Stress Testing Consultant

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Job Description:

Responsible for building, consolidating, and reporting stress testing results for EST management. Performs complex analysis related to earnings, balance sheet, capital, and liquidity as well as associated risk exposures. Provides analytical support for explaining business/forecast strategies in the context of baseline and stress forecasts. Reviews and analyzes trends in stress results to best understand implications both internal and externally. Understands complex interactions between economic and operational factors and their resulting impact to product, business line and financial results & position of the company. Challenges assumptions and results and is comfortable communicating and influencing business partners based on these results. Can quickly build credibility with partners. Duties primarily include the regular use of discretion and independent judgment. Requires strong analytical, , influencing and communication skills. Comfortable with a dynamic, fluid work environment with tight deadlines. Experience with risk management, finance and/or accounting preferred.

The Stress Testing Consultant will help support key aspects of the end-to-end GRRP process across recovery and resolution plan submissions, regulatory inquiries, rule federation, and legal entity rationalization. This will include developing presentations, coordinating timelines and deliverables, and conveying the team's expectations of FLUs / CFs in GRRP's processes. The ideal candidate must be able to handle multiple priorities and meet urgent deadlines as necessary. This is a unique opportunity to join an enterprise-wide function, gain exposure to businesses and financial drivers across the company’s products and businesses, and work with leaders across the organization.

The role is an excellent opportunity to learn about all of the Bank’s businesses, risks and overall resilience. Recovery and Resolution Planning is a critical bank function and will provide the right candidate with invaluable experience for future roles across several areas in the Company.

Role Responsibilities:

• Coordination of complex regulatory deliverables, including plan documents, data templates, meeting materials, and responses to regulatory requests.
• Partner with Front Line Units and Control Functions to prepare content for regulatory submissions.
• Assist with preparation of materials for senior management and Board-level committees.
• Assist with drafting executive summaries for recovery and resolution submissions.
• Assist with all aspects of governance and reporting routines.
• Identify improvements for team processes and controls, including Operational Excellence.

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Finance / Risk Management experience.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Strong project management and analytical skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure and adapt easily to a changing environment and expectations.
• Detail and results oriented.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong relationship building and interaction skills.
• Strong teamwork skills.
• Self-starter with the ability to problem solve in both a team environment and in solo situations.

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge of the regulations impacting Bank of America, as well as the role of global supervisory authorities
• Broad knowledge of financial regulations
• Understanding of corporate governance and legal entities
• Ideally 5+ years of experience in Compliance, Risk Management, or Regulatory Engagement

Skills:

• Controls Management
• Internal Audit Review
• Issue Management
• Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing
• Regulatory Relations
• Benchmarking
• Data and Trend Analysis
• Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations
• Regulatory Compliance
• Risk Management
• Data Governance
• Data Modeling
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Forecasting and Modeling
• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines

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