Americas Legal Entity Risk Governance team is a group within the CIB risk organization, established to support both the Regional Chief Risk Officers and Legal Entity Risk Managers (LERM). The team is primarily responsible for oversight of the Risk Management functions (cross Line of Business at times) in the Americas (Canada, Latin America and United States). The candidate will work across the Risk stripes in the Firmwide and in country based risk teams, as well as partner with groups including Oversight and Control, Compliance, Finance and Regulatory Risk. The Americas LE team partners with each area impacting a Legal Entity to ensure adherence to all applicable regulatory rules.

 

Job Responsibilities:

Run risk governance agendas and ensure adherence to legal entity governance frameworks (firmwide/cross LOB) for some of the firm’s legal entities including some Material Legal Entities. Develop proficiency in the rules of various local regulatory bodies and understand how they may affect a specific legal entity

Provide support to the Regional/MLE CROs and various Legal Entity Risk Managers Provide support for risk governance meetings (including risk committees, forums and required materials for CROs for board meetings) Prepare meeting minutes, monitor attendance, organize the documents included in the meetings, and ensure that all related materials are properly stored in the team folders Participate and where appropriate lead projects which impact Legal Entity Risk in the Latin America / Canada team Learn the different underlying businesses affected by ongoing rulemakings. Challenge data providers as necessary to understand changes and explanations. As necessary, support the broader Latin America / Canada team in other areas including preparation of strategic plans, metrics, reporting, cross-business initiatives and process redesign In partnership with the Risk Control Office, prepare information for visits by local Regulators and assist in composing responses to requests for information.  As necessary, both coordinate and implement solutions that meet new and changes to existing regulatory requirements  As necessary, work with the reporting team and subject matter experts to implement changes and upgrades to the periodic risk reports. Become acquainted with the firm's risk management policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Minimum  2-5 years of experience in financial services or related field (previous experience in Risk Management, Compliance, Internal/External Audit or other control function desired). Fluent in English and Portuguese; Spanish desired Communication skills and ability to interface with all seniority levels within the firm Organizational skills, Attention to detail, Project management abilities, Presentation skills Excel, Word & PowerPoint knowledge (Pitchpro) Self-starter and able to take tasks from start to finish with minimal supervision. Proactive mindset is a must; able to identify issues, escalate and propose solutions.  Bachelors Degree