Asset Management - Controls Management - Associate

Join our team to promote a proactive risk and control culture that leverages proven evaluation strategies and sound change management protocols. As a Control Manager - Associate within the Asset Management, you will provide comprehensive coverage and joint accountability model with the business executives to promote early operational risk identification and assessment, effective design and evaluation of controls and sustainable solutions to mitigate operational risk. Your role as a Control Manager will focus on four areas: 1) Control design and expertise 2) Risks and controls identification/assessment 3) Control breaks and resolution 4) Control governance & reporting. You will also be responsible for working across diverse and cross-functional organizations to develop plans, identify solutions, and drive continuous improvement through participation and/or ownership of key control initiatives, self-assessments and root cause analysis along with ongoing process review and control testing. Job responsibilities Ongoing monitoring and assessment of operational risk and control environment Assessing risk to determine whether or not to heighten Designing the control in partnership with the Business Executive, including how to measure its effectiveness, providing control implementation support and control validation, and performing control evaluation based on defined triggers Providing control related subject matter expertise for relevant projects driven outside of the organization Performing issue/action plan administration end-to-end Identifying the root cause and key themes/trends to address issues broadly Developing action plans; validate the execution of action plans Identifying meaningful metrics to inform on the health of the operational risk and control environment Escalating breaches/issues based on key reporting indicators Managing control committees and forums Required qualifications, capabilities and skills Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required Minimum of 5 years of financial service experience in controls, audit, quality assurance, risk management, compliance or related function Proficient knowledge of control and risk management concepts with the ability to design, create, and evaluate controls with business partners Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) Fluent in both written and verbal English and Chinese required Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Business knowledge with the ability to understand the business/possess knowledge of regulation surrounding business Communication/presentation - excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to influence business leaders in a meaningful and actionable manner Networking – exceptional interpersonal skills; exceptional collaboration and relationship building skills Work autonomously to affect change - flexible, adaptable to shifting priorities; manages competing priorities to achieve the most effective result and able to work in a fast-paced, results oriented environment Controls, audit, quality assurance, risk management, or compliance experiences