Senior Director, Loans Enablement Platform Controls Lead

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We are looking for a Senior Director, Loans Enablement Platform Controls Lead, to help design, implement and maintain a robust controls framework Loans Enablement Platform. 

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Serves as a first line of defense controls leader for the Loans Enablement Platform, partnering with business, operations, and functional stakeholders to strengthen and sustain a strong control environment.
• Leads the design, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of controls embedded within day-to-day business processes to proactively identify, mitigate, and manage operational and compliance risks.
• Uses in-depth knowledge of risk and control frameworks, process governance, issue management, and business operations to identify potential control gaps and areas of heightened risk.
• Oversee the execution of control activities, including risk and control self-assessments, control testing support, issue identification, action plan development, and remediation tracking.
• Partners closely with business leaders to ensure controls are practical, effective, and aligned to regulatory expectations, internal policies, and business strategy.
• Reviews risk and control reporting for accuracy, completeness, and clarity, and escalates key themes, emerging risks, and control issues to senior management as appropriate.
• Accountable for supporting audits, regulatory exams, and internal reviews by coordinating responses, preparing materials, and ensuring timely remediation of identified issues.
• Drives a strong risk and control culture across the business by promoting ownership, accountability, and proactive identification and resolution of control issues within the first line.
• Establishes, manages, and oversees a robust internal control framework for the business, including governance routines, process-level controls, issue management disciplines, and monitoring practices.
• Partners with Compliance, Risk, and Audit to assess the impact of regulatory changes, business initiatives, and process changes on the control environment and ensure the business remains appropriately controlled.
• Drive continuous improvement in the control environment through process simplification, enhanced governance, improved reporting, and use of risk analytics and control metrics.
• Ensures the integrity, completeness, and proper interpretation of control data, reporting, and metrics to provide a clear view of the business risk profile and support timely decision-making.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience; MBA, JD, or professional certification preferred.
• 10–15+ years of total work experience, with significant experience in first line controls, operational risk, business risk, compliance, audit, or risk management within financial services preferred.
• Strong understanding of first line of defense responsibilities, including control ownership, issue identification, remediation, process governance, and risk escalation.
• Financial services, audit, compliance, or operational risk background; experience supporting complex products, services, or business lines in a highly regulated environment preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to advise senior business leaders on control strategy, risk mitigation, and strengthening a sustainable controls culture within the business.
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional control initiatives and partnering effectively across business, operations, compliance, risk, and audit functions.
• Experience managing or leading teams of professional staff, with the ability to develop talent, drive accountability, and deliver against strategic control priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize risk themes and influence stakeholders across multiple levels of the organization.

About UsFor over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments & safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers. About the Team

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Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

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