Lead Business Risk Control Testing Specialist

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Responsible for performing business compliance and operational risk and control activities. Educates and trains the business to ensure compliance with regulations. Evaluates current operations across the business to identify areas for enhancements. Partners with the business to implement processes. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management. 

Responsibilities 

• Creates and distributes monthly risk reporting and complaints data. Leads customer complaint remediation projects. 

• Provides education and monitors the business on requirements of company policies and standards related to risk and control ownership. Develops and implements job aids and tools to facilitate efficient completion of policy and standard requirements. Identifies and implements effective controls to manage operational, financial, and compliance risks. Maintains an accurate library of risks and controls. Performs control design reviews and compliance risk assessments. Monitors the risk and control environment for weaknesses and identifies solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of controls. Executes control testing plans. 

• Leads the completion of projects. Develops, implements, and administers control standardization and workflow solutions. Creates continual monitoring exception reports for critical business processes. 

Minimum Qualifications 

At a minimum, here’s what we need from you: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, or related field 

• 4+ years of experience in Financial Services, Marketing, Compliance, Internal Audit Operations, Vendor Management areas, or related field 

• In lieu of a degree, 8+ years of experience in Financial Services, Marketing, Compliance, Internal Audit Operations, Vendor Management areas, or related field 

Preferred Qualifications 

If we had our say, we’d also look for: 

• 6+ years of experience in Financial Services, Marketing, Compliance, Internal Audit Operations, Vendor Management areas, or related field