Senior Operational Risk Management Manager Financial Services

Empower • Overland Park, KS

1d • $114,000 - $165,300 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Operational Risk Management Senior Manager is responsible for executing key components of the Company’s Operational Risk Management framework and providing independent risk oversight and credible challenge to the First Line of Defense. The role works directly with business and support areas to identify and assess operational risks, evaluate the effectiveness of controls, 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.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.

Responsibilities

• Provides operational risk guidance and credible independent challenge to the First Line of Defense on operational risk matters, including incidents, errors, business initiatives, processes, controls, and policies and procedures.
• Leads operational risk assessments and analyzes complex processes, risk information, and data to identify inherent and residual risks, evaluate control effectiveness, identify control gaps, and recommend appropriate risk mitigation or control enhancements.
• Identifies emerging issues and trends through analysis of key risk indicators, risk events, assessments, horizon scans, and other relevant risk information and recommends appropriate actions.
• Drives issue resolution stemming from operational process breakpoints, including root cause analysis and development of appropriate remediation and control enhancements.
• Works with business and support areas to develop corrective action plans that adequately address identified risks and monitors significant actions through implementation.
• Reviews business and process initiatives to assess operational risk and ensure appropriate control requirements are considered and incorporated.
• Supports the 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
• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
• Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
• Paid volunteer time — 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 (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree