Senior Operational Risk Officer

The services of a Senior Operational Risk Officer at Standard Chartered Bank.

Role Summary:

The management and monitoring of all the operational risk Standard Chartered Group and its subsidiaries are exposed to because of the business activities and processes that exist in Ghana.
This includes oversight of the Country’s operational risk profile of the organisation and work with the business and functions to identify material risks requiring management attention.

To ensure that operational risks are properly assessed; those processes, roles and responsibilities are clearly understood; that all risk / return and control cost / benefit decisions are made transparently on the basis of a complete and proper assessment, and all controls are implemented in accordance with the Group’s standards and in line with the Risk Appetite.
To ensure Operational Risk Framework and all associated policies and procedures and the Risk Management Framework are effectively embedded and communicated in country.
To be the central point of contact for the Enterprise Risk Management Framework and its related Frameworks/Standards/Policies within the country arising within the processes, including being responsible for the evaluation of the design and operational effectiveness of all controls.
To ensure risks of processing failure are being actively managed and monitored on an end-to-end basis in-country; including providing regular control assessments of required controls and escalation in instances.
Favourable external, internal and regulatory audit results e.g. absence of audit failures or audits rated ‘improvement required’, absence of near misses and only acceptable results at independent control sample testing.
ERC acknowledgement that controls have been made more efficient and effective and operational risks reduced and attestation to a complete country risk profile and awareness of emerging risks

Operational risk management experience.
Business/function experience.
A clear understanding of the Bank’s approach to the management of operational risk, or equivalent experience gained in other organisations.
Ability to leverage resources across the organisation to complete deliverables.
Sound judgement and courage necessary to perform a control role and maintain effective working relationships.