About Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad

Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiaries, Alliance Direct Marketing and Alliance Islamic Bank Berhad, offers banking and financial solutions through its Consumer, SME, Commercial, Corporate and Islamic banking. The Bank provides easy access to its broad base of customers throughout the country via multi-pronged delivery channels that include retail branches, Privilege Banking Centres, Business Centres, and Digital banking services.

We are currently seeking a high caliber professional to join our Group Climate & Sustainability Risk department under Group Risk Management division as an Assistant Vice President, Group Climate & Sustainability Risk.

The Role

A successful candidate in this position will be accountable for the following:

Work with Group Climate & Sustainability Risk team to build infrastructure to manage climate and sustainability risks across the Group.
Work with Group Climate & Sustainability Risk team and Group Sustainability & Strategic Partnerships to introduce and enhance climate and sustainability risk management capabilities across the Group.
Work with Group Risk Management Risk units to ensure climate and sustainability risk management is incorporated in the management of the respective risk types.

Job Description

Risk Infrastructure & Framework Development

Build climate & sustainability risk management infrastructure
Develop frameworks, policies, sector guidelines, and risk assessment tools

Regulatory Implementation & Strategic Initiatives

Drive CRMSA, stress testing, and regulatory requirement implementation
Execute initiatives to align with evolving regulations and best practices

Risk Process & Analytics Enhancement

Improve risk management processes, analytics infrastructure, and tools
Enhance efficiency, quality, and compliance of risk capabilities

Climate Data Management & Analytics

Source, process, and analyse internal and external climate data
Support reporting, scenario analysis, stress testing, and disclosures

Data Quality & Governance

Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and completeness
Perform data validation, cleansing, and proactive issue resolution

Risk Monitoring & Mitigation

Identify emerging climate/sustainability risks and define mitigation actions
Continuously assess risk landscape and update internal approaches

Reporting & Stakeholder Communication

Prepare and deliver climate risk reporting and insights
Communicate performance to internal and external stakeholders

Advisory & Technical Support

Act as Subject Matter Expert/reference point for business units on climate risks
Provide technical support and ad hoc sustainability analysis

Project & Change Management

Lead and execute projects, managing resources, risks, and stakeholders

Continuous Improvement & Market Alignment

Track evolving global and local developments
Enhance frameworks in line with best practices

Team Leadership & Capability Building

Guide and support junior team members to ensure quality delivery

Governance

Present, deliberate and clarify on climate/sustainability risk related policies/issues/reports during the management and Board level committees, including Sustainability Steering Committee (SSC), Group Sustainability Committee (GSC), Executive Risk Management Committee (ERMC), and Group Risk Management Committee (GRMC).
Address governance requirement of risk management tools, policies etc for the management of climate and sustainability risk.

Skills

Job Requirements

Proficient in Proficiency in Excel, data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau), data management
and analysis languages (e.g. SAS, SQL, Python, etc)
Familiarity with ESG reporting standards and sustainability metrics related financial services space
Strong analytical and problem solving skills with aptitude for logic
Effective communication skills both written and oral
Good leadership, interpersonal skills and project management ability
Resourceful and adaptable i.e. ability to work in a changing environment
Excellent planning and organization skills to meet objectives and tight deadlines

Knowledge

Knowledge of Risk Management functions/ issues/ best practices
Knowledge of key regulations e.g. FSA/IFSA, BNM guidelines on climate change and sustainability, etc
Knowledge of banking products and laws
Exposure to global trend in climate change / sustainability development

Experience

Graduate with at least 4 years experience in banking and financial industry, or consultancy exposure, in credit risk management, project management, climate change risk management data analytics, Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)
Awareness of best practices and market trends in climate risk and sustainability and/or related areas
Awareness of best practices and market trends in climate change / sustainability