As the ORM representative within the Compliance, Conduct and Operational Risk team, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining a second line of defense function, fostering stakeholder relationships, including Business, Legal, Finance, Audit and other control functions, promoting innovation, and ensuring a strong risk and control environment.

Job Responsibilities

Based on Mexico, as the Operational Risk Management (ORM) Vice President, you will have both Line of Business second line of defense coverage for Markets and ORM Country Lead coverage. As the ORM representative, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining a second line of defense function, fostering stakeholder relationships, including Business, Legal, Finance, Audit and other control functions, driving innovation, and ensuring a strong risk and control environment.

• Serve as the main point of contact for ORM and Markets Lead; includes cross line of business representation at local committees, forums, exams and audits.
• Lead and support regulatory reviews, audits, exams, deliverables and inquiries
• Provide independent oversight and review across various initiatives and business processes
• Conduct independent assessments of operational risks leveraging the CCOR framework
• Understanding and guidance on the local regulatory requirements in Mexico that impact operational risk
• Review CCOR policies, procedures, and bulletins to ensure alignment with local regulatory obligations and corporate requirements; further addressed by local manuals
• Operational Risk Appetite and Risk Identification, including related requirements
• Provide critical and analytical thinking to challenge the status quo and propose creative solutions.
• Create a proactive legal entity culture within 1LOD and 2LOD.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including the business, Legal, Audit, Finance and other control functions.
• Responsible for local horizontal risk oversight (resiliency, outsourcing, data risk).
• Contribute to innovation projects to automate manual processes using tools like Alteryx, LLM and Tableau.

Required Qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Minimum Bachelor degree in Finance, Business or Risk related subject.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience, financial services expertise required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present concise findings in a persuasive manner (English and Spanish).
• Experience interacting with audit and local regulators.
• Strong working knowledge of Markets products and services offered by the Equities and CEM business.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision and exercise sound judgment.
• Experience with Risk Management, Operations, Product Management or Front Office.
• Ability to work in a matrix reporting structure.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and project management skills with successful track record of completion.
• Team player with strong influencing skills and ability to drive change and deliver results.
• Experience managing projects and programs end to end in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and thrive in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Ability to learn and understand internal systems.
• Ability to interact with all levels of personnel within the corporate framework.