Corporate Banking Risk and Internal Controls Associate

Position Title

Corporate Banking Risk and Internal Controls Associate

Location

Nationwide, MI 48098

Job Summary

The Commercial Banking & Lending Risk & Controls Associate will play an integral role in the design, buildout, transformation and implementation of a Commercial Banking risk management framework as well as advise and oversee business lines through ongoing identification, assessment, and measurement of material risks and key controls. The Commercial Banking & Lending Risk & Controls Associate, in this First Line of Defense (1st LOD) role, will bring expertise in financial industry risk governance routines and risk experience in Commercial Banking businesses.

The Commercial Bank includes lending, finance, and banking focused on corporate and middle market Commercial & Industrial (C&I) companies. The organization also provides capital markets, foreign exchange and derivatives, treasury management products and services, and banking as a service.

This position will collaborate with other members of First Line Risk & Control in the First Line of Defense, along with Operational Risk Management, Enterprise Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management in the Second Line of Defense (2nd LOD), and with Internal Audit in the Third Line of Defense (3rd LOD). This position is critical to supporting the strategy of the Commercial & Private Bank by ensuring prudent risk and compliance management of Flagstar Bank, N.A.

Job Responsibilities:

Risk Advisory

• Supports the Commercial Banking & Lending Business Risk & Controls Officer in the buildout, implementation, and consistent execution of a Risk Management framework within the 1st LOD.
• Provides guidance in risk framework responsibilities with Business Process Owners (BPOs) in support of enterprise risk assessments, change management initiatives, customer complaint management, compliance testing, issue management, operational risk events, key risk indicators, control Identification and design, process taxonomy documentation, and quality assurance programs.
• Leads risk management assessment of new products and services, including enterprise change management programs.
• Provides risk advisory and guidance to the BPOs including process and control design, early risk identification, control environment operating effectiveness, and policies and procedures.
• Provides guidance on assurance activities to help ensure that risk management frameworks and controls are effective to manage risks associated with the strategic plan of Commercial & Private Bank.
• Directly engages with BPOs on identified operations risk incidents and issues in root-cause analysis, action plans, supporting documentation and testing of implemented controls to effectively remediate findings or issues.
• Provides BPOs with risk advisory and guidance on project initiatives, risk assessments, and risk remediation efforts impacting the Business Units. 

Governance

• Supports activities to help ensure compliance with all enterprise compliance policies and standards, and management of compliance risks within the Bank’s risk appetite. 
• Supports the Commercial Banking & Lending Business Risk & Controls Officer in the implementation of risk management methodologies for Commercial & Private Bank Business Units.   
• Performs activities to help ensure that key risk and control data, inventory, metrics, and reporting are established and actively monitored.
• Performs activities to help ensure that risk culture is embedded across the Commercial & Private Bank organizations with an appropriate training regimen.

Bank Initiative Partner

• Actively influences and engages in risk forums and socializes with Commercial & Private Bank colleagues.
• Supports the Commercial Banking & Lending Business Risk & Controls Officer in interactions with cross-functional teams from all lines of defense, including Internal Audit, Operational Risk Management, Model Risk Management, Business Process Owners, and Shared Services organizations to ensure timely delivery and completeness of required documentation.

Risk Advisory Guidance and Communication

• Leads efforts to support the development and implementation of regular communication methods to keep employees informed of policy, procedural and regulatory updates. 
• Regularly evaluates assigned Business Unit processes and practices to ensure consistency with applicable regulatory requirements and expectations. 
• Stays abreast of compliance and regulatory changes at Flagstar and within the industry to continue to act as a risk advisor for suppo