Chief Risk Officer, Asia Regional Management, Vice President, Seoul

Chief Risk Officer, Asia Regional Management, Vice President, Seoul

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world. We commit people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Our people are our greatest asset – we say it often and with good reason. It is only with the determination and dedication of our people that we can serve our clients, generate long-term value for our shareholders and contribute to the broader public. We take pride in supporting each colleague both professionally and personally. From collaborative workspaces and ergonomic services to wellbeing and resilience offerings, we offer our people the flexibility and support they need to reach their goals in and outside the office.

Roles in Risk

Risk aims to effectively identify, monitor, evaluate and manage the firm's financial and non-financial risks in support of the firm's strategic plan. Operating in a fast-changing environment and utilizing the best in class risk framework, Risk teams are analytically curious, have an aptitude for challenges and an unwavering commitment to excellence. 

Our Risk division develops comprehensive processes to monitor, assess, and manage the risk of expected and unexpected events that may have an adverse impact on the firm. Risk teams play a critical function for the firm, driving how the firm takes and manages risk. Risk professionals execute critical day-to-day risk management activities, lead projects and contribute to the ongoing advancement of a robust risk management program. Effective coordination with executive management, business units, control departments and technology is critical for success. We are at the forefront of the most recent engineering solutions, including cloud computing and big data, to better manage compute costs for the firm given increasing demands related to asset pricing and scenario generation.

Responsibilities:

• Implementation and maintenance of the overall risk framework including policies and procedures
• Managing relationships with our key internal and external stakeholders, including regulators
• Ensuring that arrangements are in place to set risk limits and/or tolerances to manage, monitor and assess risk exposures on an ongoing basis
• Monitoring the effectiveness of the risk management policies and procedures and compliance on an ongoing basis
• Assessing the adequacy of risk management resources onshore
• Reporting to the leadership team on risk exposures relative to risk appetite and tolerance, and advise on proposed business strategy and plans relative to the company's risk appetite and tolerance

Qualifications:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in risk management within a financial institution
• Ability to serve as a risk leader to the branch and partner with senior management across the firm
• Experience in driving a culture of risk management and mitigation
• Strong leadership skills and ability to effectively manage, lead and supervise a cross-functional team
• Excel at strategic execution and seek opportunities to innovate
• Respond quickly when incidents arise and engage appropriate stakeholders
• Exercise sound judgment and superior decision-making skills
• Executive level communication and influencing skills with the ability to resolve issues, build consensus among groups of diverse stakeholders, and have proven skill in resolving conflict
• Native level expertise in Korean, business level fluency in English

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. 

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