Japan Risk and ControlAssociate / Vice President

The Japan Risk and Control team plays a key role in strengthening the control environment across operations. Working closely with operational functions in Japan and overseas, as well as control specialists from Risk Management, Compliance, and Internal Audit, the team helps enhance risk governance, improve process controls, and support management decision-making.Through ongoing monitoring, reporting, and control enhancement activities, the team supports operations management in maintaining a holistic view of risk across the organization and contributes to building a more consistent and resilient risk and control framework across functions and regions.

Promote a strong risk culture within the operations organization by supporting risk event analysis, timely event escalation, KRI/KPI monitoring, RCSA enhancement, and risk management training for new joiners.

Provide management with a holistic view of risk through control committee and various management information including regular and ad-hoc reports of KRI, risk events, control activity progress, RCSA profile, and regional/functional comparison enabling appropriate prioritization of resources and budgets. Also challenge management about effectiveness of their implemented control.

Partner with control specialists from other departments to strengthen a robust and consistent risk and control framework across departments and regions, including the rollout of new risk policies and audit read-across.

Support operations function in developing global and regional operational policies, standards, and procedures, including process rule documentation for settlement instruction setup, EUC/RPA management, data management, and regulatory reporting.

Conduct training and share control-related information across the operations organization to promote awareness and consistency.

Coordinate the new product approval process, also known as NEPAL, to ensure timely turnaround and approval tracking for the operations organization, while liaising with New Business Group and business requestors.

This role offers a strong opportunity to build expertise in operational risk governance, control design, and cross-functional stakeholder management. Through your experience in Japan Risk and Control, you can broaden your network across Japan and overseas, gain exposure to global operations and control practices, and contribute to standardization initiatives across regions and operations functions.

In addition, this role provides a high level of autonomy and the chance to work closely with a wide range of stakeholders, including operations management, LCC departments, risk management department, and industry peers.