Data Quality Risk Manager - New York, United States - Axelon

Description

Global Financial Firm located in New York, NY has an immediate contract opportunity for an experienced Data Quality Risk Manager

"This role is currently on a Hybrid Schedule.
You will need to have reliable internet, computer and android or iphone for remote access into the client systems during remote work.
We will be expected in the office weekly 2-3 days depending on the team requirement.

****Video/ f2f interviews are required prior to all offers.

Pay rate range: $ $ Negotiable based upon years of experience

Data Quality Risk Manager

General Responsibilities

• Partner with issue owners and teams to provide guidance, challenge and quality assurance on the approach to pass IA and Regulatory scrutiny
• Facilitate execution of the Challenge and Quality Review Framework (1 st LoD self-assessment), through engagement and credible challenge with senior stakeholders, 2 nd nd 3 rd LoD
• Drive compliance of the QC Framework with Accountable Executives and Issue Owners
• Provide guidance to issue owners on how to best represent a reduction of risk and issue remediation that will pass the scrutiny of IA validation and regulatory review
• Provide an independent initial assessment and challenge on the remediation and evidence artifacts
• Work with stakeholders to drive challenge to ensure strategic deliveries meet the letter and spirit of management, regulator, Compliance or IA concerns
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders including issue owners, governance/policy owners, and program leads for intersecting work efforts
• Execute against multiple competing priorities simultaneously
• Ensure risks and issues are raised in a timely manner and in accordance with Client policy
• Ensure all programs understand regulatory feedback and expectations, underlying concerns, and their root causes to make sure their commitments are complete
• Provide review and challenge of each program's defined scope, assessed gap, target state, and success criteria to ensure it fully addresses the letter and the spirit of the regulatory feedback, broader supervisory expectations and underlying issues and root causes
• Identify related and interdependent program elements and provide feedback and input to ensure consistency of review and challenge implementation according to developed guidelines
• Review policies and risk frameworks
• Governance and project management
• Be proactive and self-motivated in driving quality and timely reviews/assessments end-to-end.

• Bachelor's degree; major in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration preferred
• 12+ years of progressive experience in the financial services industry; experience in Risk Management, Internal Audit; Knowledge and understanding of regulatory and risk management in the financial services industry.
• Experience working for a Regulator highly desirable.
• critical thinker who seeks to understand the business and its control environment.
• Recent experience in managing or leading audits and/or quality assurance reviews for a banking institution is preferred.
• Proven leadership and project management skills to drive alignment across stakeholder groups to review and challenge repeatable end-to-end risk management solutions and controls aligned with policies, framework and processes.
• Deep understanding of risk framework, corporate/business policies, and programs to translate into plans for the business, function and/or risk type.
• Demonstrated ability to understand effective and efficient risk controls and gaps within large organizations.
• Develop influential relationships based upon shared risk objectives and trust to deliver outstanding business impact and elevate team's value proposition.
• bility to work as a member of a team where success is defined not only on individual performance but also that of the entire team.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to articulate deadlines and deliverables clearly to senior members of organization
• Experience advising and collaborating with cross-functional internal & external stakeholders.
• Lead through change with candor and optimism
• Effective negotiation skills

• Consumer or Wealth Management Credit Risk Management
• Consumer or Wealth Management Risk Analytics & Reporting
• Capital Analysis and Stress Testing
• Loss Forecasting, CCAR , CECL , and Basel/RW
• Experience in model development is prerequisite; experience in Market Risk modelling e.g. VaR and Monte Carlo Simulation and/or experience in Counter party Credit Risk e.g. CVA, exposure profile modelling are strongly preferred
• Very good programming skills in at least one programming language, Python most preferably
• Familiarity with regulatory guidance around financial stress testing principles and methodologies (inc. TWD), are strongly preferred
• Expert in topics related to Model Development Lifecycle and Model Risk Management

• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred.