Payments Control Management - Vice President

Job Description
There is an exciting opportunity to join the Regional Payments Business Controls Management Team as a Controls Vice President.
Job Summary:
As a Vice President in Payments Controls, you will have the opportunity to partner alongside the Control manager in Japan and be part of a broader team covering Payments. In this role, you will support the continuous build out of the end to end controls, ensuring that business growth is supported with a strong risk and control foundation. You will work closely with the business and key stakeholders to review processes, identify emerging risks and advise on controls to mitigate risk. This role will allow you to leverage your strong process orientation/project management skills, critical thinking, problem solving, and excellent writing/ presentation skills.
Job responsibilities:

• Work with the business to identify key processes and related inherent risks; assess and monitor risks
• Advise on the establishment of front office controls and risk mitigation, any controls gaps and breached
• Collaborate with the business to build, monitor, evidence and close out Issues and Actions Plans (APs) to eliminate control gaps
• Provide guidance and oversight to central testing team in the ongoing testing of controls. Manage escalation and documentation of Risk Events
• Build out and refresh CORE processes, risks and controls in alignment with standards to ensure proper representation of business and audit/exam readiness. Complete ongoing CORE deliverables in timely manner, i.e. risk ratings, KRIs, control effectiveness
• Work with business to build tools and artifacts to help properly reflect business processes in CORE (e.g., process flows, Role and Responsibility documents)
• Collaborate with internal Audit, Regulatory Management and Compliance to help facilitate Audits, Exams and-internal testing
• Support Payment Business/Regional/Local Control Forums; provide input, as applicable, for monthly presentations; create documentation
• Provide guidance to business to ensure local initiatives go through proper New Business and Change Management protocols and monitoring
• Participate and lead projects designed to enhance the control environment and simplify processes
• Produce and present materials which provide clear insight and analysis into the risk environment and trends relevant to the Payments business

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics or a related discipline.
• 5 years of experience in risk and control, operational risk management, operations, product management, business management or related functions within financial services industry.
• Fluent verbal, reading and written communication skills in English and Japanese is required, to communicate in verbal and written with Japanese regulators and stakeholders.
• Ability to engage effectively across teams, taking a leading role with internal/external partners in defining strategy while focusing on day to day processes
• Personal impact and credibility are essential. Organizational skills are required to marshal internal resources in support of projects
• Proven track record in effectively managing high performing, diverse teams across multiple locations
• Ability to partner in a virtual team environment across multiple locations
• Ability to think flexibly and learn rapidly, manage multiple projects at once and prioritize effectively
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to exercise sound and balanced judgment; keen attention to detail;
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), including ability to succinctly advise of risks, challenges and potential solutions

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• MBA degree
• Korean language skills preferred
• Knowledge of Payments business is preferred

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About the Team
The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world's most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.
Control Management maintains a strong and consistent control environment through a joint accountability model that aligns managers with each function and region to mitigate operational risk. The team focuses on four areas: Control Design & Expertise, Risks & Controls Identification/Assessment, Issues & Control Deficiencies and Control Governance & Reporting.