Senior Manager, Governance & Control (US)

TD Bank • Mount Laurel, NJ

7d • $115,440 - $173,160

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Governance & Control oversees and leads a highly complex and diverse governance and control function for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope usually involving medium to long term planning, ensuring an integrated approach with other business governance and control areas, the broader organization and enterprise control functions. This role primary focus will be on supporting the Commercial BCMO coordination and execution of a) Internal and external exams/audits/reviews of the area; and b) Risk Programs and Assessments. Depth & Scope: Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required Oversees and leads a highly complex and diverse function for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope while growing talent, developing skills and capabilities to achieve career goals, support project / initiative success and achieve business results Manages and oversees the overall discipline and strategy for the respective areas while aligning to the enterprise best practices Provides coaching, mentorship and guidance to practitioners, business, executives within area of expertise Strategic partner to leadership team on the management of the function, with deep industry, external / internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizes and anticipates emerging trends and identifies operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management / enterprise areas Sets operational team direction and collaborate with others to execute on common goals Focuses on longer-range planning for functional area (e.g. 12 months or greater) Develops, communicates and implements a holistic governance and control strategy for own specific business function in support of and integrated with the overall business strategy Manages and plans activities that require alignment across multiple areas Leads the implementation of regulatory change management and provides guidance to the team in the development and/or integrated implementation of policies / procedures / changes across multiple business / functional areas Leads partnership with management and respective teams for area of specialization with industry, enterprise, and business awareness; recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and; identifying issues and opportunities and recommending actions to senior management Ensures all administration, control and compliance activities are complete and accurate to meet targets for own area Ensures an integrated and aggregated view of all related business risk and control activities across the overall function providing escalations, recommendations, and decision support to leadership Forecasts programs / initiatives and demand, and coordinates prioritization of the portfolio/ initiatives with key stakeholders Provides functional / business level communications to ensure messages to stakeholders and/or employees are consistent, appropriate and aligned to business risk strategies and executive management direction Provides direction to complex, wide ranging enterprise or cross-function / business projects as a SME and participates in designing, testing, and implementation of solutions

Requirements

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of related experience
• Demonstrated track record of cost, quality and schedule control of projects
• Proven ability to effectively manage projects
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Detail oriented
• Ability to exercise sound judgment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong teamwork and client skills
• Highly motivated
• In-depth knowledge of construction standards, work methods, equipment and materials, operating practices and applicable codes
• PC proficiency in MS Access, MS Word, MS Excel
• Highest personal & professional integrity & standards, & advance TD's vision & protect the brand
• Excellent judgment, including achieving the right risk/reward balance
• Transparent communicator & respected TD representative, both internally and externally
• Advance TD's leadership development, employee experience & diversity agenda
• Role-models behaviors consistent with TD's leadership profile

Nice To Haves

• Public Accounting, Internal Audit, Risk Management or Compliance experience within the financial services industry and/or regulatory agency
• Knowledge of banking products, processes, and regulations
• Strong skillset in Excel and Data Analytics
• Intellectually curious – adaptive to change, innovative ideas, testing assumptions
• Must be a self-starter, flexible, innovative, and adaptive
• Proven ability to execute on a portfolio of high-quality deliverables according to strict timelines
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and competing priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt to change
• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Strong leadership, collaboration, influencing and organizational skills with attention to detail
• Master's degree
• Relevant certifications (e.g. CPA, CIA, CRM, CFE, CAMS, CCEP, CISA, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required
• Oversees and leads a highly complex and diverse function for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope while growing talent, developing skills and capabilities to achieve career goals, support project / initiative success and achieve business results
• Manages and oversees the overall discipline and strategy for the respective areas while aligning to the enterprise best practices
• Provides coaching, mentorship and guidance to practitioners, business, executives within area of expertise
• Strategic partner to leadership team on the management of the function, with deep industry, external / internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizes and anticipates emerging trends and identifies operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management / enterprise areas
• Sets operational team direction and collaborate with others to execute on common goals
• Focuses on longer-range planning for functional area (e.g. 12 months or greater)
• Develops, communicates and implements a holistic governance and control strategy for own specific business function in support of and integrated with the overall business strategy
• Manages and plans activities that require alignment across multiple areas
• Leads the implementation of regulatory change management and provides guidance to the team in the development and/or integrated implementation of policies / procedures / changes across multiple business / functional areas
• Leads partnership with management and respective teams for area of specialization with industry, enterprise, and business awareness; recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and; identifying issues and opportunities and recommending actions to senior management
• Ensures all administration, control and compliance activities are complete and accurate to meet targets for own area
• Ensures an integrated and aggregated view of all related business risk and control activities across the overall function providing escalations, recommendations, and decision support to leadership
• Forecasts programs / initiatives and demand, and coordinates prioritization of the portfolio/ initiatives with key stakeholders
• Provides functional / business level communications to ensure messages to stakeholders and/or employees are consistent, appropriate and aligned to business risk strategies and executive management direction
• Provides direction to complex, wide ranging enterprise or cross-function / business projects as a SME and participates in designing, testing, and implementation of solutions

Benefits

• TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues.
• Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD.
• Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role.
• Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical and mental well-being goals.
• Total Rewards at TD includes base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO), banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition.
• regular development conversations
• training programs
• competitive benefits plan
• online learning platform
• mentoring programs

What This Job Offers

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