Senior Principal Operational Risk Oversight-CARD

Discover Financial Services; Riverwoods (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading digital banking and payments company as a Senior Principal in Operational Risk Oversight. This pivotal role involves advising on operational risks, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring effective risk management practices. You'll have the opportunity to influence risk strategies and work closely with business leaders to foster a culture of compliance and governance. With an emphasis on meaningful work and a collaborative culture, this position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in the financial sector. Embrace the chance to grow and shine in a role that values your unique contributions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in Operational Risk Oversight or Compliance.
• Experience in first- or second-line risk roles in financial institutions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee operational risk activities and advise on risk management.
• Engage with business leaders to drive effective risk management culture.

Skills

Operational Risk Management

Compliance

Risk Assessment

Advisory Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

12+ years of Risk Management Experience

Job description

Senior Principal Operational Risk Oversight-CARD

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do

This role is responsible for operational risk oversight activities specific to a respective business line or corporate function. This includes advising, assessing, and effectively challenging all operational risks and mitigants for the specific business and their impact on both risk appetite and the goals and objectives of the business.

This individual contributor role will work with a team of individual contributors and oversee the operational risk activities across the business in partnership with business line leaders, business line control leaders, and other second and third line leaders including compliance risk and internal audit. Key to the success for this critical role will be to participate in the build out and establishment of an effective second line of defense operational risk organization. This role will work with other corporate and non-financial risk teams to ensure the effective implementation of enterprise and operational risk programs by the business and driving the effective challenge process of these programs.

Critical to success will be the execution and ongoing management of an effective second line of defense activities including monitoring, testing, effective challenge, and operational risk assessments of the business to ensure effective risk management practices and strong control environment for the business. The individual contributor will also be expected to engage with, influence, and work with business partners at all levels in the organization, escalate risks when necessary, actively participate in governance and operational risk oversight activities as assigned.

In addition to these core oversight and advisory functions, this role may lead and participate in cross-team Non-Financial Risk department special projects and ad hoc analysis/reporting to senior management on operational risks. In executing these functions, the Senior Principal is expected to collaborate closely with other colleagues across Operational Risk Oversight, Non-Financial Risk Management, Corporate Risk Management, and other lines of business and corporate functions.

Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How You’ll Do It

1. May provide support, coaching, development opportunities, and feedback to other team members.

2. Defines and executes the risk-based approach to independent risk assessments and oversight for the business.

3. Defines the monitoring and testing strategy to ensure effective oversight of the business and leverages the results from NFRM Testing COE to drive an effective risk and control environment for the business.

4. Execute operational risk advisory and effective challenge for programs across the Non-Financial Risk Programs.

5. Participate in and engage with business leaders in governance and management committee forums to help drive a culture of effective risk management.

6. Create and update status reports of program initiatives, activities, and non-financial risks to management and committees and escalate concerns and successes.

Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration and management

• 8+ years’ experience with Law, Operational Risk Oversight, Compliance or Operations

• 5+ years’ experience in first- or second-line risk, control, or compliance role in a highly regulated financial institution subject to Heightened Standards.

• In lieu of a degree, 12+ years’ experience with Risk management experience in a highly regulated financial/depository environment with specific focus on operational risk management, internal audit, or related.

Physical and Cognitive Requirements

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

• Primarily remain in a stationary position.

• No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.

• Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.

• Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.

• Ability to communicate verbally and in written form.

• Travel up to 25% of the time.

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Application Deadline: The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Feb-08-2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.