Sr Quality Assurance Risk Analyst

As the nation's largest community credit union, we begin every day focused on delivering superior financial products and services for our 1.

3 million members and more than $30 billion in managed assets. Our work has an economic impact as we support our members' financial goals.

We are unapologetic about being devoted to our members and the communities we serve. Our business is guided by our people helping people philosophy which includes our team members.

BECU has been in business for more than 85 years, driven by unwavering core values and a dedication to improving the communities we serve.

While we have a rich history, the future of our company, accelerated by business and technology transformation, is even brighter.

There's never been a better time to work for BECU.

To learn more visit becu.org / careers.

PAY RANGE

The Target Pay Range for this position is $100,900.00-$123,200.00 annually. The full Pay Range is $78,400.00 - $145,800.

00 annually. At BECU, compensation decisions are determined using factors such as relevant job-related skills, experience, and education or training.

Should an offer for employment be made, we will consider individual qualifications. In addition to your salary, compensation incentives are available for the hired applicant.

Incentives are performance based and targets vary by role.

BENEFITS

Employees and their eligible family members have access to a wide array of employee benefits, such as medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage.

Employees have access to disability and AD&D insurance. We also offer health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, as well as health savings accounts, to eligible employees.

Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan and employer-funded retirement plan. Newly hired employees accrue 6.

16 hours of paid time off (PTO) on a per pay period basis based on hours worked (up to a maximum of 160 PTO hours per year) and receive ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

Additional details regarding BECU Benefits can be found here.

IMPACT YOU’LL MAKE :

The Senior Quality Assurance Risk Analyst at BECU plays a critical role in enhancing BECU’s lending operations by identifying, testing, and reporting on the effectiveness of controls used to manage risk in the business.

In this role, you will leverage your expertise to identify concerns and opportunities in the credit control environment and provide valuable advice to line of business stakeholders on action plans to address the issues identified.

WHAT YOU’LL DO :

• Knowledge of BECU Competencies, compliance, regulatory, and Information Protection requirements : Perform all responsibilities in accordance with BECU Competencies, compliance, regulatory, and Information Protection requirements.
• Conduct risk-based quality assurance testing : Plan, perform, and supervise risk-based quality assurance testing designed to add value and improve BECU’s risk control environment.
• Engage stakeholders and provide feedback : Lead stakeholder engagement, perform testing, maintain detailed and accurate work papers, provide constructive feedback to the engagement team, and finalize the findings into a summary report with sufficient details to support the results.
• Identify and evaluate risks : Identify risks related to BECU processes and evaluate controls used to manage those risks, based on their impact to the achievement of BECU’s strategic objectives and goals.
• Ensure proper escalation of issues : Ensure that issues are properly sized and escalated appropriately.
• Support training and management : Act as a resource for training of quality assurance staff and assist management as a backup during absences.
• Reporting : Collect information and prepare detailed reporting of results.
• SME control environment and testing : Advise management teams of results of reviews and serve as a subject matter expert on the control environment and testing strategies.
• Collaborate with business leadership : Work closely with business leadership and management teams on action plans and provide credible challenge as needed to ensure effectiveness of action plans.
• Monitor and adjust strategies : Monitor effectiveness and compare results of test strategies using internal and external data and adjust accordingly to address gaps and improve effectiveness of the quality control programs.

QUALIFICATIONS :

Minimum Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work or educational experience required. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum five years of experience working in risk management, audit, quality assurance, or related environment required.

Supervisory or management experience preferred.

Knowledge of all aspects of lending life cycle and controls required to manage risks throughout.

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity with the design and execution of risk-based auditing and / or quality assurance strategies and their application to various loan products and processes.
• Proficient verbal and written skills required to effectively communicate and provide customer service to partners and stakeholders within the organization.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Visio, PowerPoint and Excel required.

EEO Statement :

BECU is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.