Job Description
Kuwait Finance House - KFH is currently recruiting for the role of Technology Risk Analyst
To proactively support and advise risk owners in establishing of RCSA for their respective functions and perform independent analysis on the identified IT risks and effectiveness of associated controls following bank-wide risk management methodology to manage, improve and solve issues in reliable and controlled manner.
Duties and Responsibilities
Your main responsibilities in this role include the following:
Proactively support and advise risk owners in establishing of RCSA for their respective functions and perform independent analysis on the identified IT risks and effectiveness of associated controls following bank-wide Risk management methodology to manage, improve and solve issues in reliable and controlled manner.
Establish independent annual risk assessment plan based on Technology Risk analysis and risk criteria of key IT processes and functions and assist and support annual plan for business applications RCSAs.
Support risk governance committees in reviewing current and future Fintech risks as well as the steps taken by stakeholders to manage risks.
Advise business owner in identifying KRIs and liaise with Group IT or delegated risk coordinators to provide the required information on periodic basis.
Proactively assist risk owners across KFH Group in the implementation of effective risk management practices, developing effective controls.
Review internal, external and CBK Audit’s reports and assist owners to ensure identified issues are properly and effectively addressed, tracked, and reported to the concerned governance entities as well as senior management across KFH group.
Manage the Issues Management Action Plan IMAP to ensure technology risks and issues are reliably managed, controlled, resolved, and mitigated in coordination with relevant business owners.
Conduct independent assessment and investigation of the reported incidents related to Information Technology processes, activities, projects and systems, and coordinate with Operational Risk in case the root cause of the reported incident includes People, Process and/or External Events.
Support and advise the risk owners in proactively identifying inherent technology risks covering new business initiatives, vision documents, products, services, use cases, new IT solutions and systems as consulted.
Support and guide the risk owners in proactively identifying and analyzing technology related risks of major change requests (CRs) covering systems and technology as consulted through CMG group meetings and IT change management process owners.
Perform proactive technology risk review for newly developed or modified technology related policies, processes and procedures across KFH Group.
Perform independent and proactive risk analyses, report KRIs and key risk-related information to relevant management and governance entities on emerging risks and effectiveness of risk management practices.
Job Requirements
4 years of post-qualification experience in the banking sector with at least 2 years in a relevant position in risk management environment.
Job Details
Company: Kuwait Finance House - KFH
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
