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Trade Business Risk Manager

  • Location:

    Baghdad

  • Sector:

    Finance

  • Contact:

    Nima Ardalan

  • Job ref:

    4809

  • Published:

    5 days ago

  • Expiry date:

    2025-06-04

mselect is looking to hire a Trade Business Risk Manager for an international banking client in Baghdad, Iraq. Candidates must have a minimum of 3-5 years’ experience of relevant experience. Fluency in English and Arabic is a must.

Job Purpose
The Country Trade & Cash Business Risk is entrusted to ensure that the Trade & Cash teams (front to back) in the Country operate in full compliance with all Country and Group policies and local regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities
  • Ensuring Operation Units’ standards and roadmap abide by Group operating principles, policies and procedures as well as Country Addendums and Enterprise Risk Management Framework (“ERMF”)
  • Ensuring that the execution of Operations’ functions is fully compliant with statutory regulations, laws, guidelines
  • Support Cluster, Business Risk in the overall effective and proactive management of Operation units’ risks and control gaps
  • Act as the voice, eyes and ears of the Cluster Head, Trade & Cash Business Risk for all matters related to Risk for the Country
  • Oversee the effective execution of controls within the Country (front to back), including identification of gaps and remediation of issues, elevating residual risk where appropriate
  • Create and maintain complete, accurate and targeted metrics to allow the COO, the Cluster Head of Business Risk Management for Trade & Cash and Business Head to constantly assess the control environment and residual risk profile
  • Effectively manage the entire Risk Management agenda for Trade & Cash within the region, along with ensuring targeted Front to Back peer reviews, and the proactive rippling of peer review and audit findings
  • Carrying regular dialogue with the audit team to be informed of results of reviews and audit activity
  • Work with Country teams and Groups to drive hubbing of control checks where feasible, ensuring continued country oversight and ownership of rubbed checks and processes

Requirements

Qualifications:
  • University Degree from an accredited institution
  • Operational Risk/Risk Management/Compliance certification preferred
Skills and Experience:
  • Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
  • Strong analytical skills
  • An excellent communicator, able to build strong relationships with internal and external customers
  • A strong ability and desire to work as and be part of a team
  • Able to think laterally/solve problems
  • Fluent in English & Arabic


*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.
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