CRE Risk Advisory Leader

U.S. Bank; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 124,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior CRE Risk Advisory professional to partner with multiple CRE units, guiding operational risk governance and remediation activities. Responsibilities include issue resolution, control evaluation, and facilitating audits and regulatory examinations.

The role requires collaborating with senior leaders to balance business objectives with risk controls, driving process improvements, and strengthening resiliency across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of risk, advisory, or related experience.
• Expert understanding with risk management, issue remediation, audit tracking, and governance processes.
• Strong understanding of laws, regulations, financial services, and regulatory trends.
• Ability to build credibility and effectively partner with senior business leaders and stakeholders.
• Strong process facilitation, project management, and organizational skills.
• Excellent presentation, relationship management, and negotiation abilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and databases.
• Experience with nCino and Archer preferred.
• Experience utilizing technology solutions to support operational risk, controls, and process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted risk advisor to CRE business partners on operational risk matters, controls, governance, and procedural requirements.
• Support issue identification, root cause analysis, remediation planning, and resolution of operational risk events.
• Partner with business leaders to evaluate risks associated with new initiatives, organizational changes, and business process enhancements.
• Lead and facilitate process improvement initiatives, including process mapping, control evaluation, and workflow optimization.
• Coordinate and support internal audits, regulatory examinations, and remediation activities.
• Assist with risk and control documentation, governance activities, and ongoing monitoring efforts.
• Support business continuity planning, third-party oversight, and operational resiliency initiatives.
• Assess downstream impacts of organizational and business changes and recommend appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across risk, compliance, audit, legal, operations, and business functions to address complex issues.
• Monitor operational risk trends and emerging concerns and provide recommendations to strengthen business processes and controls.
• Communicate risk-related findings, recommendations, and project updates to business leadership and key stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

10+ years of applicable experience

Tools

nCino

Archer

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Databases

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior CRE Risk Advisory professional to partner with multiple CRE units, guiding operational risk governance and remediation activities. Responsibilities include issue resolution, control evaluation, and facilitating audits and regulatory examinations.

The role requires collaborating with senior leaders to balance business objectives with risk controls, driving process improvements, and strengthening resiliency across the organization.