Director, Business Controls Admin

We are a hybrid, remote-office company dedicated to growing our talent anywhere!

We have onsite locations in: Sioux Falls, SD,  Scottsdale, AZ,  Troy, MI,  Franklin, TN,  Dallas, TX

At Pathward, we take tremendous pride in our purpose to create financial inclusion for all™. We are a financial empowerment company that works with innovators to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity for all.  We strive to remove barriers that traditional institutions put in the way of financial access, and promote economic mobility by providing responsible, secure, high quality financial products.

We are a team of problem solvers and innovators who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger and well-positioned for success.  We celebrate, and embrace, our team members through our *HUMBLE*HUNGRY*SMART approach, and we believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve. 

About the Role:

Promotes risk-awareness to ensure the overall effectiveness of risk management programs, risk analytics and operations in the business. Proactively partners and collaborates with the first, second and third lines of defense. Responsible for ensuring adherence to the governance of the established risk framework and ongoing supervision of business controls, including risk and control self-assessments, identification, and evaluation of control effectiveness, identifying control failures, facilitating risk and compliance remediation, and monitoring the first line of defense to minimize risk exposures and strengthen the overall control environment. Manages risk assessment data and identifies key data-driven insights tied to first line of defense. Serves as strong partner, advocate, and advisor to senior management on risk matters.

What You Will Do:

• Acts as key member of the Business Transformation Office in advising on control activities for process excellence initiatives.
• Serves as a Subject Matter Expert in more than one key area and applies a holistic understanding of risk and regulatory compliance to influence business strategies and solutions.
• Develop and execute testing procedures to evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and identifying areas for improvement.
• Holds responsible the first line of defense working closely with Risk Sponsors and Owners to identify all risks, mitigation controls for each application and manage status reporting.
• Coordinates and prepares for internal and external audits including: SAS70, SOX, OCC and PCI. Acts as a liaison between external/Internal auditors, staff and Oversees policies/ program standards. Consults on work procedures drafting and changes related to internal controls.
• Provides leadership in the execution of Risk Control Self-Assessments (RCSA’s), translates control deficiencies into action plans and provides recommendations to enhance governance practices in alignment with risk and compliance frameworks.
• Identifies opportunities to leverage untapped resources across the enterprise to improve and strengthen the control environment through actionable insights.
• Oversees issue management and risk acceptance Directs, organizes and oversees action plans designed to enhance governance practices in alignment with risk and compliance frameworks.
• Assists in implementing risk and performance Influences and develops innovative solutions to mitigate risk and prevent risk exposures which result in significant business impacts.
• Assists senior management in identifying and responding to emerging Advises senior management on the status of their control environment related to risk identification and control weaknesses.
• Identifies critical areas to monitor and escalates issues and findings to appropriate
• Serves as a primary resource to cross functional team members and advises on risk mitigation
• Stays informed of changes to the regulatory environment to ensure proper compliance with processes and requirements are followed.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent work experience. Master’s degree preferred.
• Typically 10+ years’ experience in the Financial services industry, with emphasis in IT risk management disciplines
• Strong understanding of industry compliance standards, including: SOX, PCI, GLBA and FFEIC guidelines
• Proficient communicator with executive and senior level management
• Experience managing employees strongly desired
• Communications
• Leadership

The responsibilities listed above are not all inclusive and may be changed at any time.

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