Senior Risk & Controls Leader, 2LOD & Governance

Patelco Credit Union; Dublin (CA); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

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401(k) Matching

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays

Résumé du poste

Patelco Credit Union in Dublin HQ is seeking a Senior Risk & Controls Program Manager to lead RCSA, Issues Management, and control oversight within the Second Line of Defense. You will design, enhance, and supervise risk assessment practices, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, monitored, and escalated as needed.

As the senior subject matter expert, you will partner with business leaders, risk partners, executive management, and regulators, providing thought leadership and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of risk management, operational risk, internal audit, compliance, controls, or related financial services experience.
• 7+ years of direct experience leading or overseeing Risk and Control Assessments (RCSA) programs and Issues Management frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience working within a Second Line of Defense (2LOD) risk function.
• Experience implementing or enhancing enterprise RCSA and Issues Management programs.
• Extensive knowledge of operational risk management principles, control frameworks, and risk governance practices.
• Strong knowledge of issue management lifecycle governance, remediation validation, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning.
• Experience presenting risk information to executive leadership, risk committees, and senior stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for Risk and Control Assessments (RCSA), driving the design, implementation, and continuous enhancement of assessment methodologies.
• Provide independent challenge and oversight of first line risk assessments, control evaluations, inherent and residual risk ratings, and mitigation strategies.
• Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of risk identification processes across business units.
• Facilitate and challenge business leaders during risk assessment workshops, ensuring meaningful identification of key operational risks and control gaps.
• Establish standards for control design, control effectiveness testing, and risk rating methodologies.
• Analyze assessment results to identify emerging risk trends, systemic weaknesses, concentration risks, and opportunities for control enhancements.
• Develop meaningful risk metrics, KRIs, KPIs, and reporting dashboards to provide executive management with meaningful insights into the organization's risk profile.
• Establish and maintain standards for issue identification, root cause analysis, corrective action development, validation, closure, and sustainability.
• Assess the adequacy and effectiveness of corrective actions to ensure sustainable remediation of identified risks and control deficiencies.
• Escalate significant risks and overdue remediation activities to senior leadership and governance committees as appropriate.
• Support ongoing maturation of the Operational Risk Management Framework and related programs.
• Develop and maintain policies, standards, procedures, guidance, and training related to risk assessments and issues management.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory expectations, industry best practices, and the organization's risk appetite framework.
• Support governance committees through preparation of risk reporting, presentations, and executive-level risk insights.
• Review risk events, internal audit findings, compliance observations, examination results, and operational losses to identify control implications.

Connaissances

Risk management

Regulatory knowledge

2LOD experience

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Ownership mindset

Root cause analysis

Description du poste

Patelco Credit Union in Dublin HQ is seeking a Senior Risk & Controls Program Manager to lead RCSA, Issues Management, and control oversight within the Second Line of Defense. You will design, enhance, and supervise risk assessment practices, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, monitored, and escalated as needed.

As the senior subject matter expert, you will partner with business leaders, risk partners, executive management, and regulators, providing thought leadership and