Group Operations & Technology, Risk & Prevention, Technology Risk Manager (VP)

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Job Description - Group Operations & Technology, Risk & Prevention, Technology Risk Manager (VP) (250000MD)

Description of Group Operations & Technology, Risk & Prevention

Group Operations and Technology (O&T) provides IT and back-office support across OCBC’s business lines such as Group Consumer Financial Services, Group Corporate Banking, Global Treasury, Group Risk Management, Group Finance, and Group Human Resources. Additionally, Group O&T manages the bank’s regional processing centres and technology operations, driving productivity gains and reducing unit costs by fostering a quality culture, and leveraging synergies from cross border processing hubs in Singapore, Malaysia and across the wider region.

Group O&T Risk & Prevention (R&P) mandate is to foster a risk aware culture that enables effective technology risk management across Group O&T with the following key responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance of processes with the bank’s IT standards, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to perform comprehensive risk and control assessments of processes, applications, and infrastructure (including operating systems, middleware, databases, and networks).
• Collaborate with Group O&T teams to assess technology risk posture, identify areas of improvement, and discuss controls or risk mitigation solutions while building strong, respectful relationships with stakeholders.
• Support stakeholders in audits and regulatory related reviews and inspections, ensuring that tracking, reporting, and root cause analyses are effectively addressed.
• Promote risk awareness and aptitude among Group O&T staff and educate them on methodologies and processes for risk management and compliance.

Role Description

As a Technology Risk Manager, you will be responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating technology-related risks effectively. This role requires close collaboration with technology teams to address technology risk challenges and strengthen the risk culture within Group O&T.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support Head of Risk & Prevention in the overall effective and proactive management of technology risk and controls in Group O&T.
• Utilise data analytics, automation, and visualisations to enhance technology key risk reporting and monitoring.
• Demonstrate familiarity with data storytelling and presentation techniques to convey technology risk insights to GO&T management.
• Identify and implement technology capabilities that facilitate continuous auditing of GO&T controls to further uplift technology posture.
• Analyse trends and technology risk hotspots using IT incidents, key risk indicators, audit findings, and operational risk events, and identify follow up actions.
• Challenge, drive and discuss controls or risk mitigating actions, whilst building strong, respectful relationships.
• Support stakeholders in audits and regulatory related reviews and inspections, ensuring that tracking, reporting, and root cause analyses are effectively addressed.

Qualifications

1. Experience in developing and implementing dashboards/ data visualisation, heatmap presentation of metrics.
2. Hands-on experience in the following software:

• Data analytics software such as KNIME

Degree in Technology with at least 10 years of experience in information technology risk management, security, audit, and/or risk analytics. Practitioner and holder of IT certifications, such as CISSP, CISA, or CRISC would be advantageous.

Core Competencies

• Candidate should have a strong background in technology risk management, complemented by hands-on experience in technology domains or audit/compliance.
• Ability to adapt and work effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment is essential.
• Candidate should be self-motivated individuals with initiative and a results-oriented mindset. Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication and collaboration abilities are essential. They should also be forward-thinking and stay updated on developments in risk management, analytics, and automation.