JULIAN EDWARD E. KASU
Retail Product Risk Manager
Port Moresby,NCD
Summary
Operational Risk practitioner, capable of developing and maintaining comprehensive processes to help identify and reduce operational risk across business units. Collaborates with functional leaders and subject matter experts to drive initiatives that contribute to long-term operational excellence. Analyzes operational policies and procedures to align improvement to performance shortfalls.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Product Risk Manager
Westpac PNG
Port Moresby, NCD
01.2021 - Current
- Conduct control and obligation (compliance with applicable legislature) self-assessments and templates to review efficiency and effectiveness of current controls, including highlighting risks arising and help facilitate with decision making.
- Help assist/encourage business lines to develop short-term goals (incident remediation) and long-term strategic plans (credible pathways for issue remediation) to improve risk control and mitigation according to risk appetite metrics. Includes driving production of quarterly Risk Appetite Dashboard and accompanying memo with risk analysis.
- Assisting with facilitating quarterly Product Risk Governance meetings (a committee charged with providing monitoring and oversight concerning risk associated with various bank products and channels) and producing accompanying report to support risk monitoring and management.
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents to ensure smooth operations
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity
Senior Officer, Operational Risk
Kinabank
Port Moresby, NCD
01.2018 - 12.2020
- Assist in developing and implementing effective Operational Risk Management Framework that includes risk-based approach to identifying, assessing, monitoring and reporting all material business tasks.
- Key responsibility for day-to-day monitoring and reporting of business risks.
- Implementing and overseeing administration of Operational Risk Management Framework, which includes maintaining Group’s Risk Register.
- Implementing and overseeing risk assessment process ensuring that operational risk are appropriately identified and assessed.
- Preparation of standard and ad-hoc information and data reports to stakeholders as required including Executive Committee Reports, Monthly Risk Reports, Quarterly Operational Risk Committee Reports and Bi-Monthly Audit and Risk Reports.
- Developing management information reporting templates and overseeing timely reporting on all operational incidents including, suggested mitigating actions, to Chief Compliance Officer.
- Preparing and coordinating ad-hoc reports on operational risk developments as required.
- Overseeing and ensuring that operational risk management policies and procedures are reviewed on regular basis.
- Participate in development and implementation of business procedures.
- Maintaining understanding of risk management tools, systems and best practices, to provide advice and guidance to business units and Senior Management enabling them to build and implement robust procedures and processes effective control environment.
- Responsible for implementing and overseeing management of general and role-based employee training in relation to effective management of operational risk.
- Implementing and conducting Training programs will include understanding of internal policies and procedures, application of standards and guidelines and, understanding relevant laws and regulatory requirements to promote and enhance strong bank-wide compliant and risk aware culture.
- Encouraged stakeholders to approach assessments analytically and offer unique insights to bring new understanding to risk management programs.
Operational Risk Analyst
Bank South Pacific
Port Moresby, NCD
04.2012 - 11.2017
- Conducting branch awareness concerning Operational Risk fundamentals and providing guidance to assist with reduction of non-lending losses, across 30+ BSP branches throughout Papua New Guinea.
- Development of Excel database, focused on Teller Deficiencies, seeking to - Identify tellers who incur losses on numerous occasions, enabling ranking of Tellers within branches and Assisting branches in assessing performance (based on comparative data from branches within provinces and overall region.
- Preparation of the Credit & Risk Dashboard (Conducted Monthly) – Focused on reporting Operational Risk statistics for the department and also highlighting non-lending loss incurred (For BSP – Papua New Guinea), and significant incidents.
- Preparation of CEO/CRO Monthly Report – Focused on reporting Operational Risk statistics for BSP-PNG covering various non-lending losses such as teller deficiencies, ATM cash deficiencies, especially highlighting significant incidents in excess of K50,000.
- Preparation of Operational Risk Committee Main Report (Conducted Quarterly) – Compiling of high level summary report, focusing operational incidents and compliance per quarter.
- Preparation of main operational risk cover dashboard under assigned coverage area, which includes compliance reporting in PNG and other non-PNG countries.
- Preparation of Operational Risk Dashboards (Conducted Quarterly) – Focus on operational incidents, operational risks and risk initiatives conducted by Strategic Business Units (SBUs) and related Business Units (BUs), per quarter. Specifically, dashboards under my coverage area.
- Preparation of Business Unit Responsibility Statement (Conducted Semi- Annually) – Attestation concerning status of respective business units over six (6) month period. Coverage Areas include: Asset Management, Credit SBU, Credit Inspection, Operational Risk Management, Internal Audit, Legal BU, Lending Support.
- Preparation of Annual Top Risks Report (Conducted Annually) – high-level report conducted with Group CEO, CRO, CFO, General Managers and Business Unit Heads, to determine possible risks to BSP Group.
- Elected “Champion” for BSP “I Care” Customer Service Initiative/Change Management Program (Operational Risk Management and Internal Audit BU) - Purpose of initiative was to improve customer service to both internal and external customers.
- Diagrammed and evaluated existing processes to identify gaps and devise solutions.
- Delivered presentations and training courses to promote best practices for techniques and processes
Front Desk Clerk
Grand Papua Hotel Port Moresby
Port Moresby, NCD
01.2011 - 03.2012
- Politely welcomed arriving guests, providing room keys and information on amenities and policies.
- Collaborated with team members to handle guest requirements from check-in through check-out.
- Reported facility and room maintenance problems to appropriate personnel for immediate remediation.
- Used internal software to process reservations, check-ins and check-outs.
- Confirmed relevant guest information and payment methods to prevent fraud.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - Operations Management
University of St. La Salle - Bacolod City
Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines 07.2007 - 05.2011
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - Major in Accountancy
Philippine School of Business Administration
Quezon City, NCR, Philippines 04.2006 - 06.2007
High School Diploma -
Port Moresby International School
Port Moresby, NCD, Papua New Guinea 01.2002 - 12.2005
Skills
Risk mitigation
Trend Analysis
Customer Communication
Root Cause Analysis
Microsoft Office
Good telephone etiquette
Good listening skills
Timeline
Product Risk Manager
Westpac PNG
01.2021 - Current
Senior Officer, Operational Risk
Kinabank
01.2018 - 12.2020
Operational Risk Analyst
Bank South Pacific
04.2012 - 11.2017
Front Desk Clerk
Grand Papua Hotel Port Moresby
01.2011 - 03.2012
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - Operations Management
University of St. La Salle - Bacolod City
07.2007 - 05.2011
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - Major in Accountancy
Philippine School of Business Administration
04.2006 - 06.2007
High School Diploma -
Port Moresby International School
01.2002 - 12.2005