Senior Team Member Third Party Risk Management

Kotak Mahindra Bank; Mumbai; Presencial; INR 900.000 - 1.500.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kotak Mahindra Bank is seeking a Senior Team Member in Third Party Risk Management to provide independent risk oversight of outsourcing arrangements from Mumbai. You will assess controls, monitor regulatory compliance, and strengthen the risk framework while engaging with senior stakeholders.

The role emphasizes governance across the vendor lifecycle, regulatory gap assessments, and reporting to boards, with a focus on leveraging analytics and automation to improve risk monitoring.

Formación

• 8–10 years of experience in Operational Risk, Third Party Risk or related fields.
• Strong understanding of RBI Master Direction on Outsourcing and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in thematic reviews, regulatory gap assessments and board reporting.

Responsabilidades

• Provide independent risk oversight of outsourcing and third-party risk management.
• Lead governance over vendor lifecycle including onboarding, renewal and off-boarding.
• Prepare dashboards and board notes; present risk themes and remediation status.
• Drive policy enhancements and regulatory compliance across risk frameworks.
• Support automation and analytics to improve risk monitoring and reporting.

Conocimientos

Operational risk

Third party risk

Outsourcing risk

Regulatory reporting

Analytical thinking

Herramientas

Excel

Power BI

Descripción del empleo

Senior Team Member Third Party Risk Management

Department: Risk Management Operational Risk
Location: Mumbai
Reporting to: Vice President Operational Risk
Direct Reports: 1

Support the Bank's Third-Party Risk Management and Outsourcing Risk Management function through independent risk oversight, challenge, monitoring and governance of outsourcing arrangements. The role is responsible for assessing the effectiveness of controls implemented by the First Line of Defence (LoD1), identifying emerging outsourcing risks, ensuring regulatory compliance, and strengthening the outsourcing risk framework.

Governance & Regulatory Compliance

• Strengthen the Outsourcing Policy and TPRM Frameworks across the Bank.
• Perform regulatory gap assessments against RBI guidelines, Master Directions and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Drive implementation of regulatory changes and monitor compliance across business
• Support regulatory inspections, supervisory reviews and internal audits relating to outsourcing and third-party risk.

Material Outsourcing Review & Oversight

• Conduct half-yearly reviews of material outsourcing arrangements to assess compliance with regulatory and internal policy requirements.
• Evaluate the adequacy of risk assessments, monitoring mechanisms and control environment maintained by business owners.
• Identify gaps, control weaknesses and emerging risks, and recommend appropriate corrective actions and risk mitigants.
• Monitor closure of observations and action plans arising from reviews.

Risk Governance for Vendor Lifecycle

• Provide independent risk oversight over onboarding, renewal, periodic review and off-boarding processes executed by the First Line.
• Assess adherence to policy requirements and approved risk management standards across the vendor lifecycle.
• Review exceptions, risk acceptance requests and control deviations, and provide independent risk views.

Independent Risk Assessment & Monitoring

• Review and challenge assessments & risk management practices relating to:
  • Vendor performance and service delivery.
  • Financial health and viability of service providers
  • Sub-contracting arrangements
  • Information security and cyber risk assessments
  • Internal and external incidents
  • Audit and regulatory observations.
  • Business continuity and resilience arrangements.
  • Concentration and dependency risks.
  • Adverse media and reputational concerns.
• Assess effectiveness of controls and recommend enhancements to mitigate residual risks.

Board & Senior Management Reporting

• Prepare dashboards and analytical insights for senior management.
• Lead preparation of Bi-annual Annual Board Notes on material outsourcing.
• Present key risk themes, issues and remediation status to governance forums.

Risk Analytics & Thematic Reviews

• Conduct thematic reviews across outsourcing portfolios to identify systemic issues, control deficiencies and risk concentrations.
• Analyse outsourcing inventory, critical service dependencies and material service provider exposures.

Transformation & Strategic Initiatives

• Lead and support automation and risk transformation initiatives within the Third-Party Risk Management function.
• Enhance monitoring methodologies, reporting capabilities and governance workflows through technology-enabled solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement of risk assessment and oversight processes.

• Risk Analytics and Dashboarding
• Regulatory Compliance & RBI Governance Frameworks
• Policy and Framework Development and Control Design
• Board, Committee & Senior Management Reporting
• Strategic Stakeholder Management & Influencing
• Executive Communication & Presentation Skills
• Analytical Thinking with Strong Attention to Detail

• 8-10 years' experience in Operational Risk, Third Party Risk, Outsourcing Risk, Internal Audit, Compliance or Enterprise Risk Management within Banking/Financial Services.
• Strong understanding of RBI Master Direction on Outsourcing of IT and Non-IT Services, Third Party Risk Management and Operational Risk Frameworks.
• Experience in conducting thematic reviews, regulatory gap assessments and preparation of Board and senior management reports.
• Proficiency in leveraging AI-enabled tools for productivity, analysis, reporting and process automation shall be preferred
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, Power BI and data visualisation techniques would be an added advantage.

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