Risk APAC

Level                Manager

We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our Asia Risk team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.

About your team
 

The Asia Risk team, part of Fidelity’s Global Risk Function, supports the growth of the business by cultivating an effective risk culture and ensuring that the risk framework is thoroughly embedded throughout the business through active engagement with business units, review, and challenge of the control environment, ensuring that risks are within the stated risk appetite, reporting of risks and risk indicators, and provision of training and education.

About your role
 

• Provide risk management support to the Distribution, Investment Management and Operations functions in Asia Pacific by helping them to fully understand their risk profile and embed Enterprise Risk Management frameworks and systems
• Drive the Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) program by providing guidance and challenge the business as appropriate
• Identify, assess, and report emerging risks. Perform and support scenario exercises, e.g. for Group capital calculation (ICAAP) purposes or test operational resilience, as required
• Support the coordination of major incidents and events and ensure appropriate escalation takes place and mitigation activities are actioned. Provide analytical commentary and insights including oversight and analysis of risk event reporting
• Conduct risk-based reviews and provide assurance to the business, as required. Where control weaknesses or adverse customer journeys are identified, recommend and track mitigation actions
• Provide meaningful and value-add risk reporting to Risk and Compliance Committees, Country Operating Committees, Business Risk forums and to senior management
• Perform risk oversight to ensure the Operational Risk policy and framework requirements are met
• Conduct active oversight of issues, events and build standardisation and consistency in the approach and outputs
• Drive risk management training and education to increase risk awareness of good risk management practices in the business

About you

• Risk or controls management experience in an asset management or financial services company
• Strong focus on details, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Communicates with influence and is comfortable with engaging at all levels
• Acts with integrity
• Demonstrates resilience, adaptability and good judgement
• Works collaboratively and leverages individual talents in support of company practices and goals
• Exhibits responsibility and accountability to maintain high standards by consistently seeking opportunities to increase efficiency and quality of existing work processes, methods, and systems

Feel rewarded

For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.

For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.