Vice President Firstline Operational Risk Team
About The Position
Provide enterprise leadership for a centralized first-line operational risk and governance function support business units across the organization. Accountable for the design, execution, and ongoing maturity of first-line operational risk programs including risk and control assessments, issue management, third-party risk oversight, complaints governance, and quality assurance. Partner with business leaders such as enterprise risk, compliance, legal, and audit to embed risk management into day-to-day operations, strengthen risk ownership, and ensure alignment with regulatory expectations, enterprise risk frameworks, and strategic objectives.
Requirements
- Minimum - 4 Year Bachelors Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management or related
- Minimum - 15 Years of Operational risk management, governance, audit, compliance, or related functions within a large, regulated financial institution or related
- Minimum - 8 Years of Leading enterprise or large-segment operational risk programs, including RCSA frameworks and regulatory engagement or related
- Minimum - 8 Years of People Management
- 20 + Years of Operational risk management, governance, audit, compliance, or related functions within a large, regulated financial institution. Leading enterprise or large-segment operational risk programs, including RCSA frameworks and regulatory engagement including people management
Nice To Haves
- Preferred - Graduate Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management or related
Responsibilities
- Provide end-to-end leadership for the organization’s first-line operational risk and governance framework, embedding risk management into business operations and decision-making
- Own and mature first-line programs including Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs), operational risk identification and monitoring, issue management, third-party risk oversight, and complaints governance and quality assurance
- Establish and maintain enterprise-aligned standards, policies, and methodologies for first-line risk management, ensure consistency across business units and alignment with second-line frameworks
- Guide business leaders through implementation of risk programs, drive accountability for control ownership, issue remediation, and sustainable risk-balanced outcomes
- Oversee identification, escalation, tracking, and reporting of operational risk issues, control gaps, complaints trends, and emerging risks
- Lead first-line engagement for regulatory exams, audits, and internal governance forums in partnership with enterprise risk, compliance, legal, and audit
- Deliver clear, actionable risk reporting to senior leadership and governance committees aligned to risk appetite and business strategy
- Continuously assess effectiveness of first-line risk execution and recommend enhancements to frameworks, tools, and reporting
- Plan, oversee and lead the work of the team to meet functional and individual operational objectives and goals. Coach, mentor, and develop staff, including overseeing new employee onboarding and providing career development planning and opportunities. Responsible for hire, fire, performance, discipline and problem-resolution decisions
Benefits
- Annual performance bonus
- Work from home up to 3 days a week
- Paid parental leave
- Employee discount programs
- Time off including paid personal and sick days
- 11 paid holidays
- Education reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
