Navy Federal Credit Union - Winchester, VA

posted about 2 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Winchester, VA
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

The position involves assisting with the management, planning, and oversight of line risk management functions specifically for the Real Estate Lending (REL) Division. The primary goal is to ensure the overall effectiveness of risk and compliance management programs, risk analytics, and operations. This includes planning, developing, and implementing technology operational risk frameworks, methodologies, policies, standards, and procedures to ensure effective quality control and audit procedures. The role requires ensuring that operational risk programs align with strategic business initiatives, achieve business and quality objectives, mitigate risk, and enhance operating procedures. Additionally, the position promotes operational efficiency and service excellence through appropriate risk controls, process improvements, and training. Key responsibilities include establishing Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs) and Controls Testing to evaluate control effectiveness, identifying control failures, issues, and event management, and facilitating risk and compliance remediation. The role also involves managing and partnering on efforts to identify and develop innovative, creative, and strategic initiatives for process improvements to sustain and improve risk in REL. Collaboration with various departments such as the Office of General Counsel (OGC), 2nd Line Regulatory Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Lending, Information Security, and other NFCU Business Units is essential to support risk and compliance-based initiatives. Furthermore, the position requires managing the identification and remediation of control deficiencies, developing solutions to strengthen controls, and overseeing corrective actions to aid management decisions. The successful candidate will also measure and evaluate the success of risk programs to determine their effectiveness and ensure adherence to risk framework requirements, internal policies, and best practices. Staying abreast of regulatory compliance standards, new and developing risk trends, and best practices is crucial. The role includes providing feedback to ensure training is compliant with all applicable statutory requirements and Navy Federal policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and values. The position also requires acquiring and processing diverse information to develop effective recommendations and corrective actions for management actions and initiatives, contributing to a culture of collaboration by actively working across business lines and sharing knowledge.

Responsibilities

  • Establish Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs) and Controls Testing to evaluate control effectiveness.
  • Identify control failures, issues, and event management, facilitating risk and compliance remediation.
  • Manage and partner on efforts to identify and develop innovative, creative, and strategic initiatives for process improvements.
  • Collaborate with the Office of General Counsel (OGC), 2nd Line Regulatory Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Lending, Information Security, and other NFCU Business Units to support risk and compliance-based initiatives.
  • Assess and support organization risk mitigation needs by developing strategies, tactics, and quality review solutions.
  • Manage the identification and remediation of control deficiencies and develop solutions to strengthen controls.
  • Evaluate the adequacy of corrective action taken on past reviews and report on the status of approved recommendations.
  • Measure and evaluate the success of risk programs to determine their effectiveness and ensure adherence to risk framework requirements.
  • Stay abreast of regulatory compliance standards, new and developing risk trends, and best practices.
  • Provide feedback to ensure training is compliant with all applicable statutory requirements and Navy Federal policies.

Requirements

  • Advanced knowledge of technology operational and regulatory risks and controls.
  • Experience in risk assessment methodology and systems.
  • Experience in managing audits working with internal audit and external examiners.
  • Advanced knowledge of, and proficiency in, data analysis, reporting, and operations research.
  • Ability to develop conclusions and feasible alternatives to formulate courses of action, including forecasting and cost-benefit analysis.
  • Considerable experience managing multi-dimensional teams and projects.
  • Experience in managing risk and/or compliance related activities in financial services or other relevant industry.
  • Advanced knowledge of applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.
  • Advanced knowledge of mortgage/banking/financial industry trends, products, and services.
  • Experience demonstrating thought-leadership, initiative-taking, decision making, and creativity in solving business problems.
  • Experience managing multiple priorities independently and/or in a team environment to achieve goals.
  • Experience leading and managing an analytics and risk operation, preferably in a large financial institution.

Nice-to-haves

  • Working knowledge of NCUA and FFIEC regulations, COSO, COBIT, NIST, and other risk frameworks.
  • Knowledge of Navy Federal's functions, philosophy, products, and services.
  • Risk Management or Regulatory Compliance Certification such as CISA, CRISC, CISM, ICBBR, FRM, or NCCO.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive pay
  • Generous benefits and perks
  • Recognition as one of the Best Companies for Latinos to Work for 2024
  • Ranked in Computerworld® Best Places to Work in IT
  • Listed in Forbes® 2024 America's Best Large Employers
  • Recognized in Forbes® 2023 The Best Employers for New Grads
  • Included in Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials™ 2023
  • Ranked in Fortune Best Workplaces for Women ™ 2023
  • Listed in Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2024
  • Recognized by Military Times 2023 Best for Vets Employers
  • Awarded Newsweek Most Loved Workplaces
  • Received Ripplematch Campus Forward Award - Excellence in Early Career Hiring
  • Ranked in Yello and WayUp Top 100 Internship Programs
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