Chief Operating Officer - Executive (Corporate Audit and Credit Review)

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

• Acts as the Senior Executive’s Chief of Staff, helping to flesh out the vision of the leader, drive the strategy and keep the team aligned to one vision.
• Serves as a key adviser to the General Auditor for Information Technology Risk Management and their leadership team, consulting in matters of risk management, process and controls. Navigates the complexities of gaining buy-in, building consensus, challenging leadership team members, and resolving conflicts in the organization to drive timely business decisions and risk remediation.
• Drive and support strategic direction of the organization, set/monitor key performance indicators to make recommendations to increase business effectiveness, partnering with internal stakeholders/operational owners to execute
• Acts as the culture carrier amongst the leadership team, leading the integration and unification of the newly formed Corporate Audit Technology organization and driving the organization to achieve sustainable results
• Serves as key integration and coordination point to ensure that the linkages between Information Technology Risk Management Audit and peer teams across CACR are highly integrated and collaborative.
• Ensures risk management practices and policies are integrated in operations including remediation and issue management; partners with broader stakeholders
• Drives management routines – leadership meetings, scorecard reporting, business reviews, planning exercises, town halls, strategic communications, recognition, employee engagement, etc.
• Leads the following Operational functions in support of the Information Technology Risk Management Audit organization:
• Business Management including financial and workforce management, workspace management, vendor management, employee engagement, communications, and chairing/managing executive routines
• Business Controls, Risk Management and Oversight including issue, audit and exam management and risk and compliance program governance
• Provides governance, oversight and operational support for the Corporate Audit Technology organization
• Leads financial and resource management exercises and activities (forecasting, planning, tracking, reporting, etc.) across a broad team with exceptional discipline and rigor. Drives multi-year strategy designed to deliver annual savings.
• Directs horizontal efforts across Corporate Audit Technology:
• Innovation and strategy to further upskilling of the workforce

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Skills/Experience Required

• 15+ years of experience Audit/Technology business operations experience in increasingly more complex roles; inclusive of strategy, innovation, portfolio planning & management, business management and risk management
• Demonstrated ability to influence and integrate across lines and at a senior executive level
• Demonstrated expertise in establishing and maintaining rigorous management discipline routines, processes, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to execute on multiple competing long and short-term priorities, often within tight time frames, prioritizing effectively and while managing key stakeholder expectations throughout
• Demonstrated ability to influence strategy and execute at a detailed level; leading
• Experience leading a broad team of resources who are responsible for diverse functions
• Deep understanding of either Audit and/or Technology Lines of Business

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Desired Experience

• 10+ years of Audit experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage highly complex platforms and maintain stability amidst volatile environment
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategic roadmap, while maintaining high degree of focus on risk and regulatory prioritize
• Demonstrated ability to influence and integrate across lines and at a senior executive level.
• Demonstrated expertise in establishing and maintaining rigorous management discipline routines, processes, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to execute on multiple competing long and short-term priorities, often within tight time frames, prioritizing effectively and while managing key stakeholder expectations throughout
• Deep understanding of Audit

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - CT - East Hartford - 101 E River Dr - One Riverview Square (CT2550), US - CT - Stamford - 600 Washington Blvd (CT2561), US - RI - Providence - 1 Financial Plaza (RI1537)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$215,000.00 - $263,200.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.