Banking Operational Risk Manager (HKMA OR-2)

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Hong Kong) Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Hong Kong) Limited is seeking a high-caliber risk professional to join its Operational Risk Management team in a prominent retail and commercial banking operation in Hong Kong. The role focuses on governance, HKMA compliance, and embedding a proactive risk culture across operations.

The successful candidate will lead RCSA exercises, incident investigations, KRI management, and regulatory liaison, ensuring robust risk controls and timely reporting to the ORM Committee.

Qualifications

• 3–8 years of operational risk management experience in banking.
• Hands-on with HKMA SPM OR-2 guidelines and capital adequacy frameworks.
• Strong data analysis and reporting capabilities.
• Professional qualifications such as FRM or HKIB are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update policies aligned with HKMA SPM OR-1/OR-2/SA-2.
• Lead operational risk assessments under SPM OR-2; capital, data, scenario analysis.
• Oversee RCSA exercises; conduct control testing and gap analysis.
• Investigate risk events; perform root-cause analysis and track CAPs.
• Monitor KRIs and manage loss data for regulatory reporting.
• Prepare risk dashboards and committee papers for ORMC and HKMA queries.

Skills

RCSA

Incident analysis

KRI management

Regulatory knowledge

Data analysis

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Hong Kong) Limited is seeking a high-caliber risk professional to join its Operational Risk Management team in a prominent retail and commercial banking operation in Hong Kong. The role focuses on governance, HKMA compliance, and embedding a proactive risk culture across operations.

The successful candidate will lead RCSA exercises, incident investigations, KRI management, and regulatory liaison, ensuring robust risk controls and timely reporting to the ORM Committee.