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Job Overview & Purpose:
As Senior Manager Risk, Compliance and Assurance you play an important role driving the overall direction of COO NZ risk and governance activities, including independent quality assurance and oversighting key enterprise-wide material risks.
The role leads and drives the incorporation of all aspects of the risk and compliance management frameworks into the day-to-day activities of the COO Division and ensures the overall risk profile is aligned to the risk appetite, and is appropriately managed by the business.
Teams and Functions:
COO NZ Risk and Compliance Team
COO NZ Quality Assurance Team
COO NZ Privacy Risk
COO NZ Data Management
Supporting with NZ IT Risk responsibilities
Risk Culture:
The Senior Manager Risk and Compliance and Assurance acts as a change agent for risk and compliance management within the 1st line of defence in the COO NZ Domain. The role enables the COO Management Team to achieve their business objectives through the adoption of the Risk and Control Framework.
The role is a position of influence and responsibility within the 1st line in supporting the adoption of a strong risk culture.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
General Management:
Build strong relationships with global and local stakeholders to ensure trusting working relationships to facilitate the sharing of ideas and ensure best support to business functions.
As a member of the COO Domain Management Team contribute to and review relevant global and local strategies, visions and policies.
Oversee the budget and coordinate resources for any projects as necessary.
Provide leadership, coaching and direction to employees.
Attend and actively participate in global, regional and local meetings/conferences as required.
Risk and Compliance Management:
Work closely with First Line Risk, as well as Operational Risk, Compliance and Internal Audit, to assist in ensuring that the COO department has a well-designed and effective operating control environment.
Participate in governance committees and oversee the preparation of all risk reporting to relevant committees.
Ensure the provision of proactive risk advisory activities that steer the direction and control of risk and compliance management within COO Domain.
Implement the Compliance Management Framework as it applies to COO as risk owner.
Maintain and demonstrate ongoing compliance with all applicable regulatory and legal obligations.
Support the periodic and event-driven process of identification, assessment and management of operational risks.
Facilitate a control self-assurance program, to provide comfort to senior management on the effectiveness of the control environment.
Deliver timely and effective reporting to stakeholders that conveys the effectiveness of the control environment and any areas of concern.
Responsible for assessing compliance breaches within COO, liaising with Compliance, and facilitating timely reporting to regulators.
Remediating or assisting with the remediation of matters of regulatory non-compliance relating to COO as risk owner.
Escalating and reporting of regulatory breaches and/or material breaches of the Risk Appetite Statement to the CEO, RNZL Board and Regulators as required.
Review business cases, to ensure the appropriate risk mitigations have been considered.
Data Management:
Drive the assessment of data quality and appropriate use of data.
Drive the analysis and remediating data quality issues.
Privacy Risk:
Responsible for the monitoring of privacy risk, reporting of key privacy metrics, in line with the Local Policy on Privacy and legislation.
Assurance:
Lead the Assurance team in providing specialist monitoring and quality assurance activities over processes, systems and controls in COO.
Conduct:
Uphold the Rabobank Values, behaviour, Code of Conduct and Treating Clients Fairly principles.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree or International Equivalent.
Post Graduate Diploma – Chartered Accountant or similar.
Experience:
A minimum of 10+ year's related experience in Risk, with a focus on controls, auditing, compliance, operational risk or process engineering.
Experience in IT/Cyber-security or Line Management preferably within the banking and finance industry.
Experience in Data Management preferable.
Proven ability to look beyond their area of expertise or responsibility in order to add value across the organisation.
Knowledge:
A knowledge of causes, influences and drivers of operational risk including IT risk.
Knowledge of retail and/or wholesale banking.
Skills:
Essential:
An understanding of Risk Management within the financial services industry and related regulatory standards.
Good understanding and knowledge of banking and finance systems, structures and processes.
Experience in building and implementing a risk management framework.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience managing and dealing with senior management and stakeholders.
Desirable:
Experience of working in a Risk or Compliance team with or working within a business unit in a role with Risk or Compliance responsibilities.
This role will close Friday 1 November 2024.
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