This position is responsible for driving organizational change through the development, implementation, and execution of strategic programs for enterprise risk across the Bank. Directs programs that effectively facilitate the establishment of the risk appetite and appropriate monitoring and reporting of performance relative to that appetite and top and emerging risks. Directs programs to monitor effectiveness of enterprise controls and timely identification and resolution of enterprise risk issues, as well as identification of enterprise trends within both. Directs processes for ensuring timely, comprehensive, and effective risk reporting to appropriate risk owned governance groups. The position is also responsible for development and ownership of technology solutions that address risk mitigation and facilitate efficient and effective execution of risk programs, while ensuring alignment with the Bank's risk appetite and meeting regulatory expectations. Builds and maintains influential relationships with senior management and provides support to management or board committees.
Responsibilities
- Risk Management: Leads the execution of a Risk Reporting strategic vision and establish standards for and ensures on-going processes for improving Board and management risk reporting. Lead the team to ensure timely, insightful, accurate and action-oriented risk reporting supported by meaningful analysis.
- Maintains the necessary lineage and gold copy sources of data, inclusive of SLAs with source providers, necessary to address primary reporting objectives on a current and go-forward basis.
- Collaborate with FCB's Data Governance and Technology leadership to drive continued focus on automation and reporting accuracy driven through reporting and data controls, ensuring reporting integrity of key ERM/ORM risk reports, and bringing key risk data and information to the lines of defense to inform risk decisions.
- Design and achieve consensus/buy-in and create and execute an industry leading, "best in class" risk oversight, technology and risk reporting program.
- When needed, interfaces with internal audit and external regulatory agencies, supporting internal audits and exams as necessary.
- Business Support: Support balanced reporting needed for BAU conditions, ad hoc requests and responses to material business events, through flexible production methods, data sourcing capabilities and supporting tooling, and architecture. Establish relationships and reporting timeline with 1st and 2nd LOD data sources to ensure timely delivery and attestation of reporting content.
- Managerial Functions: Leads, recruits, directs, motivates, and develops the Risk Oversight, Technology and Risk Reporting team, maximizing their individual contributions, their professional growth, and their ability to function effectively with their colleagues as a team and/or lead. Ensures teams are equipped to operationalize and attain strategic objectives. Ensures appropriate financial and human resource allocation. Provides real time and constructive feedback at the most critical times. Establishes and monitors expectations to achieve company and department goals. Makes appropriate changes to team policies, procedures, training and evaluation of assigned staff. Maximizes department achievements by providing professional development.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience in Enterprise Risk or Operational Risk and Project Management or Consulting (internal or external) including leadership experience OR High School Diploma or GED and 14 years of experience in Enterprise Risk or Operational Risk and Project Management or Consulting (internal or external) including leadership experience
- Preferred Area of Experience:
- Experience designing and delivering management and board reporting in a large company, preferably a large financial institution or similar consulting experience
- 1st and/or 2nd LOD experience (internal or consulting) in risk management within a large financial institution, preferably within Enterprise or Operational Risk
- Skills:
- Direct experience designing and delivering reports to management and/or the Board of Directors of a large financial institution
- Experience creating reporting and dashboards for executive review
- Capability to identify, synthesize and present quantitative and qualitative data to tell a compelling story
- Ability to establish, monitor and enhance large, complex processes and inputs across multiple stakeholders
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements and guidance pertaining to enterprise and operational risk frameworks
- Knowledge of risk technology, data visualization, automation and associated governance and best practices