Senior Executive - Risk Management (Market and Credit Risk Control )

Hong Leong Bank; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hong Leong Bank in Malaysia seeks a Senior Executive/Assistant Manager to join Global Markets Risk Control. You will provide independent oversight, monitor key risk indicators, and ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory guidelines, influencing risk decisions across domestic and international markets.

The role emphasizes quantitative analysis, development of risk reports, and policy governance.

Qualifications

• Education: Tertiary qualification in Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or Actuarial Science. Professional qualifications (BRM, FRM, PRM) are a plus.
• Experience: Preferably 1-3 years in traded risk management or a dealing capacity within banking.
• Technical: Experience in quantitative analysis, Python, or VBA coding is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Be a Guardian of Risk: take ownership of independent oversight, monitoring key risks and ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory guidelines.
• Deliver crucial, timely market risk reports to empower stakeholders and management.
• Shape policy & standards: formulate and review risk policies and SOPs for conformity with best practices and regs.
• Drive quantitative excellence: perform stress tests, backtesting VaR models and validate models for pricing and risk of Treasury instruments.
• Innovate & automate: lead automation for limits monitoring and risk surveillance within MUREX/MLC.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Python

VBA

Education

Tertiary qualification in Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or Actuarial Science

Tools

MUREX

Bloomberg Terminal

Refinitiv

Job description

If you are looking to excel and make a difference, take a closer look at us… Shape the Future of Financial Risk! Join Our Global Markets Risk Control Team! Are you a sharp, analytical professional with a passion for financial markets? Thrive in a fast-paced environment where your expertise directly impacts success? We're hiring an Senior Executive/Assistant Manager, Global Markets Risk Control to join our Group Risk Management team! This critical role places you at the forefront of risk management within dynamic domestic and global financial markets. As a vital part of our second line of defense, you'll provide independent oversight, ensure compliance, and safeguard our operations.

What You’ll Do:

• Be a Guardian of Risk: Take ownership of independent oversight, actively monitoring key risks and driving compliance with internal policies and regulatory guidelines to ensure robust risk management.
• Deliver Critical Insights: Deliver crucial, timely market risk reports that empower stakeholders and management to make informed decisions.
• Shape Policy & Standards: Formulate and constructively review cutting‑edge risk policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), ensuring conformity with market best practices and compliance requirements.
• Drive Quantitative Excellence: Dive deep into quantitative analysis, performing essential stress tests and backtesting VaR models, and independently validating models for precise pricing and risk measurement of Treasury instruments.
• Innovate & Automate: Spearhead automation enhancements for limits monitoring and risk surveillance within MUREX/MLC, continuously adapting to new market/product developments and regulatory changes.

What You’ll Bring:

• Education: Tertiary qualification in Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or Actuarial Science. Strong logical thinking is key. Professional qualifications (BRM, FRM, PRM) are a plus.
• Experience: Preferably 1-3 years in traded risk management or a dealing capacity within banking. Experience in quantitative analysis, Python, or VBA coding is an advantage.
• Technical Skills: Hands‑on experience with Treasury operating systems like MUREX, Bloomberg, or Refinitiv.
• Core Skills: Ability to associate macroeconomics with financial markets, strong communication and presentation skills.

If you’re ready to make a significant impact in a critical risk control function, ensuring robust prevention and controls, we want to hear from you!

About Hong Leong Bank

We are a leading financial institution in Malaysia backed by a century of entrepreneurial heritage. Providing comprehensive financial services guided by a Digital-at-the-Core ethos has earned us industry recognition and accolades for our innovative approach in making banking simpler and more effortless for our customers.

Our digital and physical offerings span across a vast nationwide network in Malaysia, strengthened with an expanding regional presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China. We seek to strike a balance between diversity, inclusion and merit to achieve our mission of infusing diversity in thinking and skillsets into our organisation. Candidates are assessed based on merit and potential, in line with our mission to attract and recruit the best talent available.

Expanding on our “Digital at the Core” ethos, we are progressively digitising the employee journey and experience to provide a strong foundation for our people to drive life‑long learning, achieve their career aspirations and grow talent from within our organisation.

Hong Leong Bank (“HLB”) stands proudly as a leading financial services institution based in Malaysia, providing a wide range of comprehensive and innovative financial solutions across the region. These services are delivered through both digital and traditional means, via online and mobile banking, as well as our digital branch concept to provide customers with an efficient and seamless experience aided by technology.

As the service and financial landscape changes rapidly with the ever‑increasing use of technology, staying attuned to customers needs and desires becomes even more critical to HLB’s operations. To stay ahead of these dynamic changes, the Bank has adopted the approach of reimagining banking by embedding digital considerations and customer centricity in every aspect of our operations, from products and services as well as customer care and engagement.

HLB’s ethos of being Digital‑At‑The‑Core powered by customers‑at‑the‑forefront will continue to lead us to innovate offerings in line with our aspiration of being a highly digital and innovative financial services organization.