Senior Analyst, Operational Risk Management

Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day execution of the Transamerica Operational Risk Management activities including identification, assessment, monitoring, and reporting of key risks across the company business and technology landscape.
• Participate in risk assessments across assigned business groups.
• Participate in process design reviews and identify areas for improvement to increase efficiency and quality.
• Carry out action plan status reporting and monitoring, and assist with root cause analysis.
• Assist process owners during the development of action plans to assess adequacy of actions taken by management.
• Participate in the execution of Process Risk Assessments.
• Participate in and support management control testing efforts.
• Collaborate with peers in the Risk Management function, and various partners and stakeholders throughout the organization (e.g. line and functional management, compliance, IT, Internal Audit).
• Navi​gate company Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC) tool to record, update and report on various risk issues, risk events, action plans, etc.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or relevant field
• Four years of experience in operational risk management or internal controls, or experience in an operational role with working knowledge of operational risk management or internal controls
• Experience in operational risk management, internal controls, audit, or equivalent field
• Good knowledge and experience with risk management principles and techniques including development of process flows, identification and assessment of risks and controls, testing and monitoring procedures, and development of related metrics
• Ability to present and interact with various levels of management
• Ability to build relationships with people at all levels
• Excellent oral/written communication skills
• Knowledge and/or experience in the insurance or financial services industry (Preferred)
• Data Analytics experience, particularly Power BI or advanced Excel (Preferred)
• CPA, CIA, CISA (Preferred)

• CPA
• CIA
• CISA