Risk Management Program Manager

A financial firm is seeking a Risk Management Program Manager in New York, NY. This hybrid role requires providing independent assessments and challenges on project artifacts, remediating data quality, and fostering strong relationships with stakeholders within the Risk Org PMO. Key responsibilities include supporting the PM community, escalating issues, performing Jira maintenance, assisting with thematic analysis, and ensuring governance and project management oversight.

Must Have

• Provide an independent initial assessment and challenge on project and program artifacts during all project phases
• Work with project managers to remediate data quality deficiencies within Risk book of work
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders including project managers, program managers, portfolio leads, and other members of the Risk Org PMO team
• Execute against multiple competing priorities simultaneously
• Support the PM community in identifying upcoming artifacts due, phase changes, risk and issue maintenance, and required training coming due
• Escalate past due artifacts, phases, risks, issues, and required training
• Perform monthly entitlements reconciliation to assure the right roles for the right people
• Perform routine Jira maintenance to track PQA (project quality assurance) findings
• Assist with thematic analysis and PowerPoint slide creation
• Governance and project management oversight
• Be proactive and self-motivated in driving quality and timely reviews/assessments end-to-end
• Bachelor's degree
• 8 years of progressive experience in the financial services industry
• Experience in Risk Management and understanding of regulatory and risk management in the financial services industry
• A critical thinker who seeks to understand the business and its control environment
• Proven project management skills to drive alignment across stakeholder groups and review and provide feedback on execution of required administrative processes
• Ability to work as a member of a team where success is defined not only on individual performance but also that of the entire team
• Excellent communication skills; ability to articulate deadlines and deliverables clearly to senior members of organization

Good to Have

• Major in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration preferred
• Recent experience in managing projects and/or quality assurance reviews for a banking institution is preferred

A financial firm is looking for a Risk Management Program Manager to join their team in New York, NY.

_Pay: $85-100/hr

Hybrid; 3 days onsite/week

US Citizen or GC Holder Only; No visa sponsorship

No third party candidates_

Responsibilities:

• Provide an independent initial assessment and challenge on project and program artifacts during all project phases
• Work with project managers to remediate data quality deficiencies within Risk book of work
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders including project managers, program managers, portfolio leads, and other members of the Risk Org PMO team
• Execute against multiple competing priorities simultaneously
• Support the PM community in identifying upcoming artifacts due, phase changes, risk and issue maintenance, and required training coming due
• Escalate past due artifacts, phases, risks, issues, and required training
• Perform monthly entitlements reconciliation to assure the right roles for the right people
• Perform routine Jira maintenance to track PQA (project quality assurance) findings
• Assist with thematic analysis and PowerPoint slide creation
• Governance and project management oversight
• Be proactive and self-motivated in driving quality and timely reviews/assessments end-to-end

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree; major in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration preferred
• 8 years of progressive experience in the financial services industry; experience in Risk Management and understanding of regulatory and risk management in the financial services industry
• A critical thinker who seeks to understand the business and its control environment
• Recent experience in managing projects and/or quality assurance reviews for a banking institution is preferred
• Proven project management skills to drive alignment across stakeholder groups and review and provide feedback on execution of required administrative processes
• Ability to work as a member of a team where success is defined not only on individual performance but also that of the entire team
• Excellent communication skills; ability to articulate deadlines and deliverables clearly to senior members of organization

Technical Skills:

• Risk Management
• Project Management
• Risk Analytics & Reporting
• Data Quality
• Jira