Manager - Risk Management (HLFG Risk Management)

If you are looking to excel and make a difference, take a closer look at us…

Build your expertise. Broaden your business exposure. Bring fresh perspectives to risk.

We are looking for a colleague to join our Group Risk Management team. We welcome candidates with risk management experience, as well as those from related functions who are keen to build a strong foundation in enterprise risk management.

This role offers exposure across banking, investment banking, insurance, takaful and asset management, working with diverse stakeholders and contributing to senior management and Board discussions.

We’re looking for someone who brings curiosity and initiative, enjoys understanding different businesses and thinks critically about their findings. You’ll have opportunities to learn from experienced colleagues, explore AI and data tools, and turn analysis into useful insights that support risk decisions across the Group.

Job Responsibilities :

- Group risk analysis: Assess exposures, concentrations and trends, understand their underlying drivers and explain the implications for the Group.

- Emerging developments: Explore how economic, market and industry changes could affect our businesses and identify areas requiring closer attention.

- Risk governance: Contribute to reviews of risk appetite, indicators, thresholds and frameworks.

- Capital and resilience: Support capital assessments, stress testing and recovery planning, including analysing assumptions, scenarios and outcomes.

- Reporting and collaboration: Prepare clear management and Board reports, work with risk, finance and business teams, and coordinate Group initiatives.

- AI and improvement: Explore practical applications of AI and data tools to strengthen research, analysis and reporting.

Skills & Experience We Are Looking For :

- A degree or relevant professional qualification in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Risk Management or a related discipline.

- Relevant experience in risk, finance, audit, compliance, advisory or a business function within financial services.

- Experience managing stakeholder relationships and working across functions.

- Analytical thinking, sound judgement and care in checking information and conclusions.

- Clear communication and the ability to connect findings to business implications.

- Initiative, ownership and a willingness to learn and try new approaches.

- An interest in applying AI and data tools, with practical experience considered an advantage.

Your contribution will help bring together different business perspectives, highlight risks that matter and improve how we assess and communicate risk across the Group.

About Hong Leong Bank
We are a leading financial institution in Malaysia backed by a century of entrepreneurial heritage. Providing comprehensive financial services guided by a Digital-at-the-Core ethos has earned us industry recognition and accolades for our innovative approach in making banking simpler and more effortless for our customers. Our digital and physical offerings span across a vast nationwide network in Malaysia, strengthened with an expanding regional presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China.

We seek to strike a balance between diversity, inclusion and merit to achieve our  mission of infusing diversity in thinking and skillsets into our organisation.  Candidates  are assessed based on merit and potential, in line with our mission to attract and recruit the best talent available.  Expanding on our “Digital at the Core” ethos, we are progressively digitising the employee journey and experience to provide a strong foundation for our people to drive life-long learning, achieve their career aspirations and grow talent from within our organisation.

Realise your full potential at Hong Leong Bank by applying now.