Business Risk and Controls Advisor Senior - Auto Claims

Company: USAA
Location: Sun City West
Posted on: August 27, 2020

Job Description:

Purpose of Job

Positioned in the first line of defense to ensure the overall effectiveness of risk and compliance management programs, risk analytics and operations in the business. This role will partner and collaborate with Compliance and Risk Management, as well as Business Operations, IT, Audit Services, and Regulators to support risk and compliance-based initiatives. Responsible for supporting business leader adherence to the established risk framework and ongoing supervision of business controls including risk and control self-assessments, identification and evaluation of control effectiveness, identifying control failures, facilitating risk and compliance remediation, internal and external audits and regulatory exams, and monitoring of the first line of defense to minimize risk exposures and strengthen the overall control environment. Leverages risk assessment data and identifies key data-driven insights tied to first line of defense.

Job Requirements

* Identifies and manages existing and emerging risks that stem from business activities and the job role. * Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled. * Follows written risk and compliance policies and procedures for business activities. * Manages and drives solutions for stronger controls, and in support of risk and/or regulatory compliance related initiatives which may include: oversight of procedures/process, accurate regulatory reporting and filing, document governance, risk control self-assessments, procedure governance, control design, new product controls, CoSA Third Party Governance, or quality governance. * Performs ongoing supervision and oversight of business controls and shares knowledge with team members to evaluate the effectiveness of established business controls. * Responsible for risk data analysis, report preparation and trend analysis, utilizing business intelligence tools. * Anticipates business needs and proactively identifies opportunities to improve and strengthen the control environment through actionable insights. * Assists with translating control deficiencies into action plans and provides recommendations to enhance governance practices in alignment with risk and compliance frameworks. * Partners with stakeholders to drive improvement efforts to correct or prevent unfavorable trends and assess the impacts. * Leads project team through concept, planning, execution, and implementation phases for effective and timely risk remediation. * Advises senior management on the status of their control environment related to risk identification and control weaknesses. Identifies critical areas to monitor and escalates issues and findings to appropriate stakeholders. * Develops and maintains processes, procedures and tools for managing exception alerts as they occur, including monitoring of resulting exception cases. * Provides control oversight to ensure compliance with laws and regulations. * Serves as a primary resource to team members.

Minimum Requirements

* 6 years of experience supporting risk and/or compliance related activities in a financial services operating environment or other relevant industry OR 6 years of experience in a relevant quantitative discipline OR advanced degree or designation in a risk management or quantitative discipline, and 4 years of experience supporting risk and/or compliance related activities Or PhD in a risk management or quantitative discipline, and 2 years of experience supporting risk and/or compliance related activities. * Bachelor's Degree OR 4 additional years of related experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted in lieu of a degree (10 years total experience required without a degree).

Preferred

* Minimum of 2 years experience in the area of process control development/control evaluation. * Property and Casualty Claims experience. * Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications; specifically Excel and PowerPoint [developing Excel templates and PowerPoint Presentations]. * Detail Oriented. * Ability to multitask in a fast-paced working environment.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

At USAA our employees enjoy one of the best benefits package in the business, including a flexible business casual or casual dress environment, comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, along with wellness and wealth building programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education will assist you with your professional goals.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

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