Manager, ORM Finance/Financial Assets

Job Family

Operational Risk

About Us 

 

At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential unleashed by leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.  

 

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there. 

    

Transamerica is a part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group. The Aegon companies employ over 21,500 people and have approximately 31.7 million customers.* For more information,  visit www.transamerica.com. 

 

Who We Are 

  

Transamerica has been making financial services available to the many, not just the few, for more than 100 years. We’re a leading provider of life insurance, retirement, and investment solutions, serving millions of customers throughout the United States. Transamerica’s dedicated professionals focus on helping people live their best lives through saving, investing, and protecting their loved ones. Transamerica is dedicated to building America’s leading middle market life insurance and retirement company, providing a broad range of quality individual life insurance policies, workplace supplemental insurance benefits, workplace retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, and investment products, including mutual funds, annuities, stable value solutions, as well as investment management services. 

 

What We Do 

 

Transamerica is organized by lines of business (Life Insurance, Annuities, Mutual Funds, Retirement Plans, and Employee Benefits), which are supported by Transamerica Corporate (Corporate Development; Finance; Internal Audit; Legislative, Regulatory & Policy; Office of the CEO; People and Places; Brand; Corporate Affairs; Risk; and Technology). 

Job Description Summary

The Manager, ORM Finance/Financial Assets will manage the day-to-day execution of the Transamerica Operational Risk Management (ORM) program. This person will ensure risk considerations are in place and practiced across the company; manage the identification, assessment, monitoring, and reporting of key risks for the business and technology landscape. In addition they will develop and maintain relationships with business and technology management across three lines of defense.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Partner with business (Finance and Financial Assets) management to execute risk assessments across business groups. 
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders to drive and embed an enhanced risk culture.
• Drive and lead significant Risk Management initiatives in support of department goals and objectives.
• Manage one or more direct reports, including goal setting, periodic feedback, performance management, and overall execution of risk management activities.
• Challenge current process design and identify areas for improvement; recommend changes to support policies, procedures, and control execution to increase efficiency and quality.
• Manage life cycle of risk issue management activities, including risk identification, root cause analysis, action plan status monitoring, and reporting of outcomes to management.
• Contribute to the development of the company quarterly Risk Profile.
• Collaborate with and challenge process ow