Senior Internal Controls & Risk Manager

Bank of America; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America seeks a seasoned risk and controls leader to drive internal control discipline and operational excellence across a Line of Business or Enterprise Control Function. You will implement optimized controls, monitor QA, and partner with leaders to mitigate risks.

Role requires 5+ years in risk management, strong analytical and stakeholder skills, and experience presenting to executives. This position emphasizes collaboration, accountability, and controlling for regulatory expectations

Qualifications

• 5+ years in risk management, controls, or audit
• Strong knowledge of risk frameworks and control evaluation
• Experience with root cause analysis and control design/assessment
• Strategic thinking and process improvement experience
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Executive presentation experience

Responsibilities

• Leads assessment of design and effectiveness of risk and control environments for CS and enterprise standards
• Performs monitoring and testing of controls and identifies remediation actions
• Leads implementation of optimized controls and QA practices to support business continuity
• Manages performance and productivity of team members conducting QA reviews
• Ensures timely QA activities including control execution and results reporting
• Manages operations front line responses for regulatory exams and audits
• Ensures data accuracy and captures information for inspection metrics
• Handles Audit/TRA requests and daily BAU escalations
• Conduct risk assessments; identify control gaps and emerging risks
• Manage end-to-end control lifecycle

Skills

Controls Management

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Strategy Planning

Process Improvement

Data Analysis

Quality Assurance

Executive Presentation

Communication

Problem Solving

Monitoring & Testing

Regulatory Understanding

Job description

Bank of America seeks a seasoned risk and controls leader to drive internal control discipline and operational excellence across a Line of Business or Enterprise Control Function. You will implement optimized controls, monitor QA, and partner with leaders to mitigate risks.

Role requires 5+ years in risk management, strong analytical and stakeholder skills, and experience presenting to executives. This position emphasizes collaboration, accountability, and controlling for regulatory expectations