Sr. Manager, Risk Management – RCSA Program

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Development and implementation of RCSA program enhancements and facilitation of the overall RCSA program, including oversight and second line review and challenge processes.
• Collaborates extensively with peer risk areas and second / third line stakeholders to ensure a cohesive approach to assigned risk disciplines, including the RCSA methodology and program.
• Develop and maintain RCSA policies, procedures, standards, user guides, etc. resulting in consistency of company execution and compliance of the RCSA program.
• Oversees multiple deliverables concurrently from planning through reporting and produces quality deliverables in accordance with both department and professional standards.
• Maintains strong relationships with senior leaders, including executive management, and related control groups.
• Uses excellent communication skills in order to influence a wide range of internal audiences and manage conflicts.
• Advance the company's risk culture and program knowledge through training, education and communication.
• Identify and prioritize business-critical needs and may lead team and key contributors to deliver efficient execution and timely results.
• Serve as a point of escalation.
• Continue to look for opportunities to be more efficient while maintaining a strong control environment.
• Develop requirements for program-specific reporting; including scorecards/dashboards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

·         In-depth understanding of risk management practices and methodologies, including risk assessment and a solid understanding of internal control and mitigation strategy concepts.

·         Specific subject matter expertise regarding control disciplines and an advanced understanding of Raymond James products and services, especially those associated with the area of responsibility.

·         Advanced investment concepts, practices and procedures used in the financial services industry.

·         Principles of banking and finance and securities industry operations.

·         Financial markets and products.

Skill in:

·         Implementing risk assessment requirements and concepts.

·         Critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity.

·         Managing direct reports.

• Demonstrated ability and success in interacting with and influencing senior leadership, including executive management.
• Experience in managing against deadlines associated with a project plan.
• Strong analytical skills particularly with regard to assessing program performance and efficiency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex issues to management in a persuasive manner.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, effective under pressure and willing to take personal risk and accountability.
• Proven ability to multitask as well as assess and change priorities.

Ability to work well individually, and in teams, share information, support colleagues and encourage participation.

Ability to:

·         Explain complicated topics/risk concerns to any audience.

·         Influence and guide across departmental boundaries.

·         Interpret, analyze, and apply technical information.

·         Plan, assign, monitor, review, evaluate and lead the work of others.

·         Balance conflicting resource and priority demands.

·         Facilitate meetings, ensuring that all viewpoints, ideas and problems are addressed.

·         Incorporate needs, wants and goals from different business unit perspectives into risk management engagements and recommendations.

·         Attend to detail while maintaining a big picture orientation.

·         Gather information, identify linkages and trends and apply findings to assignments.

·         Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

·         Read, interpret and apply information from business periodicals and professional journals.

·         Establish and maintain effective working relationship