Vice President - Operational Risk

Job Description: VP – Operational Risk

Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Employment Type: Permanent

Salary: Open upto £140,000 Per annum + Bonus + Benefits

Work Mode: Hybrid, 3 days/Week Onsite.

Domain: Financial Services

Experience: Overall 15+ years of professional experience, with at least 6 years in consulting or senior executive roles within the Financial Services sector

Key Responsibilities/ Duties

1. Define and communicate the strategic vision for data governance remediation to client executives
2. Guide the client in modernizing data architecture, risk aggregation, and regulatory reporting processes.
3. Advise on development and enforcement of enterprise-wide data policies, standards and controls.
4. Support executive and Board- level reporting and engagement with OCC or other regulators.
5. Lead efforts to foster a culture of data accountability and continuous improvement with the client organization.

Required Skills Set and Requirement

Enterprise Data Analysis & Management

• Extensive experience designing and implementing data analysis and management programs in large financial institutions.
• Strong understanding of Data quality metrics, master data management, and metadata management.

Regulatory & Risk Management

• Experience in Operational Risk domains incuding but not limited to Data Risk, Fraud Risk, Tech Risk, Cyber Risk, Op Resiliency Risk, third-party risk, Processing Risk, Services and Enterprise Ops Risk, Regulatory management Reporting and Financial Statement reporting Risk
• Responsibilities include Requirement gathering, Data acquisition, Data quality assessment, and building risk monitoring tools.
• Deep knowledge of regulatory frameworks (BCBS 239)

Technical & Analytical

• Programming proficiency in Python, SQL, Reporting tools like, Tableau, Power BI & JIRA.
• Experience guiding IT Modernisation, System Integration, and process optimisation.
• Advanced problem-solving, Decision- Making and client advisory skills.

Communication & Board Reporting.

• Excellent communication, Negotiation, and presentation skills with demonstrated experience in board level engagement.

Qualification

• Master’s degree or advanced degree preferred
• Overall 15+ years of professional experience, with at least 6 years in consulting or senior executive roles within the Financial Services sector.
• Professional Certification (CDMP, PMP) highly desirable.