Manager, Third Party Risk Management

Overview

The Risk Manager role leads the Risk Advice and Challenge function to the first line of defense. The TRPM team provides governance, advice, and effective challenge in all areas of Third Party Risk Management, from individual third party situations to larger bodies of risk.

Responsibilities

• Provides risk consulting to multiple Business Areas, effectively challenges and is a thought leader in providing guidance to implementing third party risk management practices
• Analyzes data and influences others to proactively identify risks and trends, provides oversight and guidance during risk assessment and reporting (e.g. RCSA and DORR) and during audits and exams
• Supports collaborative environments between other risk teams and various partner groups to create an integrated and seamless risk experience for the business (i.e. Compliance, IATPM, XDS, Business Continuity, etc.)
• Executes challenge activities to provide elevated areas of suspected risk and to gain assurance that risk-taking groups are appropriately representing their control environments
• Ensures results of challenge activities are properly documented and communicated, performs and supports detailed validation data analysis to include trending, problem identification, and development/completion of remediation plans
• Consults on Issue/Event analysis and reporting functions to observe trends and provide insights on changes to the Third Party risk environment
• Demonstrates problem-solving and analysis skills with attention to detail
• Demonstrates strong communication, collaboration, problem solving and influencing skills across various levels of the organization
• Balances multiple priorities to help drive business value and support team objectives, manages tasks and activities related to risk management initiatives to support the Third Party Risk Management team in a well-managed capacity
• Is forward-leaning and stays current on the changing regulatory environment and understands the impacts to the businesses supporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or military experience
• At least 5 years of experience in Risk Management, Compliance, or Audit
• At least 3 years of experience working with internal business clients
• Masters Degree in Finance, Accounting, Audit, or Business Management (preferred)
• 5+ years of Project Management experience leading cross-functional programs in Risk (preferred)
• Experience working in a Fintech environment (preferred)
• Industry certifications in Operational Risk Management (preferred)