Operational Risk Leader | Second‑Line Risk & Controls

OnPoint Community Credit Union; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation package

Incentives

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401k matching

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

OnPoint Community Credit Union in Portland, OR seeks an Operational Risk Officer to advance the Operational Risk Management Program. This role partners with business leaders to provide second-line oversight, credible challenge, and expert guidance on risks, controls, incidents, and remediation.

You will lead risk assessments, evaluate control designs, and drive remediation plans while maintaining independence from day-to-day processes.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of operational risk management, internal controls, RCSAs, incident management, root-cause analysis, issue management, and remediation oversight.
• Significant knowledge of financial-services operations and the ability to understand complex processes, systems, transaction flows, vendor relationships, and regulatory dependencies.
• Ability to distinguish first-line process and control ownership from second-line oversight, credible challenge, and monitoring responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to independently facilitate risk discussions, challenge assumptions, and influence stakeholders without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary Operational Risk contact for assigned business areas and develop a detailed understanding of their products, services, systems, processes, vendors, and operational risk exposure.
• Provide independent risk guidance and credible challenge regarding process changes, new initiatives, control design, risk acceptance, and remediation decisions.
• Identify and escalate material risks, control weaknesses, emerging concerns, and risks that may exceed established risk appetite.
• Coordinate with Enterprise Risk, Compliance, Legal, Information Security, Vendor Management, Internal Audit, and other risk functions when matters cross risk disciplines.
• Lead end-to-end Risk and Control Self-Assessments for assigned business processes, including planning, walkthrough facilitation, risk identification, risk applicability analysis, inherent risk assessment, control documentation, control evaluation, and residual risk assessment.

Skills

Operational risk

Internal controls

RCSA

Root cause analysis

Risk reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Risk software

Job description

OnPoint Community Credit Union in Portland, OR seeks an Operational Risk Officer to advance the Operational Risk Management Program. This role partners with business leaders to provide second-line oversight, credible challenge, and expert guidance on risks, controls, incidents, and remediation.

You will lead risk assessments, evaluate control designs, and drive remediation plans while maintaining independence from day-to-day processes.