Risk Data Manager - CCAR Controls and Attestation

Risk Data Manager - CCAR Controls and Attestation

Job Level: Vice President Job Function: Data Design Location: New York, NY, US, 10172 Employment Type: Full Time

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries.

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $150,000.00 and $198,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

Role Description

The Vice President Risk Data Management role will be within the Risk Department (RMDAD), reporting to the Director Risk Data Management. Role Objectives:

• Main role: CCAR related Controls Assessment and Attestation: (A) Review CCAR reporting related Controls within the Risk department and assess them based on the (1) Control Design, and (2) Control Effectiveness; (B) Assess the Attestation provided to the Risk Department by other upstream groups which provide data to the Risk department for Risk related CCAR reporting.
• Execute data governance, improve operational data quality, lead data related projects, and implement BCBS 239 compliance. Ensure timely, accurate and complete collection and aggregation of risk data.
• Act as a data steward, providing guidance and ensuring best practices are followed. Ensure data stewardship processes are aligned with regulatory requirements and SMBC CDO policies and guidance. Promote the use of accepted data definitions, common reference data and sound data usage practices.
• Define, monitor, and maintain the risk department's data assets. Establish inventories of key data outputs, and key data elements. Document data lineage, define and monitor data quality controls. Establish key performance indicators for data quality and regularly report on metrics by producing data quality scorecards. Leverage the data governance platform (Collibra) to capture data governance artifacts.
• Identify data quality issues, and work with the CDO team and other stakeholders to resolve these issues, improving overall data quality within the risk function. Lead initiatives to resolve data quality issues. Ensure risk reporting is accurate, clear and complete, and presented to the right stakeholders timely.
• Collaborate with other internal stakeholders to ensure appropriate awareness and escalation of issues as they arise.
• Maintain excellent team-wide subject matter expertise in risk data. Provide data expertise to technology, regulatory and other change projects (new development and enhancement).
• Work with technology partners to implement the technology necessary to support the risk data governance program, including the adoption of bank wide master data management tools (e.g. counterparty master)

Qualifications and Skills

Recommended total years of experience: 6 9 Required: 3 - 4 years of specific experience in CCAR Reporting Controls Assessment and Attestation in one of the following capacities: 1st line (Risk or Finance), 2nd line (Review and Challenge), or 3rd line (Internal Audit) Required: Extensive hands-on experience designing, executing, reviewing, or overseeing CCAR control testing within Finance, Risk, Data, or Technology domains Required: Demonstrated ability to assess control design effectiveness and operating effectiveness across the CCAR end-to-end lifecycle Required: Proven experience operating within regulatory-grade control frameworks, including documentation, evidence, issue management, and attestation: Management attestation for CCAR cycles; Sub-certifications and evidence sign-offs; Regulatory and senior management responses; Control ownership or testing in support of CCAR submissions Education: BS/BA Required, preferred majors: computer science, information / data / system management; MBA or MS / PhD in information science Strong communication (oral and written) and presentation skills Strong ability to lead in data governance and data quality issue management. Experience working on key data elements and data lineage establishment. Experience working with industry standard data governance tooling, e.g. Collibra. Experience in risk reporting preferred. Strong ability to communicate business ideas and topics to technical and nontechnical audience Ability to influence people outside the immediate span of control, negotiate and resolve conflicts, and work with stakeholders in various departments of the firm, or across lines of defense Extensive knowledge of banking data systems (including SQL, NoSQL) and cloud data platforms (e.g. Azure) and related services. Ability to work under pressure, operate comfortably in a fast-paced, demanding environment, and manage a significant workload with minimal supervision Ability to collaborate with and successfully contribute to cross-functional teams and work with people from regions around the world Advanced skills in MS Office products (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.) Ability to manage several projects with competing deadlines

SMBC's employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required. SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at View email address on click.appcast.io.