at First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Overview
This is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the United States.
Job Summary:
The SVB Commercial Risk & Controls team partners with the business to help identify, mitigate, and monitor risk through consistent implementation of 1LOD risk management, risk assessments, effective challenge, and monitoring and reporting of the Bank's Risk Profile, including top and emerging risks.
About the Role:
The Commercial Bank Risk Team is a first line team that reports directly to the Commercial Bank President. The Commercial Risk Team aims to achieve a high level of consistency and quality in approach, standards, and methodology for non-financial risk and controls. The Commercial Risk Team is made up of risk management professionals committed to enabling business success in today's complex legal and regulatory environment. The team is in the 1st Line of Defense (1st LOD).
SVB is hiring a Senior First Line Risk Manager as an individual contributor supporting the Enhanced Due Diligence teams. This key role will serve as a trusted partner and advisor and will be responsible for working within the team to drive consistent implementation of 1st LOD risk management. The Senior First Line Risk Manager role will be part of a team of risk professionals responsible for supporting and coordinating all disciplines of non-financial risk and controls. The ideal candidate will support the work to drive awareness, risk perspective, risk accountability and risk culture within the Enhanced Due Diligence team which includes AML, KYC, BOI and COI; and provide risk management and subject matter expertise / specialist knowledge to support 1st LOD accountable leaders in risk informed decision making.
This position will require subject matter expertise in Commercial Banking products and understanding of relevant regulations including AML, Sanctions, Banking Secrecy Act, US Patriot Act and EDD and KYC processes. An understanding of these functions' operations and typical risks inherent within the functions is critical. The right candidate will play an important role in supporting the development and implementation of risk management services in a sustainable framework. Being able to "connect the dots" between related teams and workflows will be paramount to achieving success in this role.
The essential functions and key responsibilities of the First Line Risk Management team include the following areas, which this role will support:
Facilitate and implement risk management across the 1st LOD, including:
Accountable and responsible for supporting and facilitating end-to-end identification and assessment of existing and new process/product/system risks and controls.
Establish the maintenance and change management processes for business profile, risk/control library and issues inventory.
Responsible for identifying risk trends and/or symptoms of process control breakdowns.
Drive risk awareness, risk accountability and risk culture throughout all areas of the Business Units
Facilitate and provide advisory support in the identification of expected controls to meet risk program and regulatory obligations.
Provide support, coordination, and inventory of all testing activities performed (e.g., control testing, compliance testing) and drive maturity improvements based on outputs of control testing.
Act in a business advisory role to 1st LOD accountable leaders exhibiting deep risk subject matter expertise in the following areas:
Provide 1st LOD business stakeholders with advisory support, consultation, facilitation, and review on risk management related topics including:
Risk identification and scoring
Control identification and assessment
Gap/issue identification, monitoring, mitigation planning and closure.
Advise 1st LOD stakeholder by considering internal and/or external factors (e.g., control testing results, compliance testing results, risk program reports, operational risk events, customer complaints, external events, Internal audit finding, and supervisory reports)
Advise 1st LOD business stakeholders of the latest developments on risk management trends, tools, risk landscape and regulatory focuses.
Advise 1st LOD business stakeholders on how to incorporate risk management processes into policies, operating procedures, and standards. Ensures focus on change management and ability for business to adopt/implement changes in an effective way.
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First Citizens Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military membership, application, or obligation, or any other legally protected status.