VP, Enterprise and Operational Risk

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Leads the ongoing development and implementation of the credit union’s enterprise risk management program and supporting functions including Business Continuity, Vendor Management, Member Complaints, Legal, and Compliance. Aims to proactively identify, assess, mitigate, monitor and report risks, potential threats, and losses to the organization. Responsible for driving a robust risk culture as part of a transformation effort towards SECU’s one‑page strategy.

The VP, Enterprise Risk Management adheres to regulations and organizational policies, maintaining awareness and knowledge required to perform the duties of the position, including all aspects of the Bank Secrecy Act and related regulations, such as OFAC, and the USA Patriot Act, Fair Lending and Information Security.

• Designs, develops, evaluates, and recommends various risk management strategies, plans, and programs; suggests changes as needed and coordinates implementation.
• Leads the credit union in continually assessing its risk exposures throughout the organization.
• Identifies key emerging risks, assesses their potential impact on SECU, and discusses risk mitigation with appropriate business units.
• Ensures that SECU’s various planning processes consider the risks of key products, processes and strategies.
• Coordinates and facilitates Governance Risk & Compliance Committee (GRC) meetings to discuss key risk issues, identify emerging risks, and identify plans to address such risks.
• Present ERM risk assessment results to executive leadership and Board.
• Leads updates to ERM risk assessments and annual risk assessments.
• Reviews and approves risk assessments prior to their submission to ELT.
• Participates in the annual assessment of SECU’s capital adequacy in light of SECU’s overall risk levels, making suggestions to increase capital or reduce risk to move toward a desired level of capital adequacy, and presenting results of that study to executive leadership and the Board.
• Provides ongoing training to staff on the ERM program, as needed.
• Manages the member complaint program and provides reports to executive leadership, supervisory committee, and the board.
• Provides executive leadership and the board with information as risk profile changes.
• Reviews SECU’s fidelity bond and insurance is current; assesses coverage and makes recommendations for adjusting limits to appropriately cover risk.

• Designs, develops, evaluates, and recommends various business continuity strategies, plans, and programs.
• Leads the credit union in continually assessing its business continuity throughout the organization.
• Identifies key emerging risks, assesses their potential impact on SECU, and discusses risk mitigation with appropriate business units.
• Ensures that SECU’s various business continuity planning processes consider the risks of key products, processes and strategies.
• Coordinates and facilitates business continuity meetings and tabletop exercises.
• Present table top exercise and risk assessment results to executive leadership and the Board.
• Leads updates to business continuity risk assessments.
• Coordinates and facilitates annual training, program reviews and ensures program documentation is accurate and up to date.

• Conducts operational risk assessments. Oversees annual review and updates of risk…