Business Unit Risk Advisor Leader - Branch & Premier Banking
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Regular or Temporary:
RegularLanguage Fluency: English (Required)
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1st shift (United States of America)Please review the following job description:
The Business Unit Risk Advisor Leader – Branch & Premier Banking is a first line of defense Business Unit Risk leader accountable for risk advisory, governance execution, and monitoring oversight for Branch and Premier Banking. This leader serves as the lead risk partner for a major division within a business unit, reporting directly to the Business Unit Risk Executive. This role serves as a subject matter expert responsible for effectively and proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing risks within an assigned, complex line of business. This position will be responsible for leading a team of risk professionals to support the execution of enterprise risk programs and focusing with the business on existing and emerging risks. Responsible for supporting strong risk management practices in alignment with the firm’s risk appetite and the assigned business unit’s strategic & financial plan.This role provides subject matter expertise in Branch and Premier Banking risk, leading teams responsible for sales practices monitoring, BSA/AML monitoring, operational monitoring, and issue management. The role partners closely with business leadership to ensure risks are proactively identified, monitored, escalated, and remediated, with risk management embedded into frontline routines and strategic initiatives.
The Business Unit Risk Advisor Leader operates within the firm’s Risk Appetite and represents Business Unit Risk in interactions with senior leadership, risk committees, Audit, Compliance, and regulators.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.
1. Engage in risk management activities with the line of business, proactively identifying existing and emerging risks, evaluating the significance of the risks, and providing support in managing acceptance or mitigation of the identified risks.
2. Lead a team of risk advisors responsible for executing the responsibilities of various operations and enterprise risk programs in accordance with the program requirements (I.e.: Risk control self-assessments, issues management).
3. Assist business line leadership with identifying, assessing, controlling, mitigating, and communicating risks associated with business processes and decisions. Provide oversight and governance to the assigned business unit regarding its control environment.
4. Support the business in the development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs).
5. Provide risk management support and oversight for change activities (both business and regulatory change).
6. Provide oversight and support for open risk, audit and regulatory issues. Evaluate the root cause, the corrective action plans and work with business partners and advisor team to successfully implement and document remediation.
7. Support the business for all audit and regulatory exam engagements.
8. Communicate with assigned business unit’s leadership regarding activities, trends, and events pertaining to risk, regulatory, audit and loan review activities. Promote various risk initiatives and their supporting metrics.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to p
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