Senior Operational Risk Management Manager Financial Services

Empower • Overland Park, KS

9d • $114,000 - $165,300

About The Position

The Operational Risk Management Senior Manager executes key components of the Company’s Operational Risk Management framework and provides independent risk oversight and credible challenge to the First Line of Defense. The role works with business and support areas to identify and assess operational risks, evaluate control effectiveness, identify emerging issues and control gaps, and drive appropriate risk mitigation and remediation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Enterprise Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Internal Audit, or a similar risk and control function.
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
• Strong executive presence.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to independently analyze complex processes, risks, and controls and exercise sound risk judgment.
• Execution-oriented and results-driven.
• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; visa sponsorship, including CPT/OPT sponsorship, is not available.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational risk guidance and credible independent challenge to the First Line of Defense on incidents, errors, business initiatives, processes, controls, and policies and procedures.
• Lead operational risk assessments and analyze complex processes, risk information, and data to identify inherent and residual risks, evaluate control effectiveness, identify control gaps, and recommend mitigation or control enhancements.
• Identify emerging issues and trends through analysis of key risk indicators, risk events, assessments, horizon scans, and other relevant risk information, and recommend appropriate actions.
• Drive issue resolution arising from operational process breakpoints, including root cause analysis and development of remediation and control enhancements.
• Work with business and support areas to develop corrective action plans that address identified risks and monitor significant actions through implementation.
• Review business and process initiatives to assess operational risk and ensure appropriate control requirements are considered and incorporated.
• Support preparation and communication of Operational Risk Management reporting and risk perspectives for Senior Management and appropriate risk committees.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company matching contributions up to 6%, financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year.
• Business-casual environment with the option to wear jeans.
• Paid time off upon hire, including a paid time off program, ten paid company holidays, and three floating holidays each calendar year.
• Paid volunteer time of 16 hours per calendar year.
• Leave of absence programs, including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA).
• Business Resource Groups open to all.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior