Senior Manager, Business Risk

Job Family Operational Risk

About Us At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests. Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.

We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life. Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include
1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors,
2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and
3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs. Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.
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Lead key components of the Protection Solutions and Savings & Investment (PS&SI) first line risk management program. Ensure risk considerations are embedded within business operations through the identification, assessment, monitoring, mitigation, and reporting of operational risks while partnering with leaders to maintain an effective risk profile.

• Lead end-to-end business risk activities, including risk assessments, control evaluations, control testing, monitoring, and remediation efforts and identification of emerging risks and thematic risk trends.
• Support risk management activities for major PS&SI business initiatives and strategic projects, process changes and transformation efforts including assessment of potential risk impacts and mitigation strategies.
• Recommend process and control improvements to strengthen risk mitigation, operational efficiency, and quality outcomes.
• Manage risk issue activities, including identification, impact assessment, root cause analysis, action planning, validation, remediation tracking and reporting.
• Challenge process and business owners on risk decisions, control design and remediation plans to ensure actions appropriately address identified risks.
• Advise business leaders on complex risk matters and provide recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Provide guidance on process reviews, process…