Operational Risk Analyst III

Title: Operational Risk Analyst III

Location: Vienna, VA (HYBRID)

Duration: Initial 6 month duration with potential extensions

Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

• Maintain and update Operational Risk procedural manuals, job aides, and tools.
• Assist in overseeing the most complex and highly specialized risk projects.
• Serve as liaison with Internal Audit and Regulatory Compliance, External Regulators to ensure adherence with Enterprise and Compliance Risk Management requirements.
• Serve as the Operational Risk point of contact for external examination preparation and ad hoc projects.
• Administer and oversee the compliance monitoring platform and data entry to ensure adherence with regulatory government agencies requirements.
• Monitor lower-level Analysts' corrective action target dates and oversee implementation of corrective actions to ensure prompt remediation and control implementation in coordination with internal/external audit examinations.
• Lead and assist in leading complex/difficult tasks of significant impact and latitude requiring advanced analysis.
• Review, maintain and document process narratives, workflows, and controls for new and existing processes
• Monitor and manage the remediation action plans to address the issues/events with management
• Present audit summaries and findings to senior management, and/or impacted departments, discuss deficiencies, and communicate required corrective actions
• Collaborate with applicable business partners throughout the audit process to enhance the overall audit and the regulatory change management experience
• Conduct preliminary research to document potential audit findings, analyzing the impact and probability, understand the process, workflows, and to identify key risks and controls

• Proficient with the Audit Exams and process flows to effectively manage and coordinate audits in each stage
• Experience managing complex projects and solving complicated audit issue
• Ability to take initiative to identify gaps in operation process and provide creative solutions to address or enhance them
• Advanced communication and presentation skills with the ability to collaborate with various business partners and resolve challenging situations
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and demonstrate integrity at all times
• Advanced knowledge of applicable federal and state regulations, company policies, and industry best practices
• Significant experience managing multi-faceted projects simultaneously that have cross-departmental impact
• Proven ability to plan, organize and effectively execute risk mitigation and process improvement initiatives
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey findings, conclusions, and recommendations clearly and concisely.
• Proven ability to influence, instruct and build consensus with internal and external business partners and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence management decision making
• Advanced knowledge of products, services, processes, requirements, and systems related to Real Estate Lending
• Ability to comprehend, analyze, interpret, communicate and apply government and financial industry regulations related principles and practices, and company instructions, procedures and policies
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Significant experience in collaborating across organizational boundaries and building partnerships across various functions
• Significant experience in managing multiple priorities independently and/or in a team environment to achieve goals
• Familiarity with 3rd party tool Logic Manager (desired), Asana (desired), Azure Dev Ops (desired), Service Now (desired). Capable of assisting in the configuration and enhancement of our audit database – Logic Manager, Azure Dev Ops (ADO), and Service Now
• Desired- PMP or other applicable project management certification
• Desired - Advanced knowledge of operational and regulatory risk controls, concepts and practices
• Desired - Working knowledge of financial services functions, philosophy, operations and organizational objectives
• Desired - Advanced knowledge of state and Federal laws; industry…