Business Risk & Control Manager – Consumer Deposits and Payments

Busey; Carmel (IN); On-site; USD 98,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Busey Bank is seeking a Consumer Business Risk & Compliance Manager to build and execute risk and control frameworks within the Consumer Payments and Deposits teams. This role acts as the SME for consumer risks across retail and digital banking products, providing consultative guidance to minimize risk exposure and regulatory scrutiny.

You will develop testing standards, report results to leadership, and coordinate with the second line of defense to translate regulatory requirements into

Qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication skills adaptable to audiences at all levels.
• In-depth knowledge of consumer regulations and trends, including small business protections.
• Design and documentation of procedures and controls for repeatable processes.

Responsibilities

• Assess existing controls frameworks across consumer payments and deposits and identify weaknesses.
• Guide control improvements to ensure effective but efficient design.
• Develop or enhance testing standards and monitoring programs for controls.

Skills

Communication skills

Regulatory knowledge

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business or Finance

8-10 years in financial services risk/compliance

CRCM certification (plus)

Tools

Smartsheet

PowerBi

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Summary

The Consumer Business Risk & Compliance Manager creates, facilitates, and executes risk and control frameworks within the Consumer Payments and Deposits departments of Busey Bank. This position serves as the business line subject matter expert for consumer-specific risks associated with both traditional Retail and digital banking products and processes. The Business Risk and Compliance Manger provides consultative advice across consumer banking processes end-to-end to minimize the bank’s exposure to financial risk of loss, regulatory criticism, and reputational risk.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assess existing controls frameworks throughout the consumer payments and deposits business lines – both front and back office – and provide recommendations for improvement when gaps or weaknesses are identified.
• Provide guidance on control improvements to ensure control design objectives adequately mitigate risk in an operationally efficient manner.
• Develop or enhance control testing standards and monitoring programs with business line staff to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of controls.
• Create and maintain reporting of testing results and other risk and compliance projects to keep business line staff and management apprised of risk management priorities and progress.
• Support change management necessitated by 1) the impact of new legislation/regulations or 2) the introduction or modification of new products and services insofar as they relate to an existing controls framework or require the creation of new controls; assist business line staff in implementing monitoring programs to ensure new processes/controls are both effective and followed.
• Function as a liaison between the second line of defense and the business to ensure coordination on consumer-related changes by translating the regulatory impact into the business lines’ operations.
• Support, track, review and/or validate the resolution of risk-related issues and findings to ensure root causes are addressed and post-remediation monitoring is implemented.
• Support the facilitation of enterprise risk management programs within business lines such as risk assessments, root cause analysis, business resiliency, etc., to ensure specific regulatory obligations or operational risk issues are adhered to.
• Participate in the interpretation of new legal and regulatory requirements, identify relevant requirements, and oversee implementation of these requirements, where appropriate.

Education & Experience

Knowledge Of

• Strong oral and written communication skills; can adapt communication and presentation style to fit various audiences up, down and across the organization.
• In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of consumer regulations and trends, which include small business protection regulations.
• Design and documentation of procedures and controls that promote consistent and repeatable processes.
• Products and services offered in both a traditional brick-and-mortar banking environment as well as a digital environment.

Ability To

• Develop new approaches and procedures for remediating a variety of issues and findings, including those involving lookback and customer restitution.
• Develop testing and monitoring programs and related metrics to measure the effectiveness of business processes.
• Problem-solve by making sound and timely recommendations or decisions to keep forward progress; is discerning and applies situational knowledge to determine appropriate action or escalation.
• Identify process efficiency and automation opportunities to strengthen control effectiveness.
• Establish and maintain collaborative partnerships at all levels throughout the organization; facilitate cooperation between process leaders when conflicting views and priorities arise.
• Manage a department and team of associates.

Education And Training

• Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience; Business or Finance degree preferred.
• 8-10 years’ experience in financial services with an audit, risk management or compliance background and/or experience in consumer banking operations.
• Large-bank experience (> $10B) strongly preferred.
• Current Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) certification a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office required, Smartsheet, PowerBi and other project and reporting tools preferred.

Compensation And Benefits

Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.

(Base Pay Range: $98,000 - $140,000/year)

Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well‑being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company‑paid life insurance and long‑term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre‑tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.

Equal Opportunity

Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering service excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment.