Regional Risk Officer

Role Overview: KKR is seeking to hire a highly motivated and experienced Enterprise Risk Management Officer to collaborate with key business leaders across the APAC region to enhance the enterprise risk framework. As part of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function, you will play a crucial role in identifying, assessing, managing, and mitigating operational risks while ensuring compliance with global standards. Your responsibilities will include monitoring and evaluating risk exposures, developing risk metrics, producing risk reports, and leading response to operational risk incidents. Moreover, you will be responsible for coordinating with regulatory bodies, internal audit, compliance, and other control functions to ensure integrated risk oversight. Key Responsibilities: - Engage with key stakeholders across the business in the region to proactively identify, assess, manage, and mitigate key operational risks - Monitor and evaluate risk exposures and emerging risks across jurisdictions in Asia; escalate significant issues as appropriate - Identify, assess, monitor, and report on financial and non-financial risks across the Asia region, including credit, market, operational, compliance, and strategic risks - Perform periodic risk assessments, develop relevant risk metrics for risk appetite reporting - Produce quarterly risk reports and present to relevant internal risk committees and relevant boards - Lead response to operational risk incident analysis for the region - Identify risk issues and themes based on external events/trends as well as internal incidents, control, and process analyses - Periodically meet with fund investors and other constituencies - Support the development and execution of regional risk management strategies, frameworks, and policies in alignment with global standards - Coordinate and interface with regulatory bodies in the region; ensure compliance with local risk-related regulatory requirements - Collaborate with internal audit, compliance, and other control functions to ensure integrated risk oversight Qualification Required: - 10+ years of experience in enterprise risk management, operational risk management, or management consulting ideally in Financial Services - Work experience at a global company, engaging with individuals in different positions, across all levels - Demonstrated experience in leading and managing complex projects, with a track record of successfully implementing risk management frameworks and processes - Bachelor's degree in business, Risk Management, Economics, Finance, Business Analytics, Management, or significant experience and understanding of risk management Additional Details: KKR's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function is responsible for ensuring the consistent application of the risk management framework globally. By joining the ERM team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to an integrated approach to risk management and help shape the firm's approach to risk, making a meaningful impact on navigating an increasingly complex risk landscape.,