AVP Business Risk - Mandarin speaking

First People Recruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Mandarin Speaking Assistant Vice President Business Risk for a prominent financial institution in London. This role involves monitoring clients and assessing risks while collaborating closely with department heads. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong experience in banking and fluency in both Mandarin and English, making critical business decisions based on market insights.

Qualifications

• Fluent in Mandarin to native level.
• Solid experience from commercial banking or capital markets.
• Strong understanding of financial products and risk management processes.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and evaluate client portfolio and market trends.
• Support development of governance framework.
• Act as key contact on credit, market, and liquidity risk matters.

Skills

Fluent in Mandarin

Solid experience from commercial banking

Understanding of risks in FI business

Change management skills

Problem-solving initiative

Client-facing experience

Programming knowledge

Proficient in English

Education

University degree or above

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

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The Skills You'll Need:Fluent in Mandarin and English.Solid experience from commercial banking or capital markets background.

Your New Salary:Competitive

Hybrid, 1 day WFH. For the first 1 or 2 months it will be all 5 days in office until all is settled.

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Start:ASAP

Working hours:35 hours

To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:

• have Mandarin to native level
• have experience from commercial banking or capital markets background
• have a solid understanding of the different types of risks in FI business area

If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit.

What You'll be Doing:

• Understand different types of FI clients and their business nature, closely monitor and evaluate client portfolio, market trends, regulatory updates, and internal policy changes to provide thorough analysis for business decision making process.
• Support HoD to develop and maintain a comprehensive governance framework.
• Familiar with both HO and local requirements, update and improve FI business procedures on a timely manner, and oversee the business execution, identify and document controls in the business that meet Bank’s and regulatory requirements.
• Understand different types of FI clients and their business nature, closely monitor and evaluate client portfolio, market trends, regulatory updates, and internal policy changes to provide thorough analysis for business decision making process.
• Act as the key point of contact on the credit risk, market risk and liquidity risk matters or initiative in FI business area, maintain effective end-to-end engagement with 2LoD and HO to report FI risk control environment and improvement in accordance with all relevant requirements.
• Participate and coordinate with working groups and project teams as required. e.g. RWA, EC, ICAAP and ILAAP.
• Design and implement FI business line measures and procedures as required.
• Other tasks as and when assigned.

The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Solid experience from commercial banking or capital markets background.
• Solid understanding in different types of risks in FI business area, both financial and non-financial.
• Good wholesale banking product knowledge, especially for FI.
• Strong knowledge on regulatory, legislative requirements for FI business.
• Change management skills.
• Client facing experience, client centric attitude and attention to detail.
• Programming knowledge.
• Multi-task management/prioritisation capability.
• Problem-solving initiative, result-driven work style and efficient communication approach.
• University degree or above.
• Demonstrated Risk Management experience gained in financial industry environment or consultancy / Audit, preferable in FI business area.
• Strong understanding of financial products, services, process and risk management process.
• Excellent analytical / statistical and problem solving skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficient in speaking and business writing (English and Mandarin).
• Team player, proactive working attitude and strong self-discipline.
• Proficiency MS Office Suite (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio etc.).

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