Asia Chief Risk Officer

**Asia Chief Risk Officer
**Role Description - Overview
**Specific responsibilities**
- To support the Group CRO in providing ongoing assurance regarding the operational and financial resilience of our Asia businesses. This includes being responsible for ensuring the successful execution of risk management initiatives across Asia in addition to regular reporting to the Sompo International Risk & Executive Committees on risk matters relating to our Asia operations.
- To promote a positive risk culture and strong risk awareness across our network of CROs and functions in Asia. This will include chairing regular panel meetings, bringing together all the CROs, to ensure timely consideration of topical issues and appropriate prioritization of risk response activities.
- To support the successful growth of our business across Asia by providing an effective risk advisory service to the Asia CEO as part of their leadership team. In addition to defining and managing regional risk strategies and appetites in line with the group wide risk appetite framework this will include accessing and leveraging established group wide risk management capabilities to support regional business plan execution and product suite expansion.
- To build a small team of risk specialists in the Asia regional headquarters capable of delivering effective risk oversight across the region and providing risk management support services to individual businesses as required. This will include:

- Oversight of risk governance activities of each country, including review of any key policy and/or appetite changes.
- Working with country CROs to develop risk governance and reporting practices with a focus on ensuring they are consistent with the size and profile of each entity, local regulatory expectations, and group standards.
- Working with country CROs to develop highly effective operational risk management practices with a focus on establishing an open risk culture across the region with an emphasis on learning and continuous improvement.
- Working as an extension of the Group exposure management function to ensure the effective identification, assessment, and management of accumulation risks across Asia.
- To establish and deliver a comprehensive talent management and risk management training program across Asia. This will include the identification and promotion of emerging talent across the region in addition to ongoing responsibility for supporting country CRO’s with risk talent acquisition, training and development.

**Key attributes**:

- Experienced risk leader with a strong track record in this space.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to operate fluently and effectively within a diverse multinational organization.
- Willingness to constructively challenge as a critical friend and partner to the business.
- Ability to think critically through issues and focus the attention of the business on the most impactful decisions.
- Proven ability to lead and develop a team with a strong desire to leave a lasting impact on talent within the region.

**Qualifications, Skills and Experience**:

- Bachelor’s degree with successful completion of a higher degree or professional qualification in actuarial (FIA or FCAS), finance (CFA) or accounting (CA);
- At least 10 years of experience in property/casualty (re)insurance companies or consulting forms with demonstrated success in leadership positions in actuarial or risk;
- Superior technical background in risk management with experience implementing risk management frameworks.