Marcus by Goldman Sachs, Business Controls, Associate, Dublin Dublin Ireland Associate

Asset & Wealth Management, Business Controls, Associate, Dublin location_on Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland

YOUR IMPACT

Are you passionate about customer services, operations, leadership, and using digital tools to provide solutions to customers? Do you have a background in risk management and controls operating in the 1st line? We're looking for an experienced risk professional to support our business.

What you'll do

• Reporting to the Head of Ireland Business Controls, you will lead our Business Risk and Controls efforts, ensuring a robust business risk management framework incorporating risk and control self-assessment and control assurance, business resilience, business continuity and incident management
• Responsible for establishing a strong risk cadence across all areas of the Savings business, managing our risks within the required business appetite
• Ensures compliance with established policies, procedures and authority levels across multiple cross-functional teams and processes
• Develops strategies to manage Regulatory and Operational Risk, working in collaboration with 2nd and 3rd line teams to identify any risks and managing issues in line with agreed business policies
• Provides direction and support to the business leadership team to ensure key controls are in place to manage Regulatory and Operational Risk
• Leads a small team of risk professionals, driving the risk strategy along with ensuring all required activities are completed in accordance with the business risk framework
• Supports monthly control testing across business procedures, as directed by the leadership team, to identify any gaps in controls of new / emerging risks
• Completes ongoing risk assessments; analysing existing risks along with new and emerging risks and identifying, describing and estimating the risks affecting the team and wider business
• Works closely with global Risk teams to establish and quantify the risk appetite and ensure this is embedded into policies, procedures and controls
• Conducts regular audits of policy and compliance to standards
• Partners with Delivery and Training and Development to collect and analyse data from each audit/monitor activity and assist customer support teams with the development and implementation of appropriate corrective action plans, training tips, and team communication to improve overall quality results
• Designs appropriate and ongoing risk training materials and facilitates training across all the teams
• Completes regular Risk Control Self Assessments for the savings business
• Provides monthly Risk and Compliance dashboard
• Provides monthly report on control testing
• Works with teams, and across the business to ensure the incident management and business continuity plans are well understood

REQUIREMENTS

• In depth product and regulatory knowledge across retail banking
• 5 years of experience in risk management and control testing, ideally operating in the 1st line
• In depth understanding of Operational Risk, within a regulated environment
• Understanding of EU and Irish retail banking regulations
• In-depth knowledge of management, regulatory policies and legal requirements
• Degree in Finance or a related field preferred
• Excellent business analytical, good eye for detail
• Excellent planning or organizational skills
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to influence people
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, verbal and written communication skills
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced, changing, start-up environment
• Problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Good technical acumen: ability to understand the wider digital business architecture

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