Operational Risk Manager

Godrej Capital is a subsidiary of Godrej Industries and is the holding company for Godrej Housing finance & Godrej Finance. With a digital-first approach and a keen focus on customer-centric product innovation, Godrej Capital offers Home Loans, Loan Against Property, Property Loans, Business Loans and is positioned to diversify into other customer segments and launch new products. The company is focused on building a long-term, sustainable retail financial services business in India, anchored by Godrej Groups 125+year legacy of trust and excellence. Godrej Capital has a special focus on learning and capability development across its employee base and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as a guiding principle.

The organization has been consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work receiving certifications in 2022 and 2023. As it stands, Godrej Capital holds a spot among India&aposs Top 50 Best Workplaces in BFSI 2023 and is also recognized as one of Indias Great Mid-Size Workplaces 2023. Beyond that, it has also had the honor of being named the Best Organization for Women by The Economic Times in both 2022 and 2023, and the Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place to Work in 2022 and in 2023.

Job Purpose

To ensure a sound Risk Management Framework is established and promulgated in the Company

Role

• Work in collaboration with cross functional units in ensuring risks are identified, assessed, measured, monitored and reported
• Establish and Review of Risk and Control Self Assessment Framework (RCSA) across organisation, report the issues identified, track the action plan to ensure mitigation within agreed timelines
• Review the Risk Control Matrices of each unit on a quarterly basis. Engage with internal auditors on driving risk based supervision, delegation of powers
• Review and approve any change in operational processes from a risk standpoint
• Control Testing/Thematic Review to assess the effectiveness of process design and the control environment
• Incident reporting along with RCA
• Prepare and present Heat map for risk areas and operational risk dashboards
• Assess non credit financial risks such as Treasury, ALM, etc.
• Monthly governance with all stakeholders on Open risk points and action plan
• Responsible for Business Continuity Management(BCM) design and implementation across the organisation
• Work on Data preventive data leakage by deployment of relevant security tools in collaboration with Technology team

Qualification & experience

• MBA / CA
• 4+ years of relevant experience. Prior experience in the BFSI space a must

Essential skills

• Essential to have a good understanding of loan product workings, loan system workings and calculations

• Should be comfortable in a startup-environment: work hands-on on day-to-day problem solving, taking quick and effective actions to meet short-term priorities. Additionally, should also be comfortable with longer-term strategic thinking / planning
• Good communication, presentation, and leadership skills to drive thought process with internal & external clientele

Nature of role

• Full time and permanent
• Based in Head Office in Mumbai (Godrej One, Vikhroli)