M&T Bank

Financial Services

OperationalRiskSeniorAdvisor

$151–251k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Operational Risk Senior Advisor at M&T Bank. Skills: Operational Risk Management, Risk assessment, Risk reporting. Provide oversight and critical challenge of risk identification. Provide oversight and critical challenge of risk assessment”

What You'll Achieve.

Enhancement and implementation of risk management practices; Value-added risk management outcomes

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree, Eight years' experience in risk, compliance, legal, audit, or other relevant function, Proficient computer skills, Analytical skills, Written and verbal communications with all levels of management, Working knowledge of relevant regulations and industry standards for Operational Risk Management

Nice to Have

Eight years of progressive-growth experience within Operational Risk Management, Technology Risk Management, and/or Enterprise Risk Management, Hands-on experience in Operational Risk Tools, Metrics, and Monitoring Reports development and /or enhancement projects, Second line Operational Risk experience with a Cat 3 or larger financial institution, Project planning experience or Project Management certification

What You'll Do.

Provide oversight and critical challenge of risk identification

Provide oversight and critical challenge of risk assessment

Provide oversight and critical challenge of risk monitoring

Provide oversight and critical challenge of risk mitigation

Provide oversight and critical challenge of risk reporting

Challenge unmitigated risks

Assess adequacy and timeliness of remediation

Escalate identified gaps

Prepare risk opinions

Present risk opinions

Support ORM Framework with First Line Risk

Monitor execution for alignment with ORM policies

Monitor execution for alignment with ORM guidance

Monitor execution for alignment with supervisory expectations

Assess control failures

Assess policy breaches

Determine root cause adequacy

Determine remediation plan effectiveness

Determine remediation plan sustainability

Interact with external peers

Interact with professional organizations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Risk partners; Technology and Product Owners; First line risk teams; Technology risk; Compliance; Model risk; Other second line partners

Communication Scope

Written communications; Verbal communications; Risk opinions; Risk reports; Presentations

Process & Methodology

Project planning

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