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Job Description

US Bank Europe DAC (USBE) is licensed by the Central Bank of Ireland. Headquartered in Cherrywood Dublin it extends to a branch network across Europe. US Bank is committed to maintaining a high level of risk management and oversight throughout the US Bank group and as such is seeking to strengthen its Third Party risk team.

Position

Reporting to the Third Party Risk Manager, the Third Party Risk Associate is a key role in the Third Party risk team, with responsibility for third party risk management policies and procedures within the Bank, overseeing the implementation of third party risk programs for use within the Bank; ensuring successful implementation and co-ordination of assigned program activities and promoting effective change management activity. The role holder may also contribute to new business, service or product implementation from a third party risk perspective; undertake program enhancements supported by training, along with remediation work arising from continuous improvement and/or regulatory activity.

Context for and Responsibilities of this role:

Key working relationships

The role holder is required to build and maintain effective relationships across the Bank and its parent, including executive management, business line leadership, the broader Risk and Compliance team, the Second Line of Defence (SLoD) teams, corporate function staff, as well as key risk personnel across US Bank.

Key Program of Work:

• Third Party Risk Management Program

  • Ability to determine emerging areas of risk and to have a technical understanding of the regulatory process for providers and to assist with the development of the program to support arrangements and ensure compliance with relevant regulation.

  • Ability to draft and support implementation of policy, procedure.

  • Capability to complete formal documentation for submission to Regulatory Authorities.

  • Reviewing FLOD management of third party performance and tracking the timely resolution of mitigating action raised from SLOD reviews. Key focus on reporting performance failures and assessing data sources to identify and foster cultural shifts in the management of such arrangements.

  • Strong ability in preparing reporting for relevant internal governance structures.

  • Ability to play a key role in the USBE Third Party assessment process and to provide review, oversight and challenge of all third party arrangements.

Principal accountabilities of Position:

The role holder is responsible for (but not limited to) the following:

• Implementation and ongoing development of designated Third Party Risk program activities from a SLOD perspective including drafting associated policy, framework and supporting procedures:

  • Ensure policies are in line with regulatory expectation, local legislation and market specific requirements.

  • Facilitate timely regulation or legislation driven reviews as and when required.

  • Challenge and oversee the First Line of Defence (FLOD) implementation of Policy and programme providing training & awareness sessions and on-going support as necessary;

  • Executing of SLOD roles and responsibilities as defined in policy

  • Participate in regulatory change management (RCM) projects and/or manage change programs within the function in support of continuous improvement.

  • Actively support stakeholder management including assisting with the identification and engagement of relevant stakeholders;

  • Manage projects/milestones assigned for delivery, completing within timeframe and in line with stakeholder expectations.

  • Escalate significant issues to the management team on a timely basis, overseeing implementation of associated action plans.

  • Produce and present detailed, accurate and meaningful reporting for inclusion in senior committees.

  • Ensure appropriate quality assurance for individual reports

Skills and competencies:

The role holder is required to stay abreast of relevant regulatory and legislative matters. In addition, in order to support the ongoing use, design and implementation of operational risk management tools and reports, the role holder is required to build on their knowledge of the financial products and services offered within the Bank as well as operational risk management theory and practice.

Skills and competencies required include:

• Ability to assess complex data sets and provide meaningful insights that will drive action to reduce risk;

• Adept in creating reporting and presentations which simplify diverse and complex themes into understandable communications.

• Ability to manage competing demands in a complex regulatory environment.

• Ability to manage internal and external stakeholder relationships and expectations and demonstrate sound communication, negotiating and influencing skills.

• Ability to think and act independently, self-starter, customer focused, influencing and motivating others to deliver on program enhancement, project and Business as Usual (BAU) deliverables.

• Proven track record in drafting policies and procedures and facilitating implementation of same.

• Ability to implement change including delivering projects, or workstreams within, in a dynamic business environment

Experience:

Preferred experience includes:

• Minimum 3-5 years relevant experience, with significant risk exposure

• Strong proficiency with Excel (advanced level)

• Project leadership experience

• Track record of aiding the development, drafting and implementation of risk policy, procedure and tools in a financial services environment

• Track record of managing second line oversight and testing programmes, or sub-elements

• Risk reporting to Senior level Committees (Board etc.), preferably in an organisation with multiple business lines and geographies

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits:

We offer an exciting, fast-paced and diverse working environment with employees of many different nationalities. We provide benefits to help you protect your health and financial security; and give you peace of mind. We also invest in your career growth with development resources that give you the opportunity to stretch and shine.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.