Senior Business Controls Manager

City National Bank • Jersey City, NJ

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About The Position

This position will work directly with the City National Bank's ("CNB") Banking and Business Control Officer ("BCO") for Corporate Functions and will assume a pivotal role as an advisor and partner to the Risk Framework leadership team. Responsibilities will encompass issue identification, solution design, and implementation, leveraging industry practices and regulatory insights. This role is expected to contribute constructively and balance challenges, ensuring alignment of business objectives with CNB's risk appetite and established limits.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Minimum 10-12 years managing projects
• Minimum 10-12 years within or related to financial services
• 8-10 years of experience managing projects
• 8-10 years in a role requiring complex problem solving
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills – and ability to interact with colleagues at all levels in a peer-like way, and achieve goals without direct control over resources
• Strong emerging end-to-end generalist problem solving skills, e.g.,
• Defining and deconstructing problems
• Prioritizing issues and analysis
• Structuring and building quantitative and qualitative/conceptual analyses
• Knowledge in Financial Services, Project Management
• Demonstrated ability to Influence change, build relationships, communicate effectively, work under pressure, manage multiple priorities and deliver high caliber results.
• Proficiency with MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent time management, organizational, and prioritization skills and ability to balance multiple priorities.
• Diverse problem solving experience
• An outstanding ability to analyze problems, apply quantitative analytical approaches, communicate effectively and confidently (both oral and written), work well in cross-functional teams
• Quick learning ability, outstanding analytical skills and a structured way of thinking, your attention to details is exceptional
• Operate well under stress, even faced with tight timelines for ambitious deliverables Significant experience in driving operational change with front line to senior leadership personnel
• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills
• Be able to handle uncertainty well, and are able to simplify complexity

Nice To Haves

• MBA, JD, or other advanced degree (e.g., JD, MBA, Masters, etc.) preferred

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development and implementation of new programs/strategies, implementation of regulation, rules, and risk management requirements.
• Analyze, evaluate and periodically review current risk management practices across the organization, including activities at network affiliates. Collaborate closely with colleagues across the 2nd and 3rd lines to strengthen the control environment and enhance risk management practices
• Analyze and evaluate data that effects the technical, operational, and business functions and provide insight to the practical impacts/implications to the business line.
• Execute essential risk program functions, including Risk and Control Self Assessments (RCSA’s), Key Risk Indicators (KRI’s), Issue Management, Operational Losses, and more. Provide informed and valuable risk and control perspectives to executive management.
• Contribute to the development of a robust risk culture, risk conduct, and risk literacy within the first line of defense, including design and implementation of preventive and detective controls relating to XXX Banking activities
• Lead team members in conducting research, analyzing and interpreting data and information to support strategies, initiatives, organizational planning and business model adjustments.
• Act as the business teams’ liaison for all business line risk management, compliance activities, legal engagement, and internal or external audits.
• Act as a liaison representing Business Control Office at both internal and external meetings; establishing and cultivating strong working relationships with all stakeholders. Attend meetings with and/or in place of SVP BCO, provide feedback and escalate decision.
• Build and sustain effective relationships and alliances both internally and across all lines of business and staff areas to help deliver results and to ensure opportunities are identified, analyzed and managed appropriately. Understand interdependencies to achieve success.
• Partner with team members to contribute concise communication materials for senior management. Develop presentations for internal and external meeting that are compelling, concise, and graphical to convey message.
• Prioritize organizational risk management objectives.
• Direct special projects as necessary.
• Facilitate audit and examination activities.
• Cultivate and grow risk talent within the organization through coaching, mentoring, and occasionally assisting with review of applicable training.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage, including Medical, Dental and Vision plans, available the first of the month following start date
• Generous 401(k) company matching contribution
• Career Development through Tuition Reimbursement and other internal upskilling and training resources
• Valued Time Away benefits including vacation, sick and volunteer time
• Specialized health and family planning benefits including fertility benefits, and cancer, diabetes and musculoskeletal support programs
• Career Mobility support from a dedicated recruitment team
• Colleague Resource Groups to support networking and community engagement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees