Risk Manager - Asset & Compliance (Hong Kong)

Executive Access; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Executive Access is seeking a Risk Manager for the Hong Kong perimeter of a leading European Asset Manager. You will oversee investment risk, compliance monitoring, product reviews, and cross-functional risk support for stakeholders and clients.

You will track diverse risk types, interpret regulatory requirements, oversee daily compliance rules, and lead risk review sessions with Investment and Risk teams to strengthen monitoring and reporting capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or another quantitative field.
• 3-5 years of experience in risk management or a related area within financial services.
• Understanding of asset management businesses and products is preferred.
• Knowledge of Product Governance and onboarding is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, with excellent attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Track a wide range of risks including regulatory, contractual, market, liquidity, credit, counterparty, valuation, commercial, reputational, and operational.
• Interpret and apply regulatory requirements, client mandates, prospectuses, and contractual investment limits.
• Carry out daily oversight of compliance rules across funds and portfolios; detect breaches and coordinate timely resolution.
• Review and confirm the accuracy and efficiency of rules embedded in monitoring systems.
• Handle escalation and derogation processes, ensuring sensitive matters are raised to supervisors.
• Assess new products, prospectus changes, and financial instruments from a risk standpoint.
• Monitor and evaluate usage of risk budgets across market, liquidity, and credit exposures.
• Prepare and deliver regular portfolio reviews covering performance, market risk mapping, liquidity, liabilities, and operational exposures.
• Lead ongoing risk review sessions with Investment and Risk teams.
• Support risk-related projects across functions, focusing on processes, tools, and measurement frameworks.
• Design and improve monitoring tools, dashboards, and reporting capabilities.
• Provide assistance to supervisors on ad hoc tasks within the Risk function.

Skills

Risk management

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Independent worker

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Job description

Executive Access is seeking a Risk Manager for the Hong Kong perimeter of a leading European Asset Manager. You will oversee investment risk, compliance monitoring, product reviews, and cross-functional risk support for stakeholders and clients.

You will track diverse risk types, interpret regulatory requirements, oversee daily compliance rules, and lead risk review sessions with Investment and Risk teams to strengthen monitoring and reporting capabilities.