Chief Manager (Governance/Risk)

As the Chief Manager (Governance/Risk) for a Scheduled commercial Bank, your role will be crucial in developing and implementing risk management policies to identify and mitigate operational, credit, market, and cybersecurity risks. Your responsibilities will include ensuring compliance with RBI regulations, Basel norms, and other legal requirements. Conducting risk control self-assessments (RCSA) and collaborating closely with internal audit teams are vital to enhancing governance practices. Your key responsibilities will also involve establishing and enforcing corporate governance policies, leading risk committees, and presenting risk reports to senior management. It will be essential to devise strategies for fraud prevention, financial crime risk, and AML compliance, and ensure effective execution. Moreover, you will need to guarantee the presence of risk mitigation measures across various business units. Monitoring evolving banking/financial regulatory requirements and aligning testing activities with regulatory guidance and industry best practices will be imperative. Additionally, conducting assessments and evaluating compliance effectiveness for technology infrastructure, applications, and third-party dependencies will be part of your duties. You will be required to coordinate with regulatory bodies such as RBI, SEBI, for audits and compliance, engage with external auditors, rating agencies, and industry bodies for risk assessments, and provide advice to senior leadership on emerging risks and strategic risk management. Qualifications & Skills: - Education: BTech/MCA in computer science, IT, or related fields. - Certifications (Preferred): Certified Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) in a related area, CIPP, CIPT. - Must have expertise in COBIT, NIST, RBI guidelines, ISO standards, and strong skills in IT systems, risk assessments, and control evaluations. - Familiarity with security standards like ISO 27001/27002, NIST, PCI DSS, ITIL, COBIT. - Understanding of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) frameworks. - Experience with regulatory requirements such as PCI, SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, GLBA. - Experience in managing communication and recommendations to IT project teams.,