First Citizens Bank · 2 weeks ago
Senior Business Risk & Controls Advisor-Tech/Cyber (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$124K/yr - $160K/yr
6+ years expFirst Citizens Bank is a financial institution seeking a Senior Business Risk & Controls Advisor in the Technology Business Unit. This role involves overseeing risk management strategies, supporting business risk management, and engaging with regulatory and internal audits to ensure compliance and effective risk governance.
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Responsibilities
Works with Business Risk & Controls leader and Technology or Cyber senior management to oversee risk management strategies ensuring key risks are appropriately managed and are aligned
Provides Technology or Cyber business risk considerations for business/strategic plans
Reviews and challenges risk programs outputs, ensuring bank, framework, and regulatory alignment
Supports the execution and implementation of policies, standards, and procedures with BU associates in alignment with the Company's risk management framework
Aids the business in identifying risks & control gaps
Leads the tracking and resolution of issues across the organization, ensuring timely escalation and remediation
Collaborates with Technology or Cyber and stakeholders to develop and execute on action plans and mitigation strategies to address root causes & prevent recurrence
Monitors the status and effectiveness of issue remediation efforts, providing regular updates and reports to senior management
Coordinates with other functions (i.e. Compliance, 2LOD) to ensure alignment with broader risk management and governance objectives
Supports prioritization and capacity assessment, ensuring resource alignment with strategic objectives and risk management initiatives
Maintains and utilizes a deep understanding of the complexities inherent in the organization's business environment, including industry markets, products, services, client-base and competitive landscape
Interpret and operationalize 2nd line requirements for business area
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess the impact of external factors including regulatory changes, market disruptions or business operations and strategy
Ensure effective management of issues, RCSA, Control development, Operational risk events, audits, and regulatory exams in alignment with the organization’s risk appetite
Participates in regulatory and Internal Audit inquiries, examinations, and audits in collaboration with internal stakeholders
Support the business' development of regulatory submissions, response and reporting requirements, driving accuracy, completeness, and timely submission
Independently and in collaboration with Compliance Advisory and Independent Compliance Function teams, monitors regulatory developments and findings and assess their potential impact on the organization's risk profile and regulatory compliance
Defines BU risk reports that provide a comprehensive view of risks impacting the BU and/or extrapolates information from existing data and dashboards
Monitors BU risk and control performance
Effectively manages and summarizes top and emerging risks and actions to address impacts
Partners with Reporting program to ensure timely escalation of key indicator limits and breaches as required by the Risk Appetite Framework (RAF)
Advises BU senior leadership in relevant risk governance meetings utilizing understanding of the BU operations, risks, controls and related laws and regulatory guidance
Provides feedback and collaborates on relevant governance documents to support BU activities and manage risk
Drives the implementation of program policies, standards, and procedures
Ensures timely communication around current and emerging issues and regulatory requirements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of experience in Financial Services, First Line Risk Management, Enterprise Risk or Operational Risk
OR
High School Diploma or GED and 10 years of experience in Financial Services, First Line Risk Management, Enterprise Risk or Operational Risk
Preferred
Preferred Area of Study: Information Systems Management, Finance or Risk Management
Preferred Area of Experience: Issues Management, Project Management, Control design and implementation, audit support or facilitation, Internal or External Consulting/Risk Advisory, Architecture, Technology and Cybersecurity
Prior experience in a Technology or Cyber Risk Organization
License or Certification Type: CRCM, PMP, CERP, CAMS; CDPSE, ISACA CISA, ISACA CRISC - preferred
Experience with issue management within technology space
Experience supporting and facilitating Technology Business Unit Partners in responding and navigating through Audit inquiries
Experience supporting and facilitating Technology Business Unit Partners in responding and navigating through regulatory inquiries
Experience with supporting Technology Business Partners in creating, reviewing, and implementing, enforcing, controls
Experience ensuring adherence to control design and performance expectations within the Technology space
Experience taking ownership and providing strong issue management leadership in support of timely issues remediation
Experience with proactively identifying issue delivery gaps and escalating them to leadership in a timely manner
Knowledge of regulatory guidance pertaining to enterprise risk and operational risk
Ability to work effectively with associates, senior management and various committees
Ability to plan, organize, and manage risk and control work independently with minimum supervision
Ability to Project manage risk and control work to support business partners
Experience working in a fast-paced environment handling urgent requests to ensure timely delivery
Experience with risk coordination, strategizing, planning, and executive update summaries
Experience generating executive level reporting
Experience with hosting meetings forums, and training and development workshops
Action oriented and driven to execute independently with little direction
Ability to manage changing requirements and navigating complex organizational structures
Strong stakeholder management and engagement
Experience in executing ad hoc initiatives that span across multiple Business Units
Benefits
Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates.
Company
First Citizens Bank
First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$33M2021-05-07Post Ipo Debt· $10M
2018-08-29Post Ipo Debt· $23M
1986-10-31IPO
Leadership Team
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Craig Nix
Chief Financial Officer
Samantha Bureau - Johnson
SVP & Director, Customer Contact Center
Recent News
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