The incumbent is primarily responsible to assist in leading and managing a team of Analysts to execute risk and control assessment and evaluation activities in line with ECT’s mandate. The incumbent is required to be a domain subject matter expert in risk management practices and control evaluation programs. In addition, the incumbent is expected to be a key liaison between ECT Malaysia, ECT US, CNB, and Business Unit Operational Risk Managers and manage stakeholders through the control evaluation lifecycle and reporting.

The incumbent reports to Associate Director, Enterprise Control Testing.

Enterprise Control Testing (ECT) is an independent risk & control oversight, testing, and advisory function. ECT manages and monitors the effectiveness of Functions’ internal risk and control environment by:

• Establishing and enforcing risk management and control frameworks (e.g. Internal Control Management Policy Standard).
• Undertaking control assurance activities (e.g. controls testing) to assess design effectiveness and operating effectiveness of controls employed by Functions.
• Reporting to Senior Management on the firm’s state of risk and control environment.
• Identifying opportunities, risks and issues to propose recommendations to supported Functions to improve risk management practices.

Detailed Description:

Control Program and People Management:

• Lead/coach a team of 2-5 analysts in managing 1LOD control testing program initiatives.
• Demonstrate strong management skills to effectively lead and engage a team of Analysts to execute risk and control evaluation activities (e.g. review and challenge, controls testing).
• Demonstrate advanced level of risk management knowledge to facilitate and support Functions in identification and assessment of risks and controls within functions.
• Create and manage risk assessment and control evaluation and testing, predominantly for CNB GRM controls, and other controls as may be assigned by immediate manager. This include performing, reviewing, and signing-off on control evaluation work papers and results.
• Maintain ECT tools and archive systems.
• Exhibit high attention to details in identifying, aggregating, and communicating issues and control gaps to ECT Senior Management and other stakeholders.
• Prepare refined and polished reports and memo, including issues and proposed action plans to Functions and ECT Senior Management using strong writing skills.
• Develop and execute different testing programs aligned to ICMP and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Display interpersonal and negotiation qualities to be able to conduct meetings to socialize and negotiate issues and findings identified in testing.
• Validate and close control gaps and self-identified issues of Functions.
• Continually develop deeper understanding of RBC’s businesses and subsidiaries.
• Develop relationships across the organization as to facilitate communication and strategic partnerships.
• Be methodology centric and actively develop RBC wide risk management and control evaluation standards and methodology.
• Continuously develop domain subject matter expertise in risk management and control evaluation activities.

Project and Strategic Support

• Undertake stakeholder management when liaising with U.S. counterparts and local managers on assignments and work sets.
• Participate in regular discussions with ECT U.S. counterparts on ECT strategies, work plans and other matters.
• Actively develop and build staff skills and competencies as well as identify training needs of the staff.
• Day-to-day management of team of Analysts (e.g. resource planning, distribution of assignments).
• Participate in performance management of staff and provide feedback to staff from time to time by displaying strong coaching skills.
• Leverage on advanced writing and communication skills to develop Senior Management briefing materials and periodic management reporting, in a management-ready state.
• Follow up on remediation of issues and findings raised by Internal Audit and Regulators, if any.
• Lead development and maintenance of tools (e.g. ORMS, SharePoint) utilized to execute and memorialize risk assessments and control testing.
• Complete trainings in areas of management and subject matter expertise as well as other mandatory trainings.
• Assist Associate Director in execution of strategies, plans and other matters as needed.
• Contribute to ad-hoc assignments/special projects.

Job Skills

Business Process Design, Decision Making, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Operational Risks, Risk Control, Risk Management, Teamwork

Additional Job Details

PERSIARAN IRC 2, IOI RESORT CITY IOI CITY TOWER ONE:PUTRAJAYAPutrajayaMalaysia40Full timeGROUP RISK MANAGEMENTRegularSalaried2025-06-102025-07-31

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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