US Retail Bank - Issue Mgmt, Business Risk & Control Group Manager - SVP (Hybrid)

The Business Risk and Control Group Manager is accountable for management of complex/critical/large professional disciplinary areas. Leads and directs a team of professionals. Requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas within a function and how they interact in order to achieve the objectives of the function. Applies in-depth understanding of the business impact of technical contributions. Strong commercial awareness is a necessity. Generally accountable for delivery of a full range of services to one or more businesses/ geographic regions. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Some external communication may be necessary. Accountable for the end results of an area. Exercises control over resources, policy formulation and planning. Primarily affects a sub-function. Involved in short- to medium-term planning of actions and resources for own area. Full management responsibility of a team or multiple teams, including management of people, budget and planning, to include performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary actions and terminations and budget approval.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of risk exposures/Issues to ensure timely and adequate resolution of the risk.

• Work with stakeholders in 1st Line Business partners, 2nd Line ORM, ICRM and Legal, as well as Internal Audit on concerns and issue development.

• Responsible for the quality, completeness, and accuracy of the implementation of the Control Framework, including Risk Control Policy, Control Standard, Issue Management Policy, Lesson Learned Policy and Control Inventory.

• Manage and allocate resource for the identification of issue root cause, partnering with control and process owners to recommendations holistic corrective actions and improvements, provide check and challenge to ensure appropriate escalation in according with Issue Management and Escalation Policies.

• Assist in directing teams in the implementation of the Lessons Learned Policy, including monitoring of control breaches and dissemination and learnings across other business units for process improvement to limit the occurrence of similar future events and where similar risk exposure might exist.

• Support review and challenge, within the FLUs, on the effective design and management of controls to mitigate risks as required by the Control Standards, including implementation and operation, conducting the control monitoring, handling deficiencies, and escalating issues for resolution. 

• Direct teams on the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of the MCA through controls prior to the execution of a process (QC).

• Assess adherence to the MCA Standard through controls after the execution of a process (QA).

• Exercise control over Operational and Compliance Risk in accordance with established Policy requirements.

• Allocate resource to identify, assess, escalate, and manage risk exposures across Risk Categories (Operational Compliance, Strategic, Reputational, etc), including material, emerging and concentration risks in accordance with enterprise Policies and the establishment of Key Indicators to monitor risk exposures.

• Assess Risk Appetite and monitor / assess exposures against this in accordance with enterprise requirements (if applicable).

• Take ownership to identify, assess, record and response to Operational and Compliance Risk events, ensuring these are captured accurately, timely and in accordance with requirements.

• Responsible that adequate governance and training are in place to support management of Risk profiles.

• Assess the risks associated with New Activities and changes to the Business, ensuring these are well understood and adequately controlled (if applicable).

• Support operational risk scenario analysis and stress testing for Operational Risk Capital requirements.

• Take ownership of risk and control assessments or coordination for programs within various risk stripes and ensure sufficient subject matter expertise exists to enable management of these risks within the Business (e.g. third party, fraud, sanctions etc) (if applicable).

• Take ownership to ensure that risk and control responsibilities and accountabilities are embedded within FLUs, including providing training and leading by example.

• Guide and influence standards and procedures that conform to enterprise requirements and support sound operational and compliance risk management.

• Apply knowledge of the business, products or services to identify and implement control points and processes throughout the business.

• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are