Senior Risk Governance & Disclosure Manager

About the Role

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Senior Risk Governance & Disclosure Manager to join RHB Banking Group. In this role, you will support regulatory liaison, manage regulatory audits and inspections, monitor emerging risks, and coordinate enterprise-wide risk reporting. You will play a key role in ensuring the Bank maintains strong governance, compliance, and risk management practices.

What you will be doing

Regulatory Audit Response

Verify accuracy and reasonableness of the management responses to findings of regulatory audits / inspections, and where relevant to provide challenges to ensure that the responses provides a true and fair view of the Group's control environment Perform the periodic follow up status update and verify the accuracy of action items that are reported as closed, for presentation to the relevant Board and Management Committees prior to submission to the regulators Establish and maintain a repository of regulatory inspection / audit findings and initial correspondences on the management response Advise the local / respective officer in charge of the regulatory audit / findings on the governance process to follow up, report and submit the management action plans and follow up status in accordance with the regulatory requirements

Regulatory Liaison

Establish rapport and manage communication on risk related matters between the Group and the regulators .

Manage the regulator on-site review including the following:

• Logistic arrangements including room booking, access card for supervisors as well as parking access
• List of information request
• Request for briefings by Management
• Exit meetings

Perform periodic sweep for relevant regulations on risk management for dissemination, management and custodial of such information.

Assist Head Enterprise Risk & Governance to obtain feedback on concept papers relevant to risk management within the timeline provided.

Risk Appetite Setting (RAS)

Annual and semi-annual revision of RAS

• Perform the annual and semi annual revision of RAS process including sending out request to all risk and finance heads, follow up to obtain the revised RAS metrics, review the revised RAS metrics and provide feedback, consolidate the RAS for committees approval. The coverage for RAS coordination is not only for Malaysia entities but also to cover regional bank operations as well as regional investment bank operations.
• Engage and explain the methodologies (on RAS) to all relevant parties, including business and support units, credit and control functions and also relevant senior management
• Review and maintain the governance document on the RAS for future reference and audit purposes

Monthly Risk Appetite Monitoring

• Engage relevant team monitoring the various risk metrics to gather and report the level of adherence with the risk appetite for Management and Board information on monthly basis.

Administrative function

Manage schedules and calendar of Head of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Monitoring of ERM's paper submission to Boards & Committees - collate and monitor all paper submission to Boards and Committees

What we're looking for

• Minimum 3 to 5 years in risk management, audit or compliance function in financial industry;
• Experience in CRR, RAS and ICAAP reports and dealing with regulators as primary liaison function is added advantage
• Reasonable understanding on overall risk management
• Good understanding and knowledge of regulations relating to risk management
• Good inter-personal and communication skills