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Merrill

Compliance and Operational Risk Manager

Charlotte, NC

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

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Job Description:
This job is responsible for executing second line of defense compliance and operational risk oversight for a Front Line Unit (FLU). Key responsibilities include oversight of FLU adherence to applicable Compliance and Operational Risk and the Compliance and Operational Risk Management Program and Standard Operating Procedures are implemented, and identifying, challenging, escalating, and mitigating risks in a timely manner.

Responsibilities:

  • Assesses risks and effectiveness of Front Line Unit (FLU) processes and controls to ensure compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, while assisting in responding to regulatory inquiries, examinations and internal
  • Engages in activities to provide independent compliance and operational risk oversight of FLU in alignment with the Global compliance and operational risk policy, and the Compliance and Operational Risk Management Program and Standard Operating Procedures
  • Identifies and escalates problems or issues that arise in the FLU and drives actions to address the root causes that lead to compliance risk issues and/or operational risk losses
  • Assists in the development of independent risk management reporting for respective area(s) of coverage as input into country/regional governance and management routines
  • Analyzes and interprets applicable laws, rules, and regulations to provide clear and practical advice to stakeholders, and identify and manage risks
  • Reviews and challenges FLU Single Process Inventory, and FLU Risk and Control Self-Assessment related to themes or trends, while monitoring the regulatory environment to identify regulatory changes applicable to area(s) of coverage
  • Develop an effective working relationship with FLU business controls team and other internal departments, such as Legal, Operations, Financial Crimes Compliance, and broker-dealer Supervision
  • Work closely with other Compliance and Operational Risk teams to ensure consistency in approach and best practices

Required qualifications:

  • 7+ Years Business & Functional Experience
  • Degree Required: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Skills:

  • Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Reporting
  • Risk Management
  • Critical Thinking
  • Influence
  • Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations
  • Issue Management
  • Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management
  • Business Process Analysis
  • Decision Making
  • Negotiation
  • Process Management
  • Written Communications
  • Intellectually curious and dispassionately objective

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

Client-provided location(s): Charlotte, NC, USA; Pennington, NJ 08534, USA
Job ID: Merrill-JR-24011084
Employment Type: Full Time