Associate Director Job at Western Alliance Bank
Job Title:
Associate Director - Risk Appetite Framework, Calibration & Reporting
Location:
TX - Dallas/Irving
What you'll do:
The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and driving enhancements to, as well as facilitating the execution of enterprise activities within the firm’s Risk Appetite Framework. This includes on-going maintenance of the firm's Risk Appetite Framework and Statement, metric identification and threshold calibration, meeting governance and regulatory requirements, as well as reporting to senior management and the Board. This key position plays a crucial role in supporting clear and consistent articulation of the firm's risk appetite, appropriate capture of material risks facing the firm and integration of both with the firm's day-to-day risk management practices to ensure those risks are properly managed, monitored and controlled.
Reporting to the Director of Strategic Risk Initiatives, the ideal candidate will be driven to build and scale, ready to challenge the status quo, able to comprehensively synthesize and communicate information, as well as driven to continuously improve. The Strategic Risk Initiatives team is part of the Bank’s wider Risk Management department and a rapidly growing team focused on providing expert guidance, credible challenge, and effective oversight of risk-taking activities throughout the Bank.
What we are looking for:
Responsibilities
- Deliver the end-to-end design, update, review and challenge of the firm’s Risk Appetite Framework and Statement, including deepening internal connectivity with business and risk management processes to ensure robust and relevant content and stakeholder participation.
- Identify and execute enhancements to the Risk Appetite Framework by refining key risk metrics/indicators and establishing linkages with relevant enterprise limit structures/thresholds to strengthen connectivity between risk appetite and the firm’s strategic planning, capital planning and risk identification processes.
- Collaborate with senior management across all Three Lines Of Defence to identify opportunities for enhancements to the control environment surrounding the firm’s processes, including risk identification, risk governance and risk appetite frameworks.
- Support the engagement of senior management across the firm to socialize program enhancements and attend various senior-level risk committees to advance the implementation of those enhancements through challenge discussions.
- Participate in, and where relevant lead aligned assurance initiatives across the Three Lines of Defence, such as developing and implementing a methodology for 2nd Line of Defence Risk Assessments.
- Participate in, and where relevant lead deliverables related to broader senior management and Board reporting, analysis, and communication.
- Support regulatory and audit reviews at various levels.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- 10 years of direct or related experience in Risk Management, Internal Audit, Finance, Public Accounting, Business Management, or Management Consulting
- Applied knowledge of general banking operations and governance practices, industry trends, competitive landscape, and corporate strategy
- Applied knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices
- Experience with enterprise-wide change management principles and/or complex initiatives
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Proven ability to interact with all levels of an organization, especially senior management
- Ability to drive multiple agendas simultaneously to achieve continuous outcomes
- Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritization skills
Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!
About the company:
Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.
Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email
HR@westernalliancebank.com
or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.
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