Risk Management, Vice President

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The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

Job Summary

Provide ongoing assessment of the risk profile through regular monitoring and status reporting of risk issues and initiatives. Execute front line controls, self-assurance, and risk assessment activities (ad hoc controls review, business process management (BPM), risk control self-assessment (RCSA)), and independent risk and audit activities as directed. Contribute to and support the implementation of remediation plans as directed. Contribute to risk analysis and risk mitigation recommendations. Partner with stakeholders, including process owners and control officers, to document controls, enhance control language, and develop / maintain test scripts that validate controls are being performed in compliance with bank policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements to mitigate risk to the firm. Provide project management support in tracking and coordinating the execution of policy and standards control testing activities. Create synergies by identifying opportunities to repurpose control testing results to satisfy assessment requirements across the bank. Support internal audits and regulator exams, and other control reviews; assist in resolving identified issues and monitor their resolution. Consult on controls design and efficiency with operations partners in support of their commitments to align with all applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies and procedures. Drive risk culture; influence self-identification and disclosure of control self-assurance gaps. Ensure gaps are addressed via remediation plans that adhere to issues management mandates : timely issue and corrective action submission, accurate root cause identification, corrective action monitoring, on time closure, no failed validations, and no repeat issues. Monitor and evaluate emerging risk, internal operational trends, and external risk events for potential impact to control environment. Prepare risk reporting, risk analysis and risk mitigation recommendations including control environment performance and risk management plans in place for critical issues. Support the preparation of meaningful risk and controls governance materials for executive management as needed. Assist with definition of corrective action plans to remediate non-compliance with enterprise wide policies and standards; including remediation and monitoring to completion of corrective action plans on an ongoing basis. Communicate material risk exposures and instances of non-compliance for review and validation. Monitor risk limits and tolerances to identify threshold breaches and escalate any limit breaches for review and validation. Quantify risk exposures using the risk analysis and risk acceptance criteria, tools and methods and communicate exposure.

Qualifications

Deep understanding of financial institution processes, products, and risk. Experience with risk assessment / testing methodologies evaluating the adequacy and efficiency of internal controls, and identifying issues resulting from internal and / or external compliance examinations. Experience with process documentation, risk, and control assessments and designing / executing test scripts. Experience with problem solving in a team environment by thinking outside of the box, providing innovative solutions, with and without technology. Strong understanding of financial institution businesses, processes, products, and risk. Strong understanding of processes necessary to produce accurate periodic reporting (e.g., data reconciliations, data governance, review, and approval, etc.). Experience with automating and / or the ability to conceptualize automated control solutions. Experience using Microsoft collaboration and project management tools such as SharePoint, Teams, and Project. Knowledge in first line of defense risk and control mitigation specifically : thorough understanding of risks and controls, issue management, reporting, metrics, and audits. Experience with critical data elements (CDE) and data lineage. Experience with risk metrics definition and reporting / scorecard development utilizing key risk metrics tools (IBM Open Pages, Tableau, structured query language (SQL), Access etc.) preferred. Experience with process documentation, risk and control assessments, and designing / executing risk reporting, preferred. Risk management experience including evaluating the adequacy and efficiency of internal controls, and identifying issues. Experience with enforcement agencies' oversight activities (regulatory examinations, etc.). Understanding of the regulatory environment and regulations related to risk, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Federal Reserve Board (FRB) expectations. Strong understanding of data quality, data quality monitoring, and data maturity models. Ability to identify signs of changing risk levels. Experience with executing first line risk assessment / testing methodologies, evaluating the adequacy and efficiency of internal controls; and identifying issues resulting from internal and / or external compliance examinations. Combined experience in external audit, internal audit, and operational risk and / or compliance with local / state / federal regulations. Demonstrates leadership. Communicates effectively. Identifies multiple paths to success using analytical and critical thinking as well as decision-making skills. Operates strategically to support a culture of continuous improvement and systems thinking. Makes sound business decisions in a complex work environment. Collaborates with other business functions and divisions to advance business objectives. Flexible, decisive, and able to establish support from leadership. Monitors industry trends and best practices and applies insights to advance the business. Exhibits and fosters optimism, resilience, flexibility, and openness to others ideas. Inspires innovation and values learning as a lifelong professional objective. Leads by example, engaging inclusively and with intent. Always acts with integrity. Iterative problem-solving. Serving as a trusted advisor. Excellent organizational, and conceptual skills. Ability to work effectively in team environment, and influence across all interpersonal levels, where flexibility, collaboration, adaptability, challenge, and influence are important. Strong planning and organizing skills; ability to multitask and deal with varied workload. Ability to manage multiple priorities concurrently, prioritize, and efficiently complete responsibilities while maintaining the highest quality. Ability to support work streams with sometimes limited oversight / information from inception to completion. Experience with problem solving in a team environment by thinking outside of the box and providing innovative solutions, with and without technology. Ability to identify obstacles and work in conjunction with others to identify options / solutions. Ability to constructively work both independently and in collaborative environments involving all levels of management and employees. Ability to make decisions, and work under tight deadlines; achievement-oriented and takes initiative.