Moody's is a global integrated risk assessment firm that empowers organizations to make better decisions.
The Moody's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) team is dedicated to establishing and maintaining a firm-wide risk management culture and framework embedded within the business to support the timely identification, management and reporting of key financial, operational, reputational, and strategic risks. ERM is crafted to establish a common, organization-wide understanding of risk management through a consistent framework that seeks to identify and assess risks and report them to senior management to ensure appropriate prioritization and management and to incorporate risk understanding into decision making.
**Role/Responsibilities**:
The Operational Risk Manager role will be an integral part of the ERM Team supplying to the standardization of risk assessment and monitoring throughout the organization. This role is responsible for partnering with the Moody's Shared Services (MSS) organization primarily aligned with the People, Legal and Compliance (or Accounting and Finance) functions, to improve their operational risk maturity. You will be responsible for understanding the business areas' environment, risks, controls, and cross-functional dependencies.
You will facilitate the risk assessment process and partner with business owners to ensure risks and controls are adequately detailed and handled. You will ensure detailed issue root cause analysis and will coordinate development and execution of remediation plans. During new system implementations and/or process changes, you will support project management teams with identification of risks and controls. You will maintain and present risk dashboards and reports to management.
**Functional Responsibilities**:
- Collaborate with business areas and risk owners to proactively identify, evaluate, and lead risks.
- Facilitate the formal risk assessment process, providing an independent review and challenge.
- Enhance the business' risk maturity by improving the internal control environment.
- Support business areas with issue identification and coordinate root cause analysis.
- Ensure the Governance, Risk & Compliance reporting tool accurately reflects the current state of inherent and residual risks.
- Monitor key risk indicators to ensure alignment with risk appetite and provide recommendations for KRI enhancement.
- Conduct cross-functional analysis focused on specific risk categories to provide an enterprise view of risks.
- Support the execution of ERM initiatives relating to Business Continuity, Third-Party Risk, Risk Reporting, etc.
**Qualifications**:
- Undergraduate degree, preferably in Accounting, Finance, Management, or related field
- 5-7 years in Operational Risk Management or Internal Audit
- CPA, CIA, or professional risk management qualification a plus
- Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills
- Highly developed analytical skills and innovative problem-solving abilities, strong attention to detail
- Ability to quickly learn new concepts, curious, and willing to challenge the status quo
- Self-motivated; takes ownership of assigned tasks
Moody's is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
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