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Job Ref: 15092
Salary: $180000 – $200000
Head of Risk & Compliance – Foreign Bank (NY Branch)
Great opportunity to collect your 2025 bonus and start a new role in first quarter of 2026. Small foreign branch | Role open due to retirement | Compliance-intensive leadership role
A well-established foreign bank is seeking a Head of Risk & Compliance to lead all risk and compliance functions for its small New York Branch. This hands-on role serves as Deputy to the General Manager and oversees regulatory compliance, risk monitoring, and audit/exam coordination.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead all Branch risk and compliance activities and act as Deputy to the GM.
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Ensure full compliance with U.S. banking regulations and internal policies.
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Manage annual staff training in risk and compliance.
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Review and monitor market, liquidity, credit, operational, continuity, information security, and financial crime risks.
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Maintain transparent risk processes; identify and escalate issues to Branch Management and Head Office.
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Prepare required reports: semi-annual Board RCC reports, annual operational risk self-assessment, and quarterly risk/compliance reports.
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Serve as the primary liaison for regulatory exams and audits (NYSDFS, FRB, Internal Audit, Head Office).
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Draft responses to examination findings and provide back-up coverage for other risk functions as needed.
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Highly visible role replacing an incumbent who has been there for many years.. This is an opportunity that does not come around very often.
Apply now. Interviews will not start until after the New Year
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