Senior Risk Manager, Operational Controls & Strategy

Aegon Global Business Solutions Center; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus for Eligible Employees

Medical Insurance

Pension Plan

401k Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discounts

Career Training & Development

Job summary

Transamerica, a unit within Aegon, seeks an experienced Operational Risk professional to lead risk activities for the PS&SI areas in a Denver hybrid setting. You will embed risk considerations into business operations through assessments, monitoring, and remediation while partnering with leaders across risk, compliance, legal, and technology.

The role requires a strong background in risk management, control testing, and governance with a focus on methodical analysis and clear communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or related field
• Eight years of experience in risk management, operational risk management, internal controls, audit or compliance disciplines
• Experience leading operational risk management, internal controls, audit, compliance, or governance activities
• Expertise in control testing and operating effectiveness assessments
• Knowledge of risk management principles, including risk assessments, process flows, control evaluation, testing, monitoring, and remediation
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify risk trends and evaluate changing risk levels
• Ability to prioritize multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Sound judgment and problem-solving skills
• Ability to effectively present information and interact with all levels of management
• Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end business risk activities, including risk assessments, control evaluations, control testing, monitoring, and remediation efforts and identification of emerging risks and thematic risk trends.
• Support risk management activities for major PS&SI business initiatives and strategic projects, process changes and transformation efforts including assessment of potential risk impacts and mitigation strategies.
• Recommend process and control improvements to strengthen risk mitigation, operational efficiency, and quality outcomes.
• Manage risk issue activities, including identification, impact assessment, root cause analysis, action planning, validation, remediation tracking and reporting.
• Challenge process and business owners on risk decisions, control design and remediation plans to ensure actions appropriately address identified risks.
• Advise business leaders on complex risk matters and provide recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Provide guidance on process reviews, process mapping, control design, insufficient documentation or control gaps, process mapping and identification of new controls, and automation opportunities.
• Develop and maintain risk reporting dashboards, and management reporting to communicate key risk information and trends.
• Partner with stakeholders across the organization, including operations, technology, compliance, legal and second line risk to promote a strong risk and control environment and address cross-functional risks and dependencies.
• Support strategic initiatives by evaluating risk impacts, identifying emerging risks and cross-functional dependencies and recommending mitigation strategies.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

8+ years experience

Operational risk leadership

Control testing

Risk principles

Analytics

Prioritization

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Stakeholder communication

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/business

Job description

Transamerica, a unit within Aegon, seeks an experienced Operational Risk professional to lead risk activities for the PS&SI areas in a Denver hybrid setting. You will embed risk considerations into business operations through assessments, monitoring, and remediation while partnering with leaders across risk, compliance, legal, and technology.

The role requires a strong background in risk management, control testing, and governance with a focus on methodical analysis and clear communication.