Please note: this role is based on a hybrid work model with at least 3-days in the Atlanta office.
Your Role:
As an Operational Risk Manager you will be required to support the continued evolution of Enterprise Risk Management’s capabilities in the Americas region.
Reporting to the Risk Advisory Director for the Americas, the candidate will assist in the execution of the key components of the ERM framework, including RCSA’s, KRIs, risk reporting and incident management.
What you would be responsible for:
- Implementing a structured, repeatable, yet agile process to review, challenge RCSA’s, KRIs, incident root cause analysis of incidents.
- Analyzing trends and provide written and verbal insights to the ERM leadership team as required.
- Coordinating with the broader Enterprise Risk organization (ERM, Risk & Audit Operations, Intelligence & Data Analytics) to ensure cross-team interaction and alignment of regional and global ERM activities.
- Supporting the preparation of committee / board risk reporting for Enterprise Risk in the Americas.
- Leading workstreams ensuring target state risk management objectives are achieved and deliver critical aspects of the Enterprise Risk transformation.
- Facilitating the business risk and control self-assessments ensuring appropriate business focus on internal/external change and emerging risks. Challenge the business as to the appropriateness, effectiveness and completeness of its internal controls, risk mitigations plans and related progress.
- Advising first line stakeholders on relevant incident management information which may include adherence to Global incident management policies, themes and trends, and deep-dives as necessary
- Overseeing the delivery of governance forum reports and materials and other enterprise risk-related management reporting and analysis as needed including Key Risk Indicator reporting to confirm appropriate escalations, monitoring and management of enterprise risk within risk appetite.
Experience you bring:
- Bachelor’s degree required with a minimum of 7 years of relevant risk management experience.
- Direct experience working in a first- or second-line risk role within a global financial services organization, ideally within an asset management firm.
- Hands-on experience with GRC tools such as ServiceNow.
- Team player but also a self-starter with the ability to work autonomously when needed. Can adapt and respond to change and meet tight deadline.
- Possesses sound judgement and excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated project management, analytical and problem-solving skills, high level of intellectual curiosity and resourcefulness.
- A self-motivated, critical thinker with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and team members and to proactively engage with a diverse group of stakeholders in multiple locations and time-zones.
