Key skills
LeadershipRisk Management
About this role
Role Overview
- Lead and oversee execution of the RCSA lifecycle in accordance with enterprise standards.
- Ensure comprehensive identification and assessment of Operational, Compliance, Third Party, Information, and Model Risks.
- Provide effective challenge to business stakeholders on risk identification, control design, and control effectiveness.
- Ensure risks, controls, and processes are accurately documented and maintained within OpenPages.
- Identify emerging risks and thematic control issues and escalate as appropriate.
- Serve as senior FLoD owner for Issue Management activities from identification through remediation and closure.
- Ensure timely identification, escalation, and documentation of issues where risk exceeds tolerance.
- Oversee root cause analysis, management action plans, remediation timelines, and remediation evidence quality.
- Govern issue changes, extensions, and escalation processes.
- Ensure remediation is completed in a timely, sustainable manner and is prepared for independent validation.
- Support executive-level leadership within ARM and HR by delivering executive-ready risk insights and issue reporting.
- Prepare materials for senior leadership and governance forums, including risk posture summaries and issue escalation briefings.
- Advise leadership on risk implications related to organizational initiatives, workforce actions, and business change.
- Act as primary risk liaison for the business units with ORM, Internal Audit, Compliance, and other risk governance functions such as third party, technology, data privacy, etc.
- Support governance forums through clear, concise, and accurate risk reporting.
- Promote a strong risk management culture and accountability across the business unit.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in operational risk management, audit, compliance, or related disciplines.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience managing a team of at least 5 direct reports.
- Experience implementing, executing, building, or enhancing risk and control frameworks.
- Experience interacting with regulators on examinations and issue remediation.
- Experience partnering with Second Line of Defense (SLoD) and Third Line of Defense (TLoD) teams across issue lifecycles, examinations, and emerging risk identification.
- Experience presenting balanced risk perspectives to senior risk and control governance committees.
- Experience managing resources including people, tools, and/or budget to execute required functions.
- Experience with process documentation, risk and control assessments, and designing/executing risk control test scripts.
- Excellent skills in risk assessment, governance, and reporting with strong understanding of business operations and financial markets.
- Strong knowledge of inherent risks within the applicable business lines.
- Ability to analyze risk trends and identify indicators of changing risk levels.
- Ability to translate technical risk concepts into clear, business-oriented language.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills with the ability to deliver innovative solutions with or without technology.
- Demonstrated experience working within a First Line of Defense model in a regulated financial institution.
- Experience with risk management systems such as OpenPages preferred.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
- Retirement plans
- Educational assistance and training programs
- Income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities
- Paid maternity and parental bonding leave
- Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays