Chief Risk Officer - Broking Firm

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous enhancement of the organization's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework.
• Develop and maintain enterprise-wide risk policies, appetite frameworks, limits, and governance structures.
• Provide regular and insightful risk reporting to the Board and senior management, highlighting key exposures, emerging risks, trends, and mitigation actions.
• Oversee market, liquidity, credit, operational, and other material enterprise risks, ensuring appropriate monitoring and escalation mechanisms.
• Establish robust processes for identifying, assessing, measuring, monitoring, and mitigating emerging and existing risks.
• Strengthen fraud risk management and prevention frameworks, including fraud monitoring, detection, investigation, and remediation processes.
• Oversee and enhance AML frameworks and rule calibration, ensuring alignment with applicable regulatory requirements and evolving risk patterns.
• Partner with Internal Audit, Compliance, Legal, Finance, and Business leadership to strengthen internal controls and risk governance.
• Ensure effective implementation of regulatory requirements and maintain strong regulatory relationships where applicable.
• Drive organization-wide awareness and accountability for risk, embedding a strong risk culture across functions and levels.
• Review and challenge business strategies, products, processes, and major initiatives from a risk perspective.
• Lead enterprise-wide risk assessments, stress testing, scenario analysis, and business continuity resilience initiatives where applicable.
• Establish appropriate risk metrics, KRIs, dashboards, and early-warning indicators for senior management and Board oversight.
• Lead and develop a high-performing risk management function, fostering strong technical capability, independence, and accountability.

Candidate Profile:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in risk management, preferably within financial services, banking, investment management, securities, or capital markets.
• Proven experience in senior enterprise-level risk leadership, with exposure to Board and executive-level stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise Risk Management, market risk, liquidity risk, operational risk, fraud risk, and regulatory risk.
• Strong knowledge of AML, regulatory frameworks, governance, internal controls, and risk oversight practices.
• Demonstrated experience designing or transforming ERM frameworks within complex organizations.
• Strong regulatory acumen with the ability to interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into practical risk frameworks and controls.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage with the Board, executive leadership, regulators, auditors, and business teams.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, decision-making, and risk assessment capabilities.
• Experience leading and developing senior risk professionals and building a strong risk culture.
• Relevant professional qualifications in Risk Management, Finance, Accounting, Compliance, or related disciplines would be advantageous.