Associate Director – Non-Financial Risk – Transaction Banking Mirus Opportunities

The Corporate Institute; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute in Bengaluru seeks an Associate Director to lead non-financial risk across Transaction Banking products, platforms and digital capabilities. The role covers Payments and Cash Management, Trade and Digital Payments, with ownership across the end-to-end product and platform lifecycle.

The incumbent will act as a trusted risk partner to Product, Operations, Technology, Digital, Implementation and control functions, supporting risk assessments, governance, regulatory

Qualifications

• 15–22 years of experience in Transaction Banking and non-financial risk.
• Strong understanding of payments, cash management, trade or digital payments.
• Experience with governance, risk reporting and remediation.
• Ability to advise senior stakeholders across product, digital, operations and technology.
• Knowledge of domestic and cross-border payment rails, APIs and payment security.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, monitor and report non-financial risks across Transaction Banking.
• Provide risk advice across product strategy, digital capabilities and changes.
• Strengthen controls, governance, KPIs and risk reporting.
• Support product approvals, platform changes and client implementations risk assessments.
• Drive issues management, incident response, remediation and escalation of material risks.
• Partner with business and control functions to ensure first-line risk ownership.

Skills

Non-financial risk

Transaction Banking

Risk governance

Stakeholder management

Regulatory readiness

Incident response

Risk reporting

Controls development

Job description

A leading financial services platform is seeking an Associate Director to manage non-financial risk across Transaction Banking products, platforms and digital capabilities. The role will cover Payments and Cash Management, Trade and Digital Payments, with ownership across the end-to-end product and platform lifecycle. The incumbent will act as a trusted risk partner to Product, Operations, Technology, Digital, Implementation and control functions, supporting risk assessments, control uplift, governance, regulatory readiness and risk in change.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, assess, monitor and report material non-financial risks across Transaction Banking products and platforms.
• Provide risk advice and constructive challenge across product strategy, digital capabilities, client solutions and change initiatives.
• Strengthen controls, risk indicators, governance, documentation and management information across Transaction Banking.
• Support new product approvals, product changes, digital platform enhancements and client implementation risk assessments.
• Drive effective issues management, incident response, remediation and escalation of material risks.
• Partner with business and control functions to strengthen first-line risk ownership and sustainable risk outcomes.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• 15-22 years of experience with strong exposure to Transaction Banking and non-financial risk within complex financial services environments.
• Strong understanding of Payments and Cash Management, Trade and/or Digital Payments, including products, platforms and end-to-end client journeys.
• Experience across operational, technology, cyber, data, fraud, third-party, financial crime, conduct, compliance and resilience risks.
• Demonstrated ability to advise and constructively challenge senior Product, Digital, Operations and Technology stakeholders.
• Experience with product approvals, platform changes, client implementations, governance, risk reporting and remediation.
• Knowledge of domestic and cross-border payment rails, digital payment capabilities, client connectivity, APIs and payment security.