RCSA Project Manager

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an RCSA Project Manager for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in New York, NY.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the implementation and maintenance of the overall Global Banking Americas', front office Compliance Risk and Control Assessment Program in accordance with the Group/Regional guidelines and best practices.
• Monitor and inventory "trigger events ", such as new business activities, emerging risks, significant incidents, organizational changes, and others, that may impact the operational risk profile of Global Banking Americas and lead to Risk and Control Assessment Program updates.
• Produce reporting materials and present material as applicable for recurring/ad-hoc territory, regional or group committees, working groups, operational risk forums and others (e.g. Internal Control Committees) related to Global Banking Americas RCSA program.
• Maintain detailed and organized audit trail of RCSA projects/BAU materials and ensure RCSA system of record (RISK360) is continuously updated.
• Serve as a local relay of awareness to Global Banking Americas management related to operational risk framework evolution, policy/procedure updates, and initiatives sponsored by the bank's second line of defense and first line of defense functions.
• Coordinate appropriate training on Operational risks and Permanent Control framework to employees, notably newcomers.
• Manage other activities and projects as required by the role from time to time.
• Implement, inventory and maintain at the appropriate level the operational risk and control framework for the assigned business units.
• Assess external events such as external operational incidents, regulatory developments, and emerging risks to determine potential operational risk profile changes relevant to the assigned business units.
• Analyze internal operational incidents in a timely manner and define, jointly with the relevant business unit stakeholders, the correctives measures required to mitigate the risk exposure/control weaknesses.
• Define, inventory and keep up to date the business units' control plan, related key risk indicators, and key surveillance points.
• Review the operational risk framework setup as part of the validation process of new products/activities/processes launch (including outsourcing initiatives) for the assigned business units, including post implementation reviews.
• Coordinate the recurring update of the policies and procedures authored by the assigned business units as well as provide awareness of Policies and Procedures changes impacting/relevant to the assigned business units.
• Support the business units' interaction with internal/external examiners and monitor/coordinate the implementation of internal/external recommendations issued to the assigned business units.
• Provide business units staff a timely update and awareness on Operational Risk and Permanent Control Framework developments.
• Keep the assigned business unit's Organization, Risk and Control Summary Memo (ORCSM) continuously updated, and detailed audit trail relevant to the business.
• Maintain consistency between the BIA/BCP and RCSA of the assigned business units.

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