Senior Governance & Control Specialist

Work Location

Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America

40

$115,440 - $173,160 USD

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Governance & Control

The Senior Governance & Control Specialist is the leading expert for a significant and/or complex governance and control function, primarily interfacing with executive and/or functional stakeholders. Provides direction and guidance to team and/or management and acts as overall leader on key control initiatives.

• Recognized as leading expert within the company and requires significant in-depth and/or breadth of business knowledge and expertise in a complex field and knowledge of broader related areas
• Senior specialist providing advisory services to executives, business segment leaders and governs the requirements for own work
• Integrates knowledge of the enterprise function’s or business segment’s overarching strategy in leading program design, policy formulation or operating standards within one or more areas of expertise
• Anticipates emerging business trends and regulatory/risk issues as a basis for recommending large-scale product, technical, functional or operations improvements
• Serves as a source of expert advice to senior management in field of specialty
• Advises on execution strategy and leads the development and deployment of functional programs or initiatives within their own field or across multiple specialties
• Works within general policies and industry guidelines

• Undergraduate degree preferred
• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Deep industry and business knowledge and expertise on risk and control functions
• Expert knowledge of governance, risk and control procedures, strategies & tactics
• Knowledge of current and emerging competitor and market trends
• Ability to establish goals and objectives that support delivery execution for multiple and/or scaled teams
• Ability to contribute to strategic direction of the function and provide advice to the team and all levels of leadership
• Ability to support forecasting of initiatives and demand in order to help develop annual strategic plan
• Advanced ability to lead, plan, implement and evaluate program/project activities to ensure completion of product initiatives
• Skill in mentoring, coaching and performance management
• Skill in using analytical software tools, data analysis methods and reporting techniques
• Skill in using computer applications including MS Office and industry standards
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form
• Ability to work collaboratively and build relationships across teams and functions
• Ability to work successfully as a member of a team and independently
• Ability to exercise sound judgement in making decisions
• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines

• Contributes to the strategic direction of the business governance and control function and plays a key role in the development and implementation of risk strategies in support of the overall business strategy
• Develops and documents a comprehensive inventory of processes and controls with clearly defined owners and roles and responsibilities for each process and control
• Participates in the intake of applicable regulation, assessment of impact to the business line, and the comprehensive mapping of associated controls to rules and regulations
• Reviews end-to-end processes and controls and connects the dots across issues and control deficiencies across…