Lead-Ops Risk Mgmt

Build, review and analyse Risk Management data to help inform business strategy, identify risk trends, and ensure appropriate and timely control, mitigation, and corrective action. 
Complete Risk and Control assessments, process walkthroughs in conformance with department standards, generally in complex areas. Recommend changes to BRC test plans to focus efforts on risk areas and provide value to stakeholders. Capture Business Processes in narrative and visual process flow format to conduct process design and control environment effectiveness assessments. Asist in coordination and execution of Operational Soundness/Resilience exercises.
Identify control deficiencies, assess exposure and significance, and propose corrective action recommendations. Monitor and validate Management Action Plan status. Recommend closure of Management Action Plans when actions are complete and identified deficiency has been addressed.
Actively manage Risk Events buy conducting detailed root cause analysis. via interviews, emails, evidence review in a fast phase environment and provide concise yet complete summaries and meaningful credible challenge and recommendations.
Collect, analyze, and help business partner identify and monitor meaningful and actionable Key Risk Indicators
Supervise and lead assigned projects. Manage the scope, schedule, and deliverables of assigned work. Provide leadership to peers and others as needed in the work assigned. Help with broader Global First Line Risk initiatives, projects, and deliverables.
Proactively communicate/escalate challenges and roadblocks that impact ability to meet established timelines. Coordinate with the appropriate control groups and business partners, in planning, and executing assigned work. Ensure work is completed within established timelines.

Responsibilities

• Periodic and ad-hoc control evaluation and testing.
• Conduct Business Risk Assessment work.
• Conduct process walkthroughs, documentation, and control gap analysis
• Work with multiple functional business areas and business owners to support first line of defence Risk Management delivery.
• Provide project support with broder Global First Line Risk initiatives, projects, and deliverables.
• Pro-actively identify opportunities and recommend solutions to mitigate current and future business risk.
• Review trends in Risk Events, audit and compliance findings in business functions to generate actionable reports to feed into Senior Leader communications.
• Assist in development and maintenance and review of risk and control inventories/process maps/Key Risk Indicators, risk ratings.
• Assist with writing/reviewing select policies and procedures.
• Assist in project management for controls remediation, process/control design and improvement projects.
• Asist in coordination and execution of Operational Resilience Exercises.
• Ensures timely and accurate Risk Event recording, resolution and closure and proposes escalation.
• Build, review and analyse Risk Management data to help inform business strategy, identify risk trends and ensure appropriate and timely control, mitigation and action. 
• Supports preparation of agenda/presentation document for Business/Function Risk & Control meeting
• Recommend changes to BRC control review plans to focus efforts on risk areas and provide value to stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and 7-10 years experience in an audit function, operational risk management and control testing, process mapping and control gap analysis.
• Previous experience in the Asset Management/Investment Fund Management industry; Internal/External Audit, SOC 1 and SOC 2, SOX, ISAE Review experience.
•  Solid knowledge and proper application of risk management, control and audit theory.
• Ability to assess and test control design and operational effectiveness.
• Ability to capture Business Processes in narrative and visual process flow format to conduct process design and control environment effectiveness assessments.
• Knowledge of current techniques in operational risk management, controls and operational soundness.
• Ability to assess data points (e.g. inherent risk, residual risk, emerging risks, control effectiveness, key risk indicators) to propose an actionable plan to bring data points into tolerance.
• Proficiency in risk management/testing and validation tools such as MetricStream, Archer, RCSA and Visio
• Ability to create targeted and high-quality papers for governance forums, working at the direction of the Director.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to write clear concise issue summaries, business cases, recommendations, report summaries.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel Advanced skills used for higher-level data analysis and data manipulation, involving more complex formulas and formatting as well as in-depth knowledge of Excel tools and functions.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Power BI and Visio.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and time-management skills.
• Ability to drive results and meet deadlines.
• Experience with managing and delivering on multiple projects with competing deadlines.
• Ability to coordinate with appropriate control groups in planning and executing assigned work.
• Expanded knowledge/understanding across multiple lines of business and/or develop knowledge/understanding in critical subject matter area.
• Ability to transfer knowledge and assist others to expand control testing, risk management skills and business knowledge.
• Ability to conduct detailed root cause analysis. Ability to discern the main issue at hand via interviews, emails, evidence review in a fast phase environment and provide concise summaries and meaningful credible challenge and recommendations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Solution oriented creative thinker
• Proven ability to partner with business leaders in assessing and mitigating risks.
• Previous experience in MetricStream REV, RCSA and KRI modules and methodologies
• Expanded knowledge/understanding across multiple lines of business and/or develop knowledge/understanding in critical subject matter area.
• Familiarity with EMEA, North America, APAC regulatory requirements

About Our Company
Ameriprise India LLP has been providing client based financial solutions to help clients plan and achieve their financial objectives for 125 years. We are a U.S. based financial planning company headquartered in Minneapolis with a global presence. The firm’s focus areas include Asset Management and Advice, Retirement Planning and Insurance Protection. Be part of an inclusive, collaborative culture that rewards you for your contributions and work with other talented individuals who share your passion for doing great work. You’ll also have plenty of opportunities to make your mark at the office and a difference in your community. So if you're talented, driven and want to work for a strong ethical company that cares, take the next step and create a career at Ameriprise India LLP.

Ameriprise India LLP is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.

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