Senior Risk & Compliance Leader — CIB Control & Governance

Santander Holdings USA Inc Careers; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Santander Holdings USA Inc seeks a senior risk professional to govern operational risk and regulatory compliance for the Corporate & Investment Bank in the US. You will lead risk events, drive remediation programs, and provide executive reporting to governance forums.

The role requires 9+ years in risk, compliance or controls, with strong leadership and ability to challenge senior stakeholders. It offers a competitive package and a collaborative risk culture across the organization.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of relevant experience in financial services, business controls, operational risk, audit or compliance.
• Demonstrated leadership of complex issues and remediation programs across multiple business lines.
• Proven ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders and drive timely decisions.
• Strong knowledge of First Line of Defense responsibilities, enterprise risk frameworks and internal controls.
• Experience producing executive and committee-level risk reporting and presenting complex matters.
• People leadership, coaching, or workstream leadership experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead line of business governance of business issues and operational risk events across CIB US.
• Collaborate with the Issues Management COE to enforce quality standards for issue statements and remediation plans.
• Provide credible challenge to business owners and escalation of high-risk items to senior management.
• Ensure events are identified, documented, and escalated in bank systems with impact assessments.
• Collaborate with COE to monitor portfolio-level issues and sponsor preventative control enhancements.
• Produce and present executive MIS and committee reporting on status and trends.

Skills

Operational risk

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Stakeholder influence

Risk reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Business/RSS/Info Systems/Finance/Economics

Master's degree in related field; risk/audit/compliance certs

Job description

Santander Holdings USA Inc seeks a senior risk professional to govern operational risk and regulatory compliance for the Corporate & Investment Bank in the US. You will lead risk events, drive remediation programs, and provide executive reporting to governance forums.

The role requires 9+ years in risk, compliance or controls, with strong leadership and ability to challenge senior stakeholders. It offers a competitive package and a collaborative risk culture across the organization.