Operational Risk Analyst - Birmingham, United States - StoneX Group

Description

Overview:

An operational risk analyst is responsible for evaluating the company's operational processes and policies and identify procedures that pose risks for the business.

Primary Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

• Partnering with business lines and functional partners to implement risk management tools, processes and methodologies across selected functions and business lines and ensure they are used effectively.
• Contributes to risk assessments and drives actions to address the root causes that persistently lead to operational risk losses by challenging both historical and proposed practices.
• Recommends enhancements to internal processes and practices using an efficient risk-based approach, with a continuous improvement mindset informed by industry practices and regulatory standards.
• Assists in the development and maintenance of risk tolerance levels.
• Conducts research and analysis of operational risk data and trends, prepare reports / presentations on operational risk elements, emerging risks, and risk management best practices to support reporting to governance structure.
• Reviews and challenges new and changing internal processes to support creation and maintenance of efficient and effective control environment, including technology implementations, new products and services.
• Conduct testing on select controls to support monitoring of risk environment.
• Administration of risk management policies and procedures in GRC tool.
• Liaise with risk partners including but not limited to Information Technology, Compliance, Legal, Data Privacy, Human Resources, Internal Audit, etc.
• Delivers educational, training, or other materials to support the desired risk management culture throughout the organization.
• Development of relationships and knowledge of assigned business lines.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or related equivalent years of experience.
• 2-5 years prior risk or internal audit experience a plus.
• Competency in collaborating with multi-discipline, high performing work teams.
• Ability to demonstrate strong analytical, communications, conceptual, and problem-solving.
• Experience of working in a multinational environment.
• Knowledge of Basel and/or COSO.
• Operational risk or technology risk certification beneficial, but not required.
• Experience with GRC tool beneficial, but not required.
• Experience with PowerBI or Tableau beneficial, but not required
• Experience with system development / code deployment beneficial but not required

Physical requirements/Working conditions:

• Climate controlled office environment
• Minimal physical requirements
• Dynamic, time-sensitive environment
• Travel 10-25%