Vice President- Compliance and Ops Risk Test Manager

If you are a detail-oriented professional with a passion for risk management and compliance, join our dynamic team in the Testing Center of Excellence to navigate complex risk landscapes while making a pivotal impact in our firm’s robust risk strategy. You will play a key role in helping ensure a cohesive and efficient testing framework that contributes to the seamless delivery of quality outcomes.

Job summary:

As a Vice President, Compliance and Operations Risk Test Manager within the Testing Center of Excellence , you will lead in shaping the testing strategy across various business lines, ensuring alignment with regulatory and firm requirements. Your understanding of risk management and control evaluation will be instrumental in identifying and mitigating risks, thereby enhancing compliance and operational risk management. You will foster strong relationships with senior stakeholders, including business management and regulatory bodies, and translate complex business objectives into manageable tasks and activities. You will make impactful decisions while maintaining compliance with operational policies and precedents. You will manage a diverse team by planning and organizing activities to integrate and coordinate work across departments.

Job responsibilities:

- Lead the development and execution of comprehensive testing strategies for the assigned function’s control environment to ensure alignment with requirements and other regulatory frameworks, and with the firm’s risk priorities.
- Oversee testing processes with precision and accountability to assess the control environment, identify gaps, and prepare robust documentation (including process documents, process flows, and overview documents) that support testing conclusions.
- Manage complex testing initiatives by applying advanced project management skills to ensure timely and efficient delivery of outcomes.
- Drive issue validation, action plan quality, and closure discipline by partnering with control owners to ensure remediation aligns with risk acceptance and compliance expectations.
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement by leading meetings with business owners and stakeholders at various management levels, fostering collaboration across engagements, and effectively influencing stakeholders during challenging discussions.
- Make strategic decisions with wide-ranging impact by using deep knowledge of policies, standards, procedures, and risk management practices to ensure accurate implementation of compliance requirements and strengthen the firm’s compliance and operational risk management framework.
- Lead a diverse testing team by providing guidance, resolving issues, and fostering clear communication to ensure successful engagement delivery.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

- Qualified graduate with minimum 12 years of experience in controls testing, audit, operational risk management, and managing testing processes within a risk and control environment.
- Demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills, including experience fostering relationships with senior stakeholders and effectively communicating testing strategies and outcomes.
- Apply advanced project management and time management skills, with a history of delivering results that accelerate business objectives.
- Lead diverse teams while strategically planning and coordinating cross-departmental activities to achieve compliance requirements and operational excellence.
- Use advanced analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to systematically evaluate complex situations, extract key insights, and influence business leaders through excellent written and verbal communication.
- Demonstrate expertise in Microsoft Office applications, with advanced skills in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

- Bring experience with Know Your Customer, Anti-Money Laundering, Office of Foreign Assets Control, and Sanctions activities.
- Offer an auditing background and a solid understanding of internal controls.
- Hold a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification.
- Apply experience with automation and artificial intelligence-driven testing frameworks, including the ability to innovate, challenge the status quo, and proactively identify automation opportunities.