Senior Vice President, Control Manager

Job Description

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees' growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance - and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

We're seeking a team member for the role of Senior Vice President to join the 1

LoD Controls Hub. This role is located in Pittsburgh, USA.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

• Lead BNY's 1

LoD Controls Assurance methodology across RCSA and Global Asset Safety testing programs, ensuring assurance is commensurate with the firm's risk appetite and appropriately considers commercial objectives.

• Own the Quality Assurance (QA) framework, ensuring consistent methodology adherence, evidence sufficiency, and high acceptance rates through risk-based QA reviews and continuous improvement actions.

• Serve as the primary interface with 2

LoD (Risk and Compliance) and 3

LoD (Internal Audit) on testing approach and methodology.

Key responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve the enterprise 1

LoD Control Assurance methodology and templates: calibrate testing techniques, evidence standards, and escalation thresholds to align to BNY's risk appetite while enabling efficient execution and timely insight.

• Ensure the assurance program explicitly incorporates control monitoring and control indicators alongside point-in-time sample-based testing; define how monitoring outputs inform test scoping, intensity, and evidence sufficiency.

• Shape assurance practices in alignment with evolving AI capabilities: identify relevant, approved use cases (e.g., risk signal detection, anomaly identification, intelligent sampling, evidence analysis), establish guardrails, and integrate outputs into methodology and templates.

• Serve as the primary interface with 2

LoD (Risk and Compliance) and 3

LoD (Internal Audit) on testing approach and methodology; establish feedback loops and align acceptance criteria.

• Publish methodology updates, guidance notes, and training materials; ensure adherence across Controls Assurance teams; monitor adoption and quality through defined KRIs/KPIs.

• Establish and lead a monthly education cadence for the Controls Assurance team (e.g., methodology refreshers, interpreting monitoring outputs, indicator design principles, evidence quality, AI-enabled assurance use cases); own curricula, delivery, and completion tracking.

• Build and run a risk-based QA program and team for Controls Assurance: set QA scope and sampling plans, execute independent QA reviews/peer reviews, and calibrate reviewers to minimize variance.

• Define and maintain QA standards and tools: checklists, templates, evidence quality criteria, severity/defect taxonomy, and QA workflows.

• Measure and report on QA performance: establish KRIs/KPIs and deliver executive-ready QA reporting.

• Drive corrective and preventive actions: perform root cause analysis on QA findings, verify effectiveness, and feed learnings back into methodology, training, and templates.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience required.

• Strong preference for candidates who have overseen enterprise assurance methodology in a global financial institution,

• Experience in Internal Audit or SOX Testing, deep expertise in control testing practices is essential.

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Experience:

10 years of experience in control or related field

• Proven leadership behaviors: strategic direction, relationship development, talent development, execution, and customer focus.

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