Vice President; Sr Business Control Specialist

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Business Control Specialist (Risk Function)

Corporate Title:  Up to Vice President

Location:  Dublin

Company Overview:

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!

Location Overview:

Overlooking the spectacular Iveagh Gardens with access to all amenities in the beating heart of central Dublin is our Park Place office. Travel options include the LUAS, Dublin Bus networks as well as the Dublin Bikes station, positioned just outside our front doors. As part of our commitment to supporting staff travel to and from work in the most sustainable way possible, we also provide tax saver tickets as part of our award-winning benefits package which means getting to work has never been easier.

Role Description:

The Global Market Operations Risk Function is aligned to provide a centralized risk model, driving consistency through end-to-end horizontal risk management and oversight functions, as well as vertical risk functions. The vertical risk function provides dedicated risk expertise to support the lines of business and regions. The horizontal risk function provides a centralized view of GMO Risk, support ad hoc initiatives and centralized resiliency planning, together with the oversight and support of regulatory requirements and corporate audits impacting GMO.

The GMO Monitoring, Reporting & Governance team sits within the Global Market Operations Risk Function. The team aims to deliver consistent and strong monitoring, reporting and governance routines to drive and sustain a robust risk and control environment across Global Markets Operations.

The team is responsible for the production of materials for monitoring and reporting of risks within Global Market Operations. This includes supporting various internal and external risk routines as well as multiple business forums. The team reviews materials prior to publication to the Head of GMO and researches and provides updates and supporting briefing notes ahead of key meetings e.g Global Operations Risk Committee, Global Markets Business Control Forums. As the reporting responsibilities have expanded, there is a need to increase the team to support increased production volumes.

This role will maintain strong routines in support of the core risk & operations functions for Global Market Operations. This position is highly visible and requires frequent interaction with Senior Management and stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• The team is responsible for designing and developing reports and dashboards that drive daily business decisions.
• Ensure any GMO requests are fully understood and the information/data being used is accurate, timely and has gone through the required quality reviews.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal global business, control and risk partners.
• Working directly with the GMO lines of business and GMO risk partners to present concise and accurate reflection of the key risks impacting GMO for leadership consumption.
• Maintain an inventory of the various reporting that is to be produced, as well as develop an intake tool for new development requests.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance procedures, along with the subsequent periodic reviews, in support of the various reports that are being developed

What we are looking for:

• Must have exposure to multiple BI Tableau implementations in the areas of designing intuitive interfaces, dashboards and ad-hoc reports
• Create user-friendly and dynamic Tableau dashboards with KPIs, Heat Maps, Scatterplots, Bar Charts, Slicers, Drill down, Drill up etc. features and possess understanding of when to use them.
• Develop multiple prototypes, mock-ups and conceptualization of ideas that bring simplicity and context to complex design challenges
• Strong understanding of Data Visualization concepts and ability to identify trends & patterns in the data for providing actionable insights
• Understanding of DataMart/Data warehouse concepts
• Experience and familiarity with publishing, scheduling, refreshing reports to Tableau Server
• SQL skills for data wrangling, querying and transformation with Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases.
• Organizational, prioritization, and communication (oral / written) skills with attention to detail
• Coordination skills as will need to navigate across a number of GMO horizontal and vertical risk teams and GMO lines of business  
• High level of attention to detail, ability to self-start and adapt to a fast paced environment with multiple deliverables.

Skills:

• Strives to bring new thoughts and ideas to teams
• Excels in working among diverse viewpoints to determine the best path for ward
• Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change.
• Participate in and drive collaborative efforts to advance tools and ways of working
• Believes in value of diversity so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world
• Having a strong background in visual data delivery, interactive design and Oracle/SQL would be an advantage.

Benefits of working at Bank of America

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• At Bank of America, we strive to prioritise employees’ health and wellbeing – it’s what makes us a Great Place to Work.

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner.

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons.

• We offer 26-weeks paid maternity leave, 16-weeks paid paternity leave and inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers including 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum. 

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness, cycle to work, TaxSaver tickets etc.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters.

• Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan.

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice and the bank will match your contribution.

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment are crucial to our long-term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.