RCA SENIOR MANAGER II

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BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.

About the job:

Job Purpose & Objectives

• Risk Control Assurer (RCA) CIB Japan role is responsible for managing operational/non-financial risks for BBVA Japan Securities and BBVA Tokyo Branch. This includes applying risk identification methodologies and establishing controls that align with the operational risk and control frameworks defined within the BBVA S.A. CIB. Additionally, the RCA function is tasked with monitoring the implementation and ongoing effectiveness of these controls.

• This role will serve as a manager in the RCA CIB Asia team in the first-line defence control framework within the BBVA control model to evaluate and test the internal control settings in different departments within BBVA Japan Securities and BBVA Tokyo Branch regarding the control design efficiency and execution effectiveness and provide feasible recommendations for improvement and report the various control testing status to the senior management team in Japan, Asia regional office in HK, and in the Madrid head office.

• Prepare the needed reporting and meeting packages periodically to the Senior Management teams in Japan, Asia regional office in HK, and the head office in Madrid on any evolutions or observations of any internal control or operational risk relevant topics

• Review the intended-to-be launched new business products or services case within the framework of CIB Non-Financial-Risk (NFR) Admission model and serve the duty of RCA role within this workflow for cases relevant to the BBVA Japan Securities or BBVA Tokyo Branch.

• Conduct the communication surveillance for the relevant staffs within the BBVA Japan Securities regarding the use of authorized communication channels with clients with the goal of detecting situations that may involve breaches of applicable regulations-such as detecting irregular, inappropriate, unauthorized, or potentially misconduct-related communications.

Key Responsibilities

• Host the quarterly Japan Internal Control & Operational Risk (ICOR) meetings with the coverage of both BBVA Japan Securities and BBVA Tokyo Branch and schedule the quarterly meetings with various stakeholders.

• Calculate and generate the related Key Risk Indicators data for all different Op Risk monitoring areas and prepare the quarterly Japan Internal Control & Operational Risk (ICOR) meeting packages and compile the relevant meeting minute files after the meetings.

• Follow up on remedial status of issues identified during the quarterly KRI review and periodical risk and control self-assessment (RCSA) exercise for both BBVA Japan Securities and BBVA Tokyo Branch

• Conduct the annual Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) exercise for both BBVA Japan Securities and BBVA Tokyo Branch per the Risks and Controls scripts which are documented and agreed by the RCA CIB Asia head to ensure that all the critical controls have been tested properly and document the testing results in the RCA CIB team’s global system (MIGRO) properly.

• Establish newly required risks or controls items to beef up the existing control frameworks as the BBVA Japan business continue to grow or change in both BBVA Japan Securities and BBVA Tokyo Branch.

• Ensure effective communication with Front Office, Compliance, Operation, Tax, and Legal or any other relevant teams in the BBVA Japan Securities, BBVA Tokyo Branch, or BBVA Asia regional HK office, to ensure all the main Op Risks/Non-Financial Risk related topics or issues have been properly communicated and addressed.

Job Specifications

Qualification & Experience

• University graduate or post-graduate degree in Risk or Business Management or Finance or Accounting or Economics or any other relevant focus in the banking or financial industry.

• Minimum 8-year post-school working experience in the Non-Financial Risk, Operational Risks, Auditing, Financial Control, Product Control, or Compliance related functions within the Banking or Security Broker Dealers firms or other relevant sectors in the financial industry.

• Holders of professional qualification, e.g. CFA, CPA, FRM,

Knowledge & Skills

• Possess knowledge about operational risk measurement experiences and skills in the Corporate and Investment banking industry.

• Strong interpersonal and cross departmental coordination and communication skills.

• Familiar with the 3 lines of defense control model and the relevant best practical approach and latest rules and regulations within the Corporate Banking and Sales & Trading Global Market industry for the Japan location.

• Strong sense of business acumen, analytical, communication as well as problem-solving skills, and agile with positive mind set.

• Proficiency in MS Word and Excel is a must

Language requirement

• Excellent command of both spoken and written English.

• Native level of both spoken and written Japanese.

• Knowledgeable in Spanish will be a plus.

Other Skills (e.g. Interpersonal, Communication etc)

• Strong professionalism and ethics.

• Able to work in a matrix reporting structure, multi-functional and cross-cultural environment.

• Well-organized and meticulous in details.

• Ability to work under pressure, strong multi-task management skill.

• A team player.

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