Senior Associate, Enterprise Risk Management

At Barings, we are as invested in our associates as we are in our clients. We recognize those who work diligently for us and reward them for personal and professional integrity, communication skills, distinct competencies and expertise in specific strategies, ability to collaborate as a team member and true dedication to the interests of our clients.

We thank you for your interest in joining the Barings team, and invite you to explore our current employment opportunities.

Barings is a leading global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs of our clients and customers. Through active asset management and direct origination, we provide innovative solutions and access to differentiated opportunities across public and private capital markets. A subsidiary of MassMutual, Barings maintains a strong global presence with business and investment professionals located across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Job Summary

This regional role is based in the Singapore office and provides direct support to the Head of Risk, APAC. The Senior Associate will assist in driving best practices in risk management across the APAC region (Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia) to support business growth.

Primary Responsibilities

• Drive best practice risk management across APAC, including participating in the implementation of new initiatives or projects as required.

• Monitor key risk indicators in APAC, proactively engage stakeholders to understand emerging risks, and ensure accuracy, timeliness, and completeness in maintaining management dashboards.

• Implement and maintain the outsourcing program, including managing the outsourcing register, conducting due diligence on outsourced vendors, and reporting on outsourcing risks.

• Support the incident management process to ensure prompt identification and remediation of incidents, and conduct root-cause analysis to prevent recurrence.

• Provide support in other risk specializations, including business resiliency, investment risk, ESG/climate risk, and counterparty risk.

• Assist with internal efforts on automation, documentation, and simplification of processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher required.

• At least 5-7 years of experience in an operational risk, investment risk, or compliance-related role.

• Experience engaging stakeholders across the APAC region, as well as colleagues in Europe and the US.

• Strong ownership of risk management responsibilities.

• Positive, proactive attitude with a strong degree of intellectual curiosity and commercial thinking.

• Strong team ethic, with the ability to work independently on projects with minimal supervision.

• Decisive and able to work at pace while maintaining attention to detail.

• Proficient with MS Office tools, such as PowerPoint and Excel.

• Experience working at an international investment management firm is preferred.

Barings is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer; Minority/Female/Age/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply.