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BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.
About the job:
Role Purpose
Oversee risk portfolio monitoring, coordinate ESG risk integration and drive cross-functional risk initiatives across CIB Asia, helping ensure effective risk governance, controls and management reporting.
Key Responsibilities
1. Risk Portfolio Management
- Lead the preparation of periodic risk portfolio reports and executive presentations for senior management and risk committees.
- Monitor portfolio evolution, credit quality, exposures, concentrations and emerging risks across countries, sectors, clients and products.
- Analyze key risk indicators, including EAD, credit limits, ratings, PD, maturity profiles and watchlist exposures.
- Identify material portfolio trends and vulnerabilities, providing actionable insights to support risk decisions.
- Ensure data quality and promote improvements in portfolio analytics, reporting and automation.
2. ESG & Sustainability Risk
- Coordinate the integration of sustainability risk factors into credit admission, client reviews and onboarding processes.
- Ensure consistent application of ESG policies, sector frameworks and BBVA internal assessment tools.
- Oversee ESG portfolio monitoring, including risk appetite indicators, sector alignment, financed emissions (PCAF) and portfolio alignment (PACTA).
- Coordinate with Global ESG Risk teams on due diligence, controversies, data quality and corrective actions.
- Support ESG risk governance, reporting and implementation of Group requirements across CIB Asia.
3. Cross-Functional Risk Management (XFunctions)
- Coordinate cross-functional risk initiatives and specific regional requirements across CIB Asia.
- Ensure effective implementation of Group risk policies, processes and control frameworks.
- Monitor action plans, deliverables and remediation activities, ensuring timely execution and escalation.
- Facilitate collaboration across regional and global Risk teams and other relevant functions.
- Drive process improvements, operational efficiency and stronger risk controls.
Required Profile
- Strong experience in Corporate & Investment Banking risk management, credit portfolio analysis or risk governance.
- Strong understanding of information database structures, data management and the development and implementation of database-driven reporting solutions
- Strong analytical capabilities and understanding of credit risk metrics, ESG frameworks and internal controls
- Proven ability to manage complex initiatives and coordinate multiple stakeholders.
- Excellent communication, executive reporting and organizational skills.
- Proactive, independent and results-oriented, with strong ownership and execution capabilities.
- Fluency in English is required; proficiency in Spanish would be an advantage
Skills:
Portfolio RiskSkills Required
- Strong experience in Corporate and Investment Banking risk management, credit portfolio analysis, or risk governance
- Strong understanding of information database structures, data management, and database-driven reporting solutions
- Strong analytical capabilities and understanding of credit risk metrics, ESG frameworks, and internal controls
- Proven ability to manage complex initiatives and coordinate multiple stakeholders
- Excellent communication, executive reporting, and organizational skills
- Proactive, independent, results-oriented, and strong ownership and execution capabilities
- Fluency in English
- Proficiency in Spanish
What We Do
At BBVA we are leading the transformation of banking worldwide, united in pursuing our goal of bringing the age of opportunity to everyone. Firmly focused on the future, our on-going digital transformation is already producing disruptive innovations that power our vision of banking. Every one of our 112,465 employees, from branch staff to senior leaders, plays an essential role in giving our 85 million customers the cutting edge banking solutions that they deserve. Building on 165 years of history we know the importance of constant development, which is why we place so much confidence in the collaborative working environment that enables our people to grow and excel. If you would like to learn about the culture and opportunities on offer at a company that is leading the way for 21st century banking, head to the ‘Life’ tab to find out more.
