Bank Of America Compliance Operational Risk Manager- Control Room 

United States, North Carolina, Charlotte 

141735661

This job is responsible for the execution of the Global Compliance - Enterprise Policy, the Operational Risk Management - Enterprise Policy and the Compliance and Operational Risk Management (CORM) Program. Key responsibilities include identifying, escalating, and mitigating risks in a timely manner, engaging with Front Line Units and Control Functions (FLU/CF) leaders globally, coordinating with the FLU/CF Compliance and Operational Risk Officer teams, executing the CORM Program and the Policies, identifying themes and trends, and conducting analysis for new and emerging risks.

Responsibilities:

• Assesses risks, associated controls and their effectiveness, driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations and adhering to policies

• Engages in activities to provide independent compliance and operational risk oversight of Front Line Unit or Control Function (FLU/CF) performance and any related third party/vendor relationships in alignment with the Global Compliance - Enterprise Policy, the Operational Risk Management - Enterprise Policy (collectively the Policies) and the Compliance and Operational Risk Management Program and Standard Operating Procedures

• Identifies and escalates problems or issues that arise and drives actions to address the root causes that lead to compliance risk issues and/or operational risk losses, including opening new issues based on risk severity in the centralized issues tool

• Manages inventory of processes, risks, controls, and associated metrics for risk appetite and limits, reporting violations of compliance or regulatory activities

• Analyzes and interprets applicable laws, rules, and regulations to provide clear and practical advice to stakeholders, and identify and manage risks including monitoring the regulatory environment to identify regulatory changes applicable to area(s) of coverage and maintaining a comprehensive regulatory inventory, while supporting communication of regulatory changes to the FLU/CF and ensuring that policies, standards, procedures and/or processes are appropriately implemented or amended to address regulatory requirements

• Responds to regulatory inquiries, other audits, and examinations and identifies regulatory training needs supporting the development of the training curriculum

• Reviews and challenges FLU/CF process, risk, Single Process Inventory and FLU/CF Risk and Control Self-Assessment related to themes or trends, while monitoring the regulatory environment to identify regulatory changes applicable to area(s) of coverage

Skills:

• Advisory

• Regulatory Compliance

• Reporting

• Risk Management

• Written Communications

• Active Listening

• Analytical Thinking

• Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations

• Negotiation

• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management

• Adaptability

• Business Process Analysis

• Issue Management

• Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing

This position is part of the Americas Control Room covering US, Canada, and Latin America.
Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Review Investment Banking (“IB”) transactions for potential addition(s) to the Watch List and/or Restricted List. Follow up with IB to receive deal updates.

• Review of Sustainability & Global Research reports prior to public dissemination against the Watch or Restricted List in accordance with Laws, Rules, and Regulations.

• Provide Global Markets principal/firm trade preclearance on restricted list issuers.

• Provide information wall subject matter expertise/consultation to support all lines of business and support partners.

• Assist with the training of new hires and junior team members.

• Respond to AMRS regulatory Inquiries, lead/facilitate meetings with Research Legal and Investment Banking Legal.

• Manage day to day Control Room processes.

• Assist AMRS manager in Quality Assurance reviews for the AMRS team.

• Provide training and awareness to the lines of business and their support partners on information wall topics.

• Contribute to global technology initiatives via idea generation, UAT testing or working alongside Global Tech and Operations support partners.

Required and Desired Candidate Qualifications:

- 7+ years’ experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent experience
- In depth knowledge of or certification in law, rule, regulation or area of coverage

1st shift (United States of America)