Lead Operational Risk Officer - Finance & Finance Reporting Risk

Lead Operational Risk Officer - Finance & Finance Reporting Risk Oversight

In this role, you will:

• Develop, implement, and monitor risk-based programs to identify, assess, and mitigate any operational risk that arises from inadequate or failed internal processes, people, systems, or external events
• Maintain a balance between risk mitigation and operational efficiency
• Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes, systems, and internal controls
• Analyze extremely complex business and system changes to determine impact, identify operational risk issues and participate in the development of risk ratings
• Provide operational risk expertise and consulting to complex business units for initiatives with high risk, generally spanning multiple business lines
• Design and develop the most complex testing strategies, methodologies and analysis.
• Consult with the business to develop corrective action plans and effectively manage change.
• Identify training opportunities.
• Design and coordinate the development of training materials and coordinate or deliver training.
• Report findings and develop business cases to influence executive. management, management committee member or head of business on the need for controls to mitigate risk.
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals.
• Lead project or virtual teams and mentor less experienced staff.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Operational Risk experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

Desired Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in Risk & Compliance, operational risk management (includes Financial Risk or audit, or the management of a process or business with accountability for compliance or operational risk), or a combination of both; of which 5+ years Financial Risk management.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy, and ability to draw conclusions and translate findings from complex data
• Experience gathering, analyzing and interpreting large datasets
• Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand environment while prioritizing work and balancing multiple priorities
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, LiveMeeting and SharePoint)
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and across all organization levels, where flexibility, collaboration and adaptability are important
• Ability to exercise independent judgement and creative problem solving techniques
• IORA reporting and Insights.
• Knowledge and understanding of Finance in Banking world
• Experience with Risk Appetite Metric and Key Indicator programs
• Experience with Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) process
• Experience with Operational Risk Event (ORE) assessment process
• Experience with Enterprise Risk Identification (ERID) assessment process
• Experience with Tableau and other visualization tools, with the ability to incorporate a visual data story into an actionable narrative for executive audience
• Knowledge of SHRP and other risk systems
• Background in establishing and managing training programs
• Ability to review and develop work plans and effectively summarize results.

Job expectations:

• Shift timings: 1:30 PM to 10:30 PM.
• Industry certifications such as CPA, CIA, CA preferred.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.