Senior Operational Risk Management Associate

Role Overview

• Provide independent 2LOD oversight of bank change initiatives, including review of impacted processes, controls, and policy/procedure updates, ensuring strong governance and disciplined execution.
• Deliver credible challenge to 1LOD activities across change management, risk assessments, and control environment to ensure alignment with the Bank’s Risk Management Framework and enterprise standards.
• Lead and coordinate core governance activities, including KRI collection, monitoring, and reporting aligned to the Bank’s Risk Appetite Framework.
• Drive the annual policy and standards review process and oversee BAU updates, enhancing clarity, consistency, and overall control effectiveness.
• Provide oversight of RCSA, process walkthroughs, control testing, and continuous monitoring, evaluating design and operating effectiveness of controls.
• Identify control gaps and risk exposures, and recommend practical, risk-based remediation strategies to strengthen the control environment.
• Oversee the Risk Event Program and key change initiatives, ensuring timely issue resolution, effective mitigation, and robust tracking/reporting.
• Maintain and validate key risk artifacts (process inventories, flows, procedures, RCMs) to ensure completeness and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Support regulatory and governance reporting, including preparation of committee materials, leadership updates, and coordination of OCC requests and exam activities with Regulatory Affairs.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent
• 3-5 years relevant experience
• Basic risk knowledge
• Strong analytical, organizational, and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong internal and external relationship management skills
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and deliver results

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development opportunities