Manager, Control Office - Hang Seng Bank (HK)

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Commercial Banking – Global Trade Solutions

Hang Seng's Commercial Banking business provides customized one-stop financial solutions to our corporate customers, from prime small and medium-sized businesses to publicly listed companies.

For customers conducting business locally or around the world, we offer a comprehensive range of services including corporate lending, trade solutions, structured loan, cash management, investment, treasury services, insurance and e-Banking services. As a reliable financial partner, we attend to the specific business needs of our customers and provide efficient tailor-made banking solutions through our relationship managers and dedicated specialists.

 

We are looking for high caliber professionals to join our team as Manager, Control Office.

 

Principal responsibilities

1. 1LoD control governance, oversight & cadence

• Ensure GTS maintains a robust, effective and compliant first line of defence (1LoD) Business Risk Control capability across all GTS areas, aligned to Group operational risk standards.
• Run day-to-day GTS Control Office activities, including governance meeting cadence, agenda setting, minutes, action tracking and follow-ups.
• Maintain a consolidated view of the GTS control landscape, including key risks, key controls, testing outcomes, incidents, issues and remediation plans.
• Provide effective governance, oversight and reporting to enable the Head of GTS and senior management to discharge risk ownership responsibilities.
• Prepare materials for senior forums and ensure timely escalation of material risks, control weaknesses and overdue actions.

 

1. Risk & control assessment (RCA) and control documentation

• Coordinate and support periodic risk and control assessments (e.g., RCA), ensuring completeness, quality and appropriate evidence standards.
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to validate risk statements, control design, control ownership and control performance.
• Drive continuous improvement of control documentation (process maps, control descriptions, and evidence requirements).
• Continuously reassess inherent risks in the business and ensure actions consider the likelihood and impact of operational risk events.

 

1. Control monitoring, testing, assurance readiness & audit/regulatory actions

• Strengthen and monitor the effectiveness of 1LoD controls by tracking control testing plans and outcomes; challenging gaps and driving timely remediation with owners.
• Act as a key point of coordination for assurance activities (Internal Audit, Compliance/Operational Risk reviews), including evidence collation and response management.
• Ensure timely and high-quality management of audit, assurance and regulatory actions, including evidence-based closure.
• Support closure of findings by ensuring action plans are specific, measurable and time-bound, with clear ownership and evidence of completion.

 

1. Issues, incidents, thematic insights & remediation delivery

• Maintain and govern issue and action trackers, ensuring accurate status, dependencies, risks to delivery and clear audit trail.
• Support incident management activities including triage, root cause analysis, control gap identification, and corrective/preventative actions.
• Strengthen and monitor the effectiveness of 1LoD controls by proactively identifying risk exposures, driving sustainable remediation, and tracking delivery to closure.
• Drive thematic analysis across incidents/findings to identify systemic control weaknesses and propose sustainable fixes.

 

1. MI, reporting & senior stakeholder insights

• Produce and/or ov