Manager, Risk & Control - Hybrid Illinois

In this role, you will lead the team supporting the First Line Operational Risk Team, driving initiatives to achieve program objectives, including risk advisory, risk assessments, issues management, and control design and testing. Develop and implement ongoing monitoring practices, creating independent plans to ensure adherence to internal policies and compliance with relevant laws. Oversee control monitoring, collaborating with business units to develop, document, and update controls. Execute a comprehensive annual monitoring plan, manage issue intake and resolution, and assist in generating timely, accurate reports on control monitoring and issues management.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business lines to ensure controls are captured, monitored, and evidence is properly retained within the established control framework.
• Provide thought leadership and industry best practices in the development and justification of controls and monitoring enhancing initiatives.
• Monitor and produce standard control monitoring reporting for senior management and committees, compile information, analyze data to develop insights on quantitative/qualitative risk analysis and make recommended improvements.
• Represent the department as the controls and monitoring subject matter expert in business and governance meetings.
• Identify business risk in each area and proactively promote possible solutions to manage and identify unmitigated risks.
• Work with different business units to ensure that risk Issues and events are comprehensively captured and closed within established target dates.
• Develop, execute, and validate remediation plans for assigned business areas, products, and services at the credit union or third parties.
• Plan and lead internal reviews, audits and benchmarking against regulations and standards providing metrics and data to prioritize remediation and closure.
• Utilize the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) repository to analyze trends in findings. Identify non-compliance patterns, assess levels of risk and work with the appropriate resources to drive higher levels of compliance and provide recommendations for remediation plans to management and business.
• Coordinate monitoring as per the plan schedule and follow written policies, standards, and procedures for remediation and monitoring programs are designed to function.
• Work with internal partners to identify process gaps and work as an agent on the business's behalf when working with the 2nd and 3rd lines of defense.
• Responsible to write clear issue statements, develop remediation plans, provide remediation status reports, design effective controls and monitoring plans and deliver results to members of management.
• Plan, oversee and lead the work of the team to meet functional and individual operational objectives and goals. Coach, mentor, and develop staff, including overseeing new employee onboarding and providing career development planning and opportunities. Responsible for hire, fire, performance, discipline and problem-resolution decisions.

Education:

• Bachelors Degree - Business, Finance or related - Preferred

Years of Experience:

• 8 Years - Risk, Compliance, Testing, Audit, Quality Control or Related - Preferred
• 2 Years - People Management - Minimum

 
In Lieu of Education:

• 8 Years - Testing, audit, quality control, risk and compliance including people management

Compensation & Benefits:

Typical hiring range:‏‏‎ ‎$113,000‏‏‎ ‎-‏‏‎ ‎$159,550 Annually. Actual compensation will be determined using factors such as experience, skills & knowledge. 

Additional Compensation:  Annual performance bonus

‎Benefits: Alliant provides a benefits package including health care, vision, dental, and 401k with employer match.

Additional Benefits:

• Work from home up to 3 days a week
• Paid parental leave
• Employee discount programs
• Time off including paid personal and sick days
• 11 paid holidays 
• Education reimbursement

*Note that eligibility and cost of benefits can vary depending on the number of regularly scheduled hours, and job status such as regular full-time, regular part-time, or temporary employment.

Adhere to and ensure compliance of all business transactions with policy and process of the Bank Secrecy Act. Ensures compliance with all applicable state and federal laws, company procedures and policies. Maintains integrity and ethics in all actions and conversations with or regarding credit union members and their accounts; complies with Privacy Act directives.

The responsibilities listed do not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.