At a glance

You lead a team focusing on collecting, organising, analysing and reporting/ advising on information and operational risks for the purposes of managing operational and information risks and improving performance by management. You monitor and challenge ABN AMRO Clearing information and operational risk posture within a moderate risk appetite. You have specific knowledge of internal business processes, compliance and risk management, and internal and external regulations, and you have the ability to apply them to licence-to-operate issues and opinions.

From January 2025, a new team will be set up in the European Risk Management team focusing on Information and Operational Risk Management. We believe that cooperation, taking responsibility and helping each other are important conditions for being a successful team. Being successful in an environment that is challenging and dynamic, and where ad hoc requests and new issues due to developments in financial markets are the rule rather than the exception.
 

Working environment

ABN AMRO Clearing is designated as a specialized business within ABN AMRO and holds its own banking license (ABN AMRO Clearing Bank NV). Globally the company consists of about 1200 FTE and is largely self-sufficient, organizing its own supporting organization. ABN AMRO Clearing plays an important infrastructural role in the financial markets. As such it is closely monitored by regulators and central banks. This is augmented by the fact that ABN AMRO Clearing holds significant market shares in financial markets across the globe holding top spots in clearing on numerous exchanges in every region. Like all ABN AMRO Bank colleagues, we work hybrid. In practice, this means that you work both in the office and at home (3 days in the office is the starting point). You will report to the European Chief Risk Officer, and will be part of the management team of AAC RTO I&ORM.

Key duties & responsibilities
•    Define the year plan for the EU I&ORM Department, based on the AACB Global I&ORM Plan.
•    Define and align roles and responsibilities within the department in support of the AACB Europe organization and legal entities.
•    Carry out the HR tasks related to direct subordinates; execute performance management tasks (target setting, progress and performance dialogues), identify needs for training and development; periodically assesses progress on talent dialogue. Arrange for regular staff and team meetings.
•    Participate and/or coordinate the review of risk policies, procedures, methodologies and / or risk documents.
•    Participate in or coordinate the yearly review of  Risk Appetite Statement and associated metrics for the information and operational risk types.
•    Ensure the successful implementation of the internal control framework for operational risk including losses and incident management, information security, and business continuity by performing deep dives, independent assessments, and testing of controls.
•    Identify potential and emerging risks and provide risk opinions to management.
•    Prepare management reports or materials in support of committee and regular meetings, regulatory interactions (e.g European Central Bank, AFM, UK FCA), audit interactions.
•    Represent EU I&ORM in projects and/or initiatives (e.g input to Quarterly Business Review meetings). Participate and present in several committees and fora.
 

Your profile

You get energy from moving people forward. You want to continuously improve yourself and you are open to the changes that must make us better. You see that we can achieve more by working together and that knowledge sharing, collegiality and flexibility are a must to improve decisiveness and cooperation. You are transparent, focused on execution, solution-oriented and you dare to give and receive feedback. In addition, you are able to set priorities by making clear choices and communicate this internally and externally. You have an affinity with non-financial risk management.  Moreover: 

•    Academic working and thinking level and a relevant (master) university education
•    At least 10 years' work experience, 5 years of which in a risk environment
•    Experience in managing and leading teams with substantive expertise
•    In-depth expertise in the field of risk management (e.g. non-financial risk)
•    Good verbal and written communication skills
•    Writes and speaks fluent Dutch and/or English
•    Strong stakeholder management skills including effective written and spoken communication.
•    Attention to detail, accuracy and completeness.
•    An ability to work independently and think through complex and detailed problems.
•    Programming experience in Python and/or SQL a bonus
•    Data visualization skills particularly in Tableau preferred
 

We are offering

• The gross monthly salary displayed above is based on a 36-hour work week, including vacation pay and benefit budget.
• The Benefit Budget is 11% of your salary. The Benefit Budget allows you to acquire additional employment benefits. If you make no purchases or reservations in the Benefit Shop in a given month, you are paid one twelfth of your Benefit Budget that month.
• Five weeks of vacation per year. You have the option to purchase an additional four weeks per year.
• Personal development Budget of € 1,000 per year, which you can accumulate up to € 3,000.
• Possibility to work from home (in consultation with your team and depending on your position).
• An annual public transport pass with free public transportation throughout the Netherlands.
• An excellent pension scheme.

Disclaimer external recruitment agencies

External recruitment agencies need to have a signed agreement with ABN AMRO BANK N.V., executed by a Talent Acquisition Specialist, when submitting a resume to a vacancy. In addition, a recruitment agency can only submit a resume when invited by a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join the search for a right candidate. All unsolicited resumes sent to us will be considered property of ABN AMRO BANK N.V. In this case, ABN AMRO will not be held liable to pay a placement fee.

Disclaimer external recruitment agencies

External recruitment agencies must have signed an agreement with ABN AMRO BANK N.V., issued by a Talent Acquisition Specialist, in order to submit CVs. Acquisition is therefore not appreciated.