This position requires a candidate with deep knowledge and technical expertise in the implementation and maintenance of a comprehensive SEC and External Risk reporting control environment. Leveraging this expertise, you will have the opportunity to:
- Develop, enhance, and monitor the risk and control framework & enable strategic initiatives by providing risk and control design expertise related to financial reporting
- Advise and influence senior leaders and business executives on key decisions and major risk and control initiatives
- Be part of a diverse and talented team of RM&C CFO Control Managers committed to a comprehensive SEC, CCAR and External Risk reporting control environment
Job Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end analysis of the control environment to identify significant gaps and weaknesses, determine root cause of control breaks, and review actions taken to remediate issues, as related to RM&C CFO and the Allowance for Credit Losses (ACL) processes across the Firm
- Define or enhance roles & responsibilities (RACI) in the end-to-end control analysis with various groups in the Firm as related to financial reporting and the ACL calculation
- Coordinate regulatory examination and internal/external audit activities related to the Allowance for Credit Losses, and work with teams across Finance and Risk to deliver consistent submissions across various areas and drive satisfactory outcomes for exams and audits
- Coordinate material risk identification for Allowance for Credit Losses processes by partnering with Wholesale Risk, Consumer Risk and other stakeholders to deliver a comprehensive and consistent analysis of the risks impacting Allowance results
- Drive enhancements of the Firmwide Allowance and Risk Controllers standards; perform testing on the implementation of these standards and drive the adoption of best practices within the Risk Controllers organization
- Execute key Compliance and Operational Risk deliverables, including Compliance Risk Assessments and Legal Entity Risk and other internal and external requests
- Manage the RM&C CFO control related meetings, materials, and action items
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor’s degree or above
- 10+ years of financial services experience
- Strong program management experience leading cross-functional initiatives with varied stakeholders
- Communication / presentation – Strong writing skills and experience drafting policies, standards and frameworks.. Excellent verbal communication skills with an ability to articulate and explain business issues and controls concisely. Capable of pulling together concise presentations that get to the heart of the matter(s) quickly
- Demonstrated experience of sound judgement in assessing Risk, engaging senior leaders, and managing through change
- Builds coalitions and influences with an end-to-end mindset – strong interpersonal skills with a focus on collaboration and relationship-building. Ability to engage and influence business leaders in a meaningful and actionable manner
- Problem solving / analytical skills – solid critical thinking, attention to detail, and analytical skills; able to synthesize large amounts of data and formulate insightful conclusions
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with the ability to develop compelling and meaningful executive presentations that will drive opportunities and recommendations for improvement
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Business knowledge / experience of CECL methodology is preferred
- Financial reporting and SOX program experience is preferred
- Microsoft Vision skill is preferred, but not required
- Controls, financial reporting, or risk management experience preferred