Manager, Risk Advisory

Wright-Patt Credit Union • Beavercreek, OH

16h

About The Position

The Manager, Risk Advisory supports the Director, Risk Advisory and is responsible for the effective execution and ongoing administration of WPCU’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program in alignment with COSO principles and NCUA regulatory guidance. This role oversees the enterprise-wide processes used to identify, assess, measure, monitor, and control risk, ensuring risks are effectively managed within the organization’s defined risk appetite and tolerance levels.

Requirements

• Support the Director, Risk Advisory
• Responsible for effective execution and ongoing administration of WPCU’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program
• Alignment with COSO principles and NCUA regulatory guidance
• Oversee enterprise-wide processes for risk identification, assessment, measurement, monitoring, and control
• Ensure risks are managed within the organization’s defined risk appetite and tolerance levels
• Lead enterprise-level risk assessments (RCSAs)
• Partner with business leaders to identify key risks, evaluate control effectiveness, and recommend risk mitigation strategies
• Conduct risk assessments for new and evolving programs, products, and strategic initiatives
• Provide early-stage risk advisory input
• Analyze market, operational and business data, including KRIs and residual risk exposure
• Contribute to ERM reporting for Senior Management and the Board
• Identify emerging risks and trends
• Provide forward-looking risk insights
• Advise and support business units in risk identification, reporting, and mitigation
• Foster a strong risk culture
• Ensure consistency with enterprise risk management standards and regulatory expectations
• Ensure ERM practices, methodologies, and outcomes are thoroughly documented
• Support transparency, audit readiness, regulatory compliance and institutional knowledge
• Ensure assigned business units operate efficiently and reliably
• Ensure assigned business units are in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and rules
• Ensure assigned business units have appropriate operating controls to mitigate risk
• Ensure assigned business units are performing at a high level
• Act as a trusted risk advisor and resource to the Board’s Enterprise Risk Committee (ERC) and Senior Management’s Enterprise Risk Management Team (ERMT)
• Provide meaningful risk analyses and actionable recommendations

Responsibilities

• Design, administer and continuously enhance enterprise-wide risk management processes to ensure accurate identification, assessment, measurement, monitoring, and reporting of risks. Provide advisory insights to leadership to support informed decision-making and alignment with the credit union’s risk appetite.
• Lead enterprise-level risk assessments, including Risk Control Self Assessments (RCSAs), across products, services, and operational areas. Partner with business leaders to identify key risks, evaluate control effectiveness, and recommend practical risk mitigation strategies.
• Conduct risk assessments for new and evolving programs, products, and strategic initiatives, providing early-stage risk advisory input to support sound strategic planning, risk-informed decision-making, and successful implementation.
• Analyze market, operational and business data, including key risk indicators (KRIs) and residual risk exposure, to contribute to meaningful ERM reporting for Senior Management and the Board. Identify emerging risks and trends and provide forward-looking risk insights.
• Advise and support business units in the accurate identification, reporting, and mitigation of operational risks, fostering a strong risk culture and ensuring consistency with enterprise risk management standards and regulatory expectations.
• Ensure enterprise risk management practices, methodologies, and outcomes are thoroughly documented, supporting transparency, audit readiness, regulatory compliance and institutional knowledge. Ensure assigned business units are operating efficiently and reliably, are in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and rules, have appropriate operating controls to mitigate risk, and are performing at a high level.
• Act as a trusted risk advisor and resource to the Board’s Enterprise Risk Committee (ERC) and Senior Management’s Enterprise Risk Management Team (ERMT) by contributing meaningful risk analyses and providing actionable recommendations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed