Enterprise Risk Management, Vice President

State Street; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Insurance coverage (medical, dental, V

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Performance-based awards

Tax-advantaged savings plans

Job summary

State Street is seeking a Vice President of ERM Controls & Assurance to support governance, oversight, and reporting for ERM-owned risks, issues, and controls. The role drives issue remediation, control governance, and assurance activities across Enterprise Risk Management.

You will collaborate with ERM leadership, Corporate Audit, Operational Risk, and Compliance to strengthen the control environment and deliver reporting for senior management and governance committees.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Risk Management, Controls, Internal Audit, Operational Risk, Regulatory Remediation, or Assurance functions.
• Strong understanding of control frameworks and issue management.
• Experience supporting regulatory remediation and audit-related activities.
• Proven ability to prepare executive-level reporting and committee materials.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide governance and oversight of ERM-owned issues, including regulatory findings, audit issues, and self-identified issues, and coordinate related reporting, escalation, and governance activities.
• Partner with ERM risk teams to assess control design and effectiveness, monitor trends across issues and controls, and identify opportunities for control enhancement and risk mitigation.
• Oversee maintenance and governance of the ERM control inventory within Archer.
• Support execution of the semi-annual ERM Risk Scorecard process.
• Coordinate quarterly control environment assessments and reporting.
• Support and challenge Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSA) in partnership with Operational Risk.
• Develop analysis, reporting, and presentations regarding control effectiveness, issue trends, remediation progress, and overall control environment health for senior management and governance committees.
• Coordinate ERM-related audit engagement activities, including requests, responses, management action tracking, and reporting.
• Assist in the development and review of remediation plans, closure packages, and sustainability assessments, providing effective challenge to promote sustainable outcomes.
• Monitor audit and regulatory commitments and report on remediation progress, key milestones, and emerging risks.
• Facilitate cross-functional working groups and represent the Controls & Assurance function in governance forums and committee discussions.
• Build effective working relationships across ERM to facilitate issue resolution, assessments, and control enhancement activities.

Skills

Risk Management

Controls & Assurance

Internal Audit

Regulatory Remediation

Assurance

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Tools

Archer

Job description

Vice President, ERM Controls & Assurance

Position Summary

The Vice President, ERM Controls & Assurance, will support the Head of ERM Controls & Assurance in providing governance, oversight, and reporting for ERM-owned risks, issues, and controls. The role is responsible for driving effective issue management, control governance, assurance activities, and risk assessment processes across Enterprise Risk Management.

The Vice President will work closely with ERM leadership, Corporate Audit, Operational Risk, Compliance, and other stakeholders to strengthen the control environment, drive issue remediation and assessment activities, and deliver reporting and analysis for senior management and governance committees.

Key Responsibilities

Issues & Controls

• Provide governance and oversight of ERM-owned issues, including regulatory findings, audit issues, and self-identified issues, and coordinate related reporting, escalation, and governance activities, including preparation of materials for the ERM and Corporate Compliance Business Risk Committee.
• Partner with ERM risk teams to assess control design and effectiveness, monitor trends across issues and controls, and identify opportunities for control enhancement and risk mitigation.
• Oversee maintenance and governance of the ERM control inventory within Archer.

Assessments

• Support execution of the semi-annual ERM Risk Scorecard process.
• Coordinate quarterly control environment assessments and reporting.
• Support and challenge Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSA) in partnership with Operational Risk.
• Develop analysis, reporting, and presentations regarding control effectiveness, issue trends, remediation progress, and overall control environment health for senior management and governance committees.

Assurance

• Coordinate ERM-related audit engagement activities, including requests, responses, management action tracking, and reporting.
• Assist in the development and review of remediation plans, closure packages, and sustainability assessments, providing effective challenge to promote sustainable outcomes.
• Monitor audit and regulatory commitments and report on remediation progress, key milestones, and emerging risks.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Facilitate cross-functional working groups and represent the Controls & Assurance function in governance forums and committee discussions.
• Build effective working relationships across ERM to facilitate issue resolution, assessments, and control enhancement activities.

Qualifications

Required

• 8+ years of experience in Risk Management, Controls, Internal Audit, Operational Risk, Regulatory Remediation, or Assurance functions.
• Strong understanding of control frameworks, issue management, control assessments, and assurance practices.
• Experience supporting regulatory and audit-related remediation programs and issue management activities.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare executive-level reporting and committee materials.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional initiatives.

Preferred

• Experience with Archer, RCSA processes, issue management, and control inventories.
• Experience supporting interactions with regulators and Internal Audit.
• Knowledge of risk reporting, control effectiveness assessments, and financial services regulatory expectations.

Salary Range

$120,000 - $202,500 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes:

• our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
• insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
• paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
• access to our Employee Assistance Program
• incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
• and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans

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About State Street

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Job ID: R-797295