A fantastic opportunity has become available for a Compliance and Operational Risk Specialist to join the established Chief Financial Officer Compliance and Operational Risk (CFO COR) team in Dublin. The C&OR Specialist assists in engaging other C&OR officers, including horizontal coverage owners and Enterprise Areas of Coverage (“EAC”), to provide comprehensive oversight of CFO activities.

This role assists in developing and maintaining a global coverage plan which defines the scope and risk-based focus of the second line’s risk management activities. The C&OR Specialist assists in preparing materials for C&OR regulatory exams/audits/inquiries and may assist with preparation for FLU/CF regulatory exams/audits/inquiries.

Overview of the Role:

The C&OR Specialist is accountable for assisting the C&OR Team in the proactive identification, escalation and timely mitigation of compliance and operational risks through the execution of some or all of the following activities:

Assists in the development of independent risk management reporting for respective area(s) of coverage as input into governance and management routines

Contributes to the oversight of FLU/CF training which may include content development and/or tracking and communication of employee completion rates

Assists with the development and maintenance of C&OR owned policies and standards and/or the oversight of FLU/CF-owned policies, standards and procedures to ensure regulatory and operational risk requirements are appropriately addressed, inclusive of conduct risk as applicable

Monitors the regulatory environment to identify regulatory changes applicable to area(s) of coverage and maintains a comprehensive regulatory inventory; may support communication of regulatory changes to the FLU/CF and ensuring that policies, standards, procedures and/or processes are appropriately implemented or amended to address regulatory requirements

Assists in identifying, aggregating, reporting, escalating, inspecting and challenging remediation plans, and performing thematic analysis on FLU/CF-owned issues and control enhancements

Assists in remediating C&OR “owned” issues and control enhancements

Contributes to risk coverage plan development, executes independent risk monitoring, testing, and risk assessments, communicates results

Reviews and challenges the FLU/CF process, risk, control (PRC) inventory and FLU/CF Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA)

Supports the review and challenge of internal and external operational loss events, including development of remediation plans to strengthen controls

Assists with the development of risk metrics, monitors related performance and breach remediation

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in related discipline
• Proven Business & Functional Experience in one or more of the following finance, capital markets/trading/funding, capital management, liquidity management or related disciplines
• Ability to collaborate with business and peer partners globally

Desired Skills:

• Intellectual curiosity – approaches each day with a curious mindset; effectively uses inquiry to uncover facts and circumstances; consistently applies critical thinking
• Communication - ability to communicate effectively and with impact, including excellent writing and presentation skills
• Collaboration - Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals. Influencing and negotiating across external stakeholders (regulators) as well as internal groups
• Innovative - ability to identify simpler and better ways of doing things; embraces and adapts to change well
• Autonomy – self-starting, able to translate broad-strokes to actions. Actively seeks and executes on value-added opportunities
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive agenda
• Leveraging Diversity- Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the organization. Exposure and involvement with Employee Engagement initiatives including supporting Diversity & Inclusion efforts