AVP, Finance and Treasury Risk

Job Description:

Role Summary/Purpose:

Reporting to the VP Finance Risk within the Finance and Treasury Risk team, this role will be responsible for risk oversight activities and analytics related to capital, financial planning and analysis and pricing. Specific areas of focus include but are not limited to maintaining and enhancing risk analysis and reporting, reviewing and challenging assumptions, preparing and presenting overview materials. The role works closely with Synchrony’s Risk, Finance and Treasury teams with exposure to senior leadership.

Our Way of Working

We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. At Synchrony, our way of working allows you to have the option to work from home, near one of our Hubs or come into one of our offices. Occasionally you may be required to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, training and culture events.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Support oversight of the build out and execution of the capital stress testing and regulatory reporting requirements applicable to the Large Financial Institution

• Conduct reviews and validate inputs to the capital planning, including operating plan and short-range forecast analytics

• Challenge assumptions, perform controls testing, conduct applicable oversight activities around operating planning, pricing and capital stress testing

• Perform analytics, research and explain the drivers behind emerging data trends for underlying portfolios, pertaining to the operating planning and capital stress testing

• Stay up to date on regulatory landscape for capital, market, liquidity; conduct industry and peer analysis  

• Prepare analysis and present findings at the Finance Risk Sub-Committee

• Participate in ad-hoc and special projects as applicable

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of work experience in a Credit, FP&A, Capital Planning or Finance analytics role, or BLP program graduate with 2+ years of work experience in Credit, Risk or Finance

• In lieu of a degree, 7+ years of experience in Finance or Accounting in Financial Services with 2+ years’ experience in Commercial and/or Consumer lending

• Exceptional MS Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

• Experience with financial forecasting models and Hyperion Essbase system

Desired Characteristics:

• Highly motivated and team player

• Strong communication skills with ability to prepare clear communication and confidently present meaningful analysis to senior and executive management

• Ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously

• Demonstrated experience analyzing risk/business data with the ability to distill large amounts of information down to the critical areas of focus

• Familiarity with current Synchrony Financial operating systems

• Experience with FRBNY and/or OCC regulatory reporting requirements

Grade/Level: 10

The salary range for this position is 75,000.00 - 130,000.00 USD Annual and is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.

Actual compensation offered within the posted salary range will be based upon work experience, skill level or knowledge.

Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA, NY Metro and Seattle.

Eligibility Requirements:

• You must be 18 years or older

• You must have a high school diploma or equivalent

• You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process

• You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

• New hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles.  Once this new hire time in position requirement is met, the associate will have a minimum 6 months’ time in position before they can post for future non-exempt roles.  Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 18 months’ time in position before they can post.  All internal employees must consistently meet performance expectations and have approval from your manager to post (or the approval of your manage