TFL- Trade , Associate

The Embedded Risk Team is responsible for the management of non-financial risks and the respective controls for Corporate Bank Trade Finance & Lending Operations globally. The team member report directly into the Global Head of ERT for the Trade Finance & Lending Operations and support them in executing the required controls and managing the risk portfolio of the operations area.

The team is also involved in various aspects of managing the Finding Portfolio of the organization and performing risk assessments within the respective Operations Teams. The team is working closely with stakeholders in the Operations Teams and the serviced Business Functions, such as Trade Finance, Cash Lending, Global Credit Trading, Structured Trade & Export Finance etc.

The role is demanding complex & critical in nature and requires interaction with the Divisional Risk & Control Office (DCRO), Group Audit and Non-Financial Risk Management.

Your key responsibilities

• Systematic, proactive and forward-looking risk identification, assessment, monitoring and reporting as well as maintenance of the divisional risk profile
• Evaluation and overall design of risk and control programs in line with the defined risk and control strategy and risk tolerance
• Independent reviews and risk assessments, prioritization of identified issues and assessment of remediation actions
• Assurance of appropriate oversight of action items to resolve identified issues, e.g. operational risk self-assessment, independent (project) risk review, audit issue resolution
• Preparation of internal and external, regulatory and legal audits in cooperation with central function
• Overview of audit issues and self-identified issues for the organization, ensuring timely completeness and executing validation activities in accordance with the Lifecycle-Event Management
• Regular reporting of the current operational risks, the planned mitigation of these and the risk exposure of the group
• Coordination and support of the capture and overview of operational incident and root cause analysis jointly with the operational teams.

Your skills and experience

Considering the demanding, complex & critical nature of the role and able to work in fast passed environment with consistent deadlines, candidates should meet the below requirements.

• Bachelors degree or post-graduation degree in Finance preferable
• Minimum of 4- 7 years of work experience
• Experience with Risk Management and within Operation
• Excellent analytical skills, flexibility regarding problem solving
• Experiences within the Audit environment as well as project management preferable
• Strong Analytical & Logical Reasoning
• Understanding of Organizational Behavior & Problem Solving
• Team player who fosters team spirit in a global setting
• Proficiency in MS Office applications with advanced knowledge of excel a strong plus