Compliance and Operational Risk Manager- Foreign Exchange Coverage

Job Description:

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Job Description:
This job is responsible for executing second line of defense compliance and operational risk oversight for a Front Line Unit, Control Function, and/or Third Parties. Key responsibilities include ensuring requirements of the Global Compliance Enterprise Policy, the Operational Risk Management Enterprise Policy (collectively “the Policies”), the Compliance and Operational Risk Management Program and Standard Operating Procedures are implemented and identifying, challenging, escalating, and mitigating risks in a timely manner.

Responsibilities:

• Assesses risks and effectiveness of Front Line Unit (FLU) processes and controls to ensure compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, while responding to regulatory inquiries, other audits, and examinations

• Engages in activities to provide independent compliance and operational risk oversight of FLU or Control Function (CF) performance and any related third party/vendor relationships in alignment with the Global Compliance - Enterprise Policy, the Operational Risk Management - Enterprise Policy (collectively the Policies) and the Compliance and Operational Risk Management Program and Standard Operating Procedures

• Identifies and escalates problems or issues that arise and drives actions to address the root causes that lead to compliance risk issues and/or operational risk losses

• Manages inventory of processes, risks, controls, and associated metrics for risk appetite and limits, reporting violations of compliance or regulatory activities

• Assists in the development of independent risk management reporting for respective area(s) of coverage as input into country/regional governance and management routines

• Analyzes and interprets applicable laws, rules, and regulations to provide clear and practical advice to stakeholders, and identify and manage risks

• Reviews and challenges FLU/CF process, risk, Single Process Inventory, and FLU/CF Risk and Control Self-Assessment related to themes or trends, while monitoring the regulatory environment to identify regulatory changes applicable to area(s) of coverage

• Provide real-time support to the Global Foreign Exchange and Local Currency Trading (“FX and LCT”) Front-Line Unit with regards to the rules of the relevant products, markets and venues, and other relevant laws, rules and regulations, including internal policies, as applicable to the Global Markets Business. 

• Develop an effective working relationship with Front Line Unit (“FLU”) personnel and other internal departments, such as Legal, Operations, Financial Crimes Compliance, and Regulatory Reporting.

• Assist with responding to and coordinating regulatory inquiries. 

• Participate in the review and challenge of business activities in line with BofA Global Compliance and Operational Risk Program.

• Participate, as required, in internal investigations into potential breaches of regulatory/venue requirements or Firm policy.

• Participate, as required, in department initiatives in respect of regulatory/market developments and impact analysis on the firm’s business and support groups.

• Assist with the review of new business initiatives, including non-standard transactions.

• Review and assess activity which is escalated by Enterprise Independent Testing through surveillance activity undertaken and/or escalated directly by the FLU for potential market misconduct.

• Work closely with other regional Compliance and Operational Risk teams to ensure consistency in approach and best practices.

• Review/update Compliance & Operational Risk