Senior Manager, Group Risk- Committee & Council Governance (US)

Work Location: Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America

Hours:

Pay Details:

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

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Line of Business:

Job Description:

Department Overview:

The Senior Manager, Group Risk will Committee & Council Governance (CCG) within Office of the Chief Risk Officer (OCRO) by helping to maintain a strong, consistent, and well-controlled governance framework for risk committees and councils. The role requires strong organizational skills and sound judgment, and the ability to independently lead complex governance activities to support the design, maintenance, and execution of effective committee and council governance practices. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leaders, committee chairs, members, business partners, and governance stakeholders to help ensure committees and councils operate in alignment with their mandates, escalation pathways, regulatory expectations, and internal governance standards.

Depth & Scope:

• Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required
• Oversees and leads a large and/or highly complex and diverse reporting function for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope while growing talent, developing skills and capabilities to achieve career goals, support project/initiative success and achieve business results
• Provides coaching, mentorship and guidance to practitioners, business, executives within area of expertise
• Manages and oversees the overall discipline and strategy for the respective areas while aligning to the enterprise best practices
• Strategic partner to leadership team on the management of the portfolio and financials, with deep industry, external/internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and identifying operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management/enterprise areas
• Facilitates key strategic discussions and provides thought leadership to executive audience (output may include strategic roadmap and/or deliverables/frameworks/short to long term goals etc.)
• Sets operational team direction and collaborates with others to execute on common goals
• Focuses on longer-range planning for functional area (e.g. 12 months or greater)

Additional Information:

We are looking for people with the below skills:

• Demonstrated ability to interpedently manage complex governance matters, exercise sound judgment, and provide guidance to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to provide governance guidance and challenge senior stakeholders, including committee chairs, secretaries, and members, and influence outcomes across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Strong understanding of corporate governance, risk governance, or committee and council operating practices; demonstrated experience supporting governance forums, committees, or executive-level meetings strongly preferred.
• Ability to lead the effective execution of committee and council governance activities, including setting standards around agenda planning, meeting material coordination, minutes, action item tracking, and follow-up with stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft clear, accurate, and professional governance documentation and facilitate information flow among committee chairs, members, business partners, and governance stakeholders.
• Superior organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, and meet established governance timelines.
• Attention to detail and sound judgment when reviewing governance materials, maintaining governance records, tracking escalations, and handling confidential or sensitive information.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, SharePoint, Co-pilot and governance repositories or tracking tools; experience with Microsoft Access, Excel, Power BI, or workflow/reporting tools preferred.

Education & Experience:

• Undergraduate degree or technical certificate and/or
• 10+ years relevant experience
• Advanced knowledge of multiple risk management disciplines, strategies, governance, regulations, controls, operating environment, consulting principles, procedures and processes
• Knowledge of risk management environment, standards, regulations and mitigation
• Knowledge of current and emerging competitor and market trends
• Ability to contribute to strategic direction of the function and provide trusted and reliable reporting, advice and opinion to senior leadership
• Ability to forecast initiatives and demand in order to develop annual strategic plan
• Skill in managing budgets, P&L, and resource allocation
• Skill in talent development and performance management
• Ability to establish goals and objectives that support the strategic plan
• Advanced ability to lead, plan, implement, and evaluate program/project activities to ensure completion of initiatives
• Ability to make an impact, influence, and achieve results with effective negotiation, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Skill in using computer applications including MS Office
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form
• Ability to work collaboratively and build relationships across teams and functions
• Ability to work successfully as a member of a team and independently
• Ability to exercise sound judgement in making decisions
• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion

Customer Accountabilities:

• Oversees a function of enterprise Risk Program professionals providing oversight and control related advisory services to Risk partners
• Provides strategic direction on a broad and diverse range of complex global Risk program activities
• Develops Risk enterprise-wide frameworks, policies, standards, procedures in coordination with management in line with TD's Risk Program
• Works with executive team, senior business management/partners to develop proactive strategies, tactics, policies and programs to effectively manage regulatory/compliance issues
• Contributes to the development and implementation of enterprise Risk programs related to all aspects of Risk legislation
• Meets with business partners and leaders to determine Risk strategies and compliance culture
• Takes corrective action and recommends or implements changes to procedures, as required
• Lead role in managing and in responding to periodic exams/audits and various regulatory bodies
• Participates in/leads enterprise-wide or Risk focused special projects
• Oversees research, development and implementation of new processes, technologies or operating models
• Works autonomously as the leader of the team and assists with development of group policies and approval of procedures in coordination with leadership team and colleagues; and promotes and monitors staff adherence to approved internal Risk policies, procedures, standards and guidelines, in addition to those federally mandated

Shareholder Accountabilities:

• Works closely with key business leaders to develop business plan, ensuring the optimal use of resources and leveraging TD’s operating model to maximize efficiency, effectiveness and scale
• Ensures team adheres to enterprise frameworks and methodologies related to overall business management activities
• Plans and executes on strategic activities, reviews and communicates results, and adjusts tactics accordingly
• Executes on the annual business plan to deliver results aligned with business strategies
• Manages overall budget, revenue and expenditures, meets business objectives while increasing efficiency and effectiveness
• Proactively identifies key business opportunities, researches and recommends enhancements/modifications, develops strategies to achieve recommendations and works closely with team to execute and implement
• Monitors and communicates the effectiveness of strategies, programs, and practices related to own area of expertise
• Protects the interests of the organization – identifies and manages risks, and escalates non-standard, high risk transactions/activities as necessary
• Keeps abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assesses potential impacts
• Maintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
• Ensures employees are knowledgeable; and assumes responsibility to minimize operational and regulatory risk by complying with Bank and industry Code of Conduct

Employee/Team Accountabilities:

• Contributes to the development of business segment and/or enterprise functional strategic priorities within their operational area or field of specialty
• Develops annual and/or long term plans for own area and influences plans well beyond area managed
• Responsible for management of the overall team providing both leadership and guidance
• Sets targets and objectives for the team, and delivers results
• Grows team expertise to align with business/enterprise demand and direction; assesses team skills and capabilities and continually looks for ways to provide and enhance the value delivered
• Leads a high performing team; provides on-going feedback and performance reviews, coaches and develops employees and ensures performance management activities are undertaken and provides regular input into employee assessments and development plans
• Leads the process of setting performance objectives for the team; tracks, monitors and effectively addresses and/or rewards performance in a timely manner
• Manages employees in compliance with all human resources policies, procedures and guidelines of conduct
• Shares knowledge, information, skills, and subject matter expertise among the team and ensures the timely communication of issues and encourages good working relationships with other functions and teams
• Supports an environment where team freely escalates business challenges; facilitates change through positive reinforcement of milestones and successes
• Recruits for all hires to ensure a highly diverse, qualified workforce to achieve business objectives
• Establishes and fosters a cohesive team; promotes a fair and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce and encourages the team to achieve common goals and objectives
• Acts as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally

Physical Requirements:

Never: 0%; Occasional: 1-33%; Frequent: 34-66%; Continuous: 67-100%

• Domestic Travel – Occasional
• International Travel – Never
• Performing sedentary work – Continuous
• Performing multiple tasks – Continuous
• Operating standard office equipment - Continuous
• Responding quickly to sounds – Occasional
• Sitting – Continuous
• Standing – Occasional
• Walking – Occasional
• Moving safely in confined spaces – Occasional
• Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) – Occasional
• Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) – Never
• Squatting – Occasional
• Bending – Occasional
• Kneeling – Never
• Crawling – Never
• Climbing – Never
• Reaching overhead – Never
• Reaching forward – Occasional
• Pushing – Never
• Pulling – Never
• Twisting – Never
• Concentrating for long periods of time – Continuous
• Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations – Continuous
• Reading, writing and comprehending instructions – Continuous
• Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing – Continuous

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. The listed or specified responsibilities & duties are considered essential functions for ADA purposes.

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package

Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO), banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition. Learn more

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Accommodation

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