As a Control Management Senior Associate in LATAM and Canada Regional Control Management team, you'll be responsible for ensuring the region has a sustainable and disciplined end-to-end control environment, identifying and escalating issues with a sense of urgency, and partnering with the different businesses and corporate functions to ensure issues are remediated in a timely manner. Coordinating and conducting a variety risk assessments types across 14 legal entities in region in partnership with main stakeholders. Leading control projects to improve Location risk control management for LATAM and Canada region. The team assists in top-down risk analysis, real-time control issue detection, escalation, root cause analysis, and remediation. Monitoring global control programs ensuring regional compliance with them. 

 

Job Responsibilities:

Coordinate and conduct a variety risk assessments types across 14 legal entities in region in partnership with main stakeholders.  Including, arranging quantitative and qualitative data, evaluating concentration of risks and other necessary steps to build out Legal Entity and Compliance Risk Assessment in conjunction with Location Control Managers.

In partnership with stakeholders, evaluate and perform an end-to end analysis of the regional risk and control environment to identify significant gaps and weaknesses and determine root cause of control breaks.
Ensure that controls are properly designed, operating effectively, and essential to a proactive risk and control culture that leverages proven evaluation strategies and sound change management protocols.
Perform ongoing analysis of program related data (e.g., KRI/KPI) and develop ad-hoc reports as requested to support central control office related programs and strategies.
Assist with development of Risk & Control Self-Assessment mapping and documentations through participation in end-to-end process walkthroughs and deep dives with assigned business units.

Lead regional projects by defining objectives and requirements in collaboration with project owners. Manage project workstreams through the development and maintenance of project plans and status updates, while conducting meetings and preparing presentations at the project level to prioritize tasks across affected areas. The individual will also serve as the escalation point for stakeholder issues to ensure timely management decisions.

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities:

 

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required More than 6 years’ experience in Financial services industry with background in Controls, Audit, Legal Obligations, Operational and or Compliance Risk Management or equivalent would be beneficial Strong team player with excellent partnering and influencing skill who is able to partner closely with peers who share the responsibility for data analysis and assessments across LATAM and Canada Highly motivated, energetic self-starter who takes ownership and able to make constructive observations and recommendations Good organizational skills - manages & prioritizes multiple tasks and high focus on quality Investigative mind-set, able to see issues at both a high-level and in detail, and understand applicability across the business Strong analytical, problem solving & process re-engineering skills Exceptional verbal and written communication skills Confident with communicating with and influencing stakeholders where appropriate Good judgment, maturity, and poise to identify risks and escalate where required

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

CORE, ELA, Excel, PowerPoint, and Alteryx skills preferable