Temporary Assistant Manager – Operational Risk Management [1-yr Contract] (eMPF Platform Co Ltd)
Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority
- Company Industries：Others
Job Information
- Post Date：2022-06-21
- Career Level：Senior
- Location：Ngau Tau Kok
- Yr(s) of Exp：5 years
- Qualification：Degree
- Employment Type：Temporary, Contract
- Job Function：Accounting Audit Information Technology (IT) Security Banking / Finance R
- Benefits：Five-day work week
Job Description
The Job
The appointee’s major duties include:
- Assist to formulate and drive the operational risk management and governance framework to ensure full compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and best practices for benchmarking the deliverables by the Company per se and by a third party delivery partner (the “Delivery Partner”) for the eMPF platform (the Platform);
- Provide support to operational risk management such as designing effective and implementable controls in compliance with relevant rules and regulatory requirements, managing operational and processing risk by continuous improvements in control procedures, promoting operational risk awareness across the Company as well as personnel supporting the Platform via the Delivery Partner, etc.;
- Assist to establish and implement oversight and monitoring mechanism together with the first line of defence on operational risk related work;
- Assist to ensure relevant governance goals are being translated into policies and procedures which can be implemented, enforced and monitored in actual practice;
- Keep abreast of the development in the market by conducting ongoing research and developing core knowledge of industry best practices for operational risk management and assurance;
- Ensure the implementation of initiatives adheres to strategic architecture and governance model, and up to market standards;
- Work closely with Legal and Compliance Team to keep abreast of any changes in relevant rules and regulations; assist to develop relevant risk policies and procedures accordingly and communicate with relevant stakeholders; and perform compliance assessment on operational risk as appropriate;
- Provide support on regular and ad hoc reporting to management on work progress and potential issues;
- Provide support to develop systemic risk management reporting and escalation procedures to assist management identifying and managing potential operational risks of the Company and the Platform;
- Assist to review operational risk incidents / complaints and risk assessments, monitor action plans and work with responsible stakeholders on operations enhancement and/or risk mitigation; and
- Assist to oversee the Delivery Partner’s deliverables, operations and management of operational risk management and assurance related initiatives.
- Degree holder in Business related disciplines;
- At least 5 years of relevant experience of operational risk management, internal audit or process control transformation preferably gained from financial institutions;
- Sound knowledge with extensive experience in operational risk management and internal controls covering various kinds of operations and transaction processing;
- Proactive, responsible, good problem solving, multi-tasking, communication and interpersonal skills, independent and yet a good team player with strong control and market sense;
- Attention to detail with good analytical skills and willing to work hands-on with first line of defence users/teams directly;
- Qualified accountant with experience gained from the Big Four accounting firms focusing in financial industry or internal audit in financial institutions is preferred;
- Good command of both spoken and written Chinese and English with the ability to effectively articulate complex issues in an organized manner; and
- Keen and willing to work in a start-up style environment with all the flexibility that requires and level of change involved.
Remuneration Package
We offer a competitive salary commensurate with the appointee’s qualifications and relevant experience. The appointment will be made initially on a 1-year fixed-term contract.
To Apply
Interested candidates are invited to apply by sending full career details and application letter, quoting the job reference number, with information of current / expected remuneration, availability by clicking the "Apply Now" button.
The closing date for application is 6 July 2022. Applicants not contacted for follow up within 3 months after the closing date for application may assume that their applications are unsuccessful and their applications will not be retained for more than two years.
The information provided will be kept confidential and only be used for those purposes relating to your application. Please visit our website for the details of the MPFA’s Personal Information Collection Statement for Job Applicants at https://www.mpfa.org.hk/en/mpfa/joining-mpfa/job-vacancies/personal-information-collection-statement. MPFA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.
Company Info
The MPFA was set up in September 1998 under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Cap. 485). Our mission is to regulate and supervise privately managed provident fund schemes; to educate the working population about saving for retirement and the role of the MPF System as one of the pillars supporting retirement living; and to lead improvements to provident fund schemes to make them more efficient and user-friendly, and better meet the needs of the working population.
Staff are our most valuable asset. We are looking for talents who are willing to adopt our core values in performing their work: Commitment, Quality, Teamwork and Community Perspective; and share our concern for the retirement protection of Hong Kong’s workforce. Those who are interested in pursuing our mission and developing their careers in the MPFA are invited to join us.
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