Business Risk and Control Officer

Grow your career as a Business Risk and Control Officer with an innovative global bank. Contract role with strong possibility of extension or conversion to full-time employment.

Will require working a hybrid schedule 2-3 days onsite per week.

Join one of the world's most renowned global banks and trusted brand with over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services worldwide.

You will work alongside some of the smartest minds in the industry who are excited to share their knowledge and to learn from you.

Contract Duration : 5+ Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's / University degree.
• 6+ years of experience with Business Operational Risk.
• 5+ years of experience with MS Excel, MS Access, SAS, SQL.
• 3+ years supporting or understanding technology lifecycle
• 5+ years of experience in financial services.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategy and process improvement initiatives.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience with Visual Basic.
• Experience with third party vendor management. Demonstrated ability to lead global team efforts.

What You Will Be Doing

• Help contribute to governance and the facilitation of the execution of the Manager Control Assessment (MCA, i.e., Risk & Control Self-Assessment) as required by the MCA Standard including the assessment and appropriate approval of risk associated with business changes.
• Support teams in the quality, completeness, and accuracy of the implementation of the Control Framework, including Risk Control Policy, Control Standard, Issue Management Policy, Lesson Learned Policy and Control Inventory.
• Assist in performing a detailed analysis on the identification of issue root cause, partnering with control and process owners to recommendations holistic corrective actions and improvements, provide check and challenge to ensure appropriate escalation in according with Issue Management and Escalation Policies.
• Help contribute to the Lessons Learned Policy, including monitoring of control breaches and dissemination and learnings across other business units for process improvement to limit the occurrence of similar future events and where similar risk exposure might exist.
• Support the review and challenge process, within the FLUs, on the effective design and management of controls to mitigate risks as required by the Control Standards, including implementation and operation, conducting the control monitoring, handling deficiencies, and escalating issues for resolution.
• Help contribute to the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of the MCA through controls prior to the execution of a process (QC).
• Assist in the monitoring of the adherence to the MCA Standard through controls after the execution of a process (QA).
• Support in dealing with Operational and Compliance Risk in accordance with established Policy requirements.
• Assist in performing a detailed analysis to identify, assess, escalate, and manage risk exposures across Risk Categories (Operational Compliance, Strategic, Reputational, etc.

including material, emerging and concentration risks in accordance with enterprise Policies and the establishment of Key Indicators to monitor risk exposures.

• Assist in supporting Risk Appetite and monitor / assess exposures against this in accordance with enterprise requirements (if applicable).
• Be part of the process to identify, assess, record and response to Operational and Compliance Risk events, ensuring these are captured accurately, timely and in accordance with requirements.
• Help ensure that adequate governance and training are in place to support management of Risk profiles.
• Contribute to the risks associated with New Activities and changes to the Business, ensuring these are well understood and adequately controlled (if applicable).
• Support with risk and control assessments or coordination for programs within various risk stripes and ensure sufficient subject matter expertise exists to enable management of these risks within the Business (e.

g. third party, fraud, sanctions etc.) (if applicable).

• Coordinate risk and control responsibilities and ensure accountabilities are embedded within FLUs, including providing training and leading by example.
• Support with standards and procedures that conform to enterprise requirements and support sound operational and compliance risk management.
• Apply knowledge of the business, products or services to identify and implement control points and processes throughout the business.
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