# Senior Risk Professional, Asia Operational Risk Department

**Company**: Morgan Stanley
**Location**: Hong Kong
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Morgan Stanley is seeking an experienced Risk professional for its Asia Operational Risk Department (ORD). We are looking to attract a senior recruit to manage the Asia Operational Risk Business Coverage team, to be based in Hong Kong reporting to the Asia Head of Operational Risk.

The Asia Operational Risk Business Coverage team is responsible for working with business and infrastructure units to identify, analyse, assess and challenge operational risk associated with the processes and controls relevant to each area. Coverage Officers are responsible for driving the effectiveness and embeddedness of the Operational Risk Management Framework within the Firm’s Business Units, Infrastructure Groups and Control Functions.

Specific responsibilities include:

- Enhance/build solid client relationships with key senior individuals relevant to designated coverage responsibilities;

- Develop in-depth understanding of the business and operational risks within designated coverage areas;

- Assist the divisions in highlighting their key operational risks and management of risk levels against designated risk tolerance limits at a divisional and Firm level;

- Carry out targeted reviews into material operational risk events (internal and external) and analyses of thematic and emerging operational risks;

- Challenge operational risk incidents, issues and actions, metrics, Non-Financial Risk Assessment (NFRA) and Scenario Analysis workshop outputs;

- Assist in the enhancement of the Operational Risk programme and embedding of the framework and standards;

- Collaborate with Non-Financial Risk (NFR) colleagues across specialist risk areas and Compliance Advisory teams in identification and oversight of emerging risks to the region and to the Firm.

Skills required:

- Strong Sales & Trading business knowledge having worked directly in one of these business areas or an infrastructure unit supporting one, ideally within a wholesale financial services environment;

- Prior experience in risk management, or other risk/control-based roles, preferred;

- Confidence to take ideas forward and to challenge others, where appropriate, with experience in management by influence, facilitating and gaining consensus;

- Proven ability to anticipate and identify risks and effective mitigants;

- Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritise; ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines;

- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; ability to produce concise and effective presentations;

- Ability to work in a team environment, building and maintain a network of contacts and coordinating with a large number of stakeholders;

- Experience in dealing with regulators/regulatory issues and good understanding of banking regulation, especially relating to risk management, highly desirable;

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, ideally in a quantitative discipline, Finance, Economics or similar.

## Skills

### Required
- Operational Risk Management
- Financial Services
- Risk Assessment
- Communication
- Teamwork

### Nice to have
- Sales & Trading business knowledge
- Risk management experience
- Regulatory knowledge

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