Institutional{Non Financial Risk}-Corporate Finance

Think People Solutions; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Think People Solutions is seeking an experienced Non-Financial Risk specialist to support governance and control across Corporate Finance products and client solutions. You will partner with Business, Operations, Technology, Legal, Compliance and Internal Audit to identify, assess, monitor and report risks throughout the product lifecycle.

You will contribute to risk sentiment, control uplift, regulatory readiness, incident response, and remediation, while embedding strong first-line risk

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Financial Services, Corporate Finance, Non-Financial Risk, operational risk, governance, compliance, audit, or risk management.
• Strong understanding of Corporate Finance products and activities.
• Knowledge of risk assessments, controls, incident management, governance, and risk reporting.
• Ability to summarize complex information for governance forums.
• Experience supporting governance processes, action tracking, remediation, and regulatory change programs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Proactive mindset to drive strong risk culture and sustainable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical risk advice across Corporate Finance activities.
• Analyze risk profiles, control effectiveness, and customer outcomes.
• Translate risk information into clear insights and reports for governance forums.
• Identify, monitor, and report non-financial risks across operations, cyber, data, third-party, and resilience domains.
• Support risk assessments, control reviews, incident response, and remediation activities.
• Assist with governance readiness and regulator-ready documentation.

Skills

Risk management

Governance

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Job description

About the Role

This role is responsible for supporting the management of Non-Financial Risk (NFR) across Corporate Finance products and activities, including Corporate Lending, Structured Finance, Project Finance, Acquisition Finance, Syndicated Lending, and related client solutions.

Working under the guidance of senior NFR colleagues, the role partners with business, product, sales, implementation, operations, technology, legal, compliance, and control stakeholders to provide practical risk support that enables safe, sustainable, and customer-focused outcomes.

The incumbent will support the identification, assessment, monitoring, management, and reporting of material non-financial risks across the end-to-end product, transaction, and client lifecycle. They will contribute to strengthening the control environment, support product and process change initiatives, assist with governance and regulatory readiness activities, and escalating issues, incidents, and emerging risks through appropriate channels.

Roles and Responsibilities

Business and Risk Partnership

• Support senior NFR colleagues in providing practical risk advice and challenge across Corporate Finance products, client solutions, strategic initiatives, and business change activities.
• Prepare analysis on risk profiles, control effectiveness, customer outcomes, and risk implications associated with Corporate Finance activities and related business processes.
• Translate business, operational, and technology risk information into clear insights, reports, and recommendations for stakeholders and governance forums.

Risk and Control Environment

• Assist in the identification, assessment, monitoring, and reporting of non-financial risks across Corporate Finance activities, including operational, compliance, technology, cyber, data, fraud, third-party, conduct, financial crime, and resilience risks.
• Support control uplift initiatives by maintaining risk and control documentation, collating evidence, analysing key risk indicators, and tracking actions, issues, and remediation plans.
• Contribute to the timely completion of risk assessments, control reviews, issue management, incident response, and remediation activities.

Product, Process and Change Risk

• Support risk input for new lending products, client solutions, business process enhancements, regulatory change initiatives, and Corporate Finance transformation activities.
• Assist with risk assessments, implementation controls, dependency tracking, and governance throughout design, testing, implementation, and post-implementation review phases.
• Identify potential operational, control, regulatory, or delivery risks and escalating concerns where they may impact customers, regulatory compliance, business performance, or resilience outcomes.

Governance, Regulatory Readiness and Stakeholder Engagement

• Prepare and maintain governance materials, issue updates, action trackers, and supporting documentation for relevant risk and business forums.
• Support a regulator-ready environment through accurate record keeping, evidence management, timely action closure, and robust documentation practices.
• Work collaboratively with Business, Operations, Technology, Compliance, Legal, Financial Crime, Second Line Risk, and Internal Audit stakeholders to support effective risk management outcomes.

Risk Culture and Capability

• Support the embedding of strong first-line risk ownership and accountability across the Corporate Finance business.
• Share lessons learned from incidents, reviews, audits, regulatory feedback, and thematic risk assessments with stakeholders.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Corporate Finance non-financial risk processes, tools, governance practices, and control frameworks.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Financial Services, Corporate Finance, Non-Financial Risk, Operational Risk, Controls, Governance, Compliance, Audit, or Risk Management roles.
• Strong understanding of Corporate Finance products and activities, including Corporate Lending, Structured Finance, Project Finance, Acquisition Finance, Syndicated Lending, and related client solutions.
• Sound understanding of Non-Financial Risk management concepts, including risk assessments, controls, issue and incident management, governance, risk reporting, and risk-in-change.
• Awareness of key risks relevant to Corporate Finance businesses, including operational, compliance, conduct, technology, cyber, data, fraud, third-party, financial crime, and resilience risks.
• Ability to analyse risk and control information, identify emerging themes, prepare clear documentation, and escalated issues appropriately.
• Experience supporting governance processes, action tracking, risk assessments, remediation activities, control uplift initiatives, and regulatory change programs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to summarise complex information for stakeholders and governance forums.
• Proven stakeholder management and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across business, risk, and control functions.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• A proactive mindset and commitment to driving strong risk culture, effective controls, and sustainable risk outcomes.