Institutional Services Risk - Control Design Specialist Team Lead

About the role

The Business Risk Team Lead will play a critical role in strengthening the control environment across Institutional Services by partnering directly with business leaders to identify risks, enhance processes, and design sustainable controls.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders, process owners, and subject matter experts to evaluate business processes, identify risks, and design effective controls that support the Bank's risk management objectives and regulatory requirements
• Lead and facilitate risk identification, risk assessment, RCSA, and control design activities across multiple business functions, driving consensus among stakeholders and influencing meaningful process improvements
• Conduct detailed process analysis and process mapping reviews to identify operational, compliance, and fiduciary risks, and recommend practical mitigation strategies
• Review and challenge process documentation, procedures, control inventories, and control language to ensure controls are appropriately designed, clearly articulated, sustainable, and capable of demonstrating effectiveness
• Perform control gap analyses to identify weaknesses, redundancies, and opportunities to strengthen the control environment, including recommending preventive, detective, automated, and monitoring controls as appropriate
• Translate complex business processes and associated risks into actionable, measurable, and testable control designs that align with internal standards and industry best practices
• Provide credible challenge and risk-based feedback to business partners while building strong working relationships that facilitate change and continuous improvement
• Identify opportunities to leverage data analytics, reporting, workflow automation, and technology solutions to improve risk management capabilities, control effectiveness, and operational efficiency
• Support the development and execution of risk assessments, scenario analyses, control rationalization efforts, and remediation activities related to identified control weaknesses or process gaps
• Maintain deep knowledge of Institutional Services products, services, business processes, and relevant regulatory and compliance requirements to effectively assess risk and provide strategic guidance
• Lead multiple initiatives simultaneously, balancing competing priorities, managing stakeholder expectations, and communicating progress, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to management
• Mentor and develop junior team members by providing guidance on risk identification, process analysis, control design methodologies, and risk management best practices
• Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable
• Complete other related duties as assigned

Requirements

• Process analysis and process mapping
• Risk identification and risk assessment
• Control design and control gap analysis
• Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSA)
• Designing preventive, detective, and monitoring controls
• Translating process risks into practical, testable controls
• Facilitating workshops and working sessions with process owners and business leaders
• Driving process improvement and risk reduction initiatives

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years' relevant work experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 9 years' higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 5 years' relevant work experience.

Preferred background:

• Bachelor’s degree in quantitative/analytical discipline (e.g., Finance, Accounting or Economics)
• 7+ years of experience in Operational Risk Management, Internal Audit, Risk Consulting, Business Controls or related disciplines
• Strongly preferred background in one of the following:
  • Internal Audit
  • Risk Advisory / Risk Consulting
  • Public Accounting Advisory Practices
  • Operational Risk Programs
  • Process Improvement and Control Transformation Initiatives
• Demonstrated experience leading or directly executing:
  • Process mapping engagements
  • Risk assessments and RCSAs
  • Control design and redesign efforts
  • Control rationalization and optimization programs
  • Regulatory remediation or risk transformation initiatives

Pay

The pay range for this position is $98,500.00 - $164,100.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location

Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America