Head of Operational Risk Management
American AgCredit
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $144,968 - $289,937 per year
Job Level
About the role
- The Head of Operational Risk Management (ORM) is a leadership role responsible for building critical ORM programs in collaboration with first, other second line and third line partners and building foundational operational risk management processes, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy.
- This role will ensure ORM processes are executed consistently, and foundational components (e.g., taxonomies) are incorporated into new and existing ORM processes.
- The Head of ORM will have several programs in their portfolio, including but not limited to, Business Resiliency, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, and Insurance.
- This position will work closely with the Association’s senior leaders to ensure ORM programs and processes identify, assess, respond to, measure, monitor and communicate operational risks and opportunities in accordance with industry standards and best practices.
- Champion a strong risk culture across the organization, embedding risk awareness into decision-making and performance management in line with the Enterprise Risk Framework and Risk Appetite and produce or create training materials for ORM programs tailored to applicable audiences involved in execution of the program across AAC.
- Serve as an integral member of the Executive Leadership Group (ELG).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in operational risk management or related fields is essential.
- Advanced degree or professional certifications (FRM, CFA, CPA, CIA) relevant to the risk management profession are a plus.
- Expert knowledge and thorough understanding of designing, building and executing Operational Risk Management frameworks (e.g., COSO), programs, operational risk management processes, operational key risk measures/indicators (leading vs. lagging), operational risk assessment, and review.
- Strong business acumen with very high attention to detail and level of accuracy.
- Prior experience designing and executing operational risk assessments (e.g., RCSAs) and GRC tools.
- Ability to travel domestically up to 10% annually.
Benefits
- Commitment to agriculture and the communities we serve
- Family friendly work environment
- Investment in employee development
- Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
- Outstanding 401k – automatic 3% employer contribution, plus match up to 6%
- Generous Paid Time Off (Vacation accrued at 26 days annually, Sick Days accrued at 15 days annually, 12 paid holidays, plus 16 hours of volunteer time)
- Competitive Incentive Compensation Plan
- Disability & Life Insurance
- Employee mental, physical, and financial wellness programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
operational risk managementrisk assessmentoperational key risk measuresCOSOGRC toolsbusiness resiliencydisaster recoverycrisis managementoperational risk frameworksrisk appetite
Soft Skills
leadershipattention to detailbusiness acumencommunicationcollaborationrisk culturedecision-makingperformance managementtraining developmentstrategic alignment
Certifications
FRMCFACPACIA