Credit Bureau Relationship Manager - Risk Controls

Description

Position Summary

This position is a part of the Risk Controls, Governance, and Oversight department. Our risk professionals are tasked with working with the various business owners to centralize and execute on first line of defense functions to mitigate existing, new, and emerging risks. 

This role will be focused on the centralization of 3rd Party Risk management functions within the Credit Risk division. The candidate should be a subject matter expert regarding the Vendor Management framework, Contracts, Risk Assessments, and establishing Controls.

Summary of Essential Job Functions

• Own and manage 3rd Party Risk management functions.
• Ability to coordinate with Vendor management, Legal, and Vendors to push through any roadblocks.
• Understand the relationship between Vendor products and Bank strategies.
• Conduct regular risk assessments on the current inventory of Vendors and their processes.
• Ensure proper controls and documentation within all Vendor related functions.
• Navigate contract owners through Vendor onboarding processes.
• Standardize and align on contract submission forms.
• Establish guidelines and intake requests to support business units
• Ensure submission of all required documents and forms for new contracts
• Review, align, and update policies and procedures.
• Provide timely communications to risk leaders in high-risk areas.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years experience in Banking, Finance, Insurance, or Gaming.
• Intellectual horsepower with problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Self-starter, who can work independently with a high degree of organization on several projects at one time.
• Sufficient self-confidence and ability to propose new ideas/solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to contribute to cross-functional and collaborative projects.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft tool suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio).
• Must be detail-oriented and can thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing, and highly complex environment.
• Experience with 3rd Party Risk management functions.
• Ability to read and understand contracts and supporting vendor documents. 

Preferred

• Advanced degree
• Consumer Credit Card industry experience
• Experience in Banking compliance and regulations as related to credit cards or banking.
• Project Management experience