Commercial Banking & Lending Risk and Controls Senior Associate
Risk Advisory
Supports the Commercial Banking & Lending Business Risk & Controls Officer in the buildout, implementation, and consistent execution of a Risk Management framework within the 1st LOD.
Provides guidance in risk framework responsibilities with Business Process Owners (BPOs) in support of enterprise risk assessments, change management initiatives, customer complaint management, compliance testing, issue management, operational risk events, key risk indicators, control Identification and design, process taxonomy documentation, and quality assurance programs.
Leads risk management assessment of new products and services, including enterprise change management programs.
Provides risk advisory and guidance to the BPOs including process and control design, early risk identification, control environment operating effectiveness, and policies and procedures.
Provides guidance on assurance activities to help ensure that risk management frameworks and controls are effective to manage risks associated with the strategic plan of Commercial & Private Bank.
Directly engages with BPOs on identified operations risk incidents and issues in root-cause analysis, action plans, supporting documentation and testing of implemented controls to effectively remediate findings or issues.
Provides BPOs with risk advisory and guidance on project initiatives, risk assessments, and risk remediation efforts impacting the Business Units.
Governance
Supports activities to help ensure compliance with all enterprise compliance policies and standards, and management of compliance risks within the Bank’s risk appetite.
Supports the Commercial Banking & Lending Business Risk & Controls Officer in the implementation of risk management methodologies for Commercial & Private Bank Business Units.
Performs activities to help ensure that key risk and control data, inventory, metrics, and reporting are established and actively monitored.
Performs activities to help ensure that risk culture is embedded across the Commercial & Private Bank organizations with an appropriate training regimen.
Bank Initiative Partner
Actively influences and engages in risk forums and socializes with Commercial & Private Bank colleagues.
Supports the Commercial Banking & Lending Business Risk & Controls Officer in interactions with cross-functional teams from all lines of defense, including Internal Audit, Operational Risk Management, Model Risk Management, Business Process Owners, and Shared Services organizations to ensure timely delivery and completeness of required documentation.
Risk Advisory Guidance and Communication
Leads efforts to support the development and implementation of regular communication methods to keep employees informed of policy, procedural and regulatory updates.
Regularly evaluates assigned Business Unit processes and practices to ensure consistency with applicable regulatory requirements and expectations.
Stays abreast of compliance and regulatory changes at Flagstar and within the industry to continue to act as a risk advisor for supporting and monitoring processes across the Business Units.
Procedure & Process Management
Provides direction and support on development of sufficient documentation including policies, procedures, processes, and user guides to increase efficiencies, reduce errors and mitigate risk.
Performs activities to help ensure that regulatory/compliance related requirements are embedded within Business Units procedures and user guides.
Ensures continuous support of business-level procedures to ensure accuracy and compliance with standards and guidelines.
Understands the current systems and their respective capabilities.
Supports the Commercial Banking & Lending Business Risk & Controls Officer in the preparation of comprehensive written reports and summaries communicating results of findings and highlighting overall business risk, where necessary.
Uses independent judgement and discretion to make decisions.
Analyzes and resolves problems.