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Senior Business Control Specialist

AT Merrill
Merrill

Senior Business Control Specialist

Charlotte, NC

Job Description:

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Job Description:
This job is responsible for driving and executing on internal control discipline and operational excellence within a Line of Business (LOB) or Enterprise Control Function (ECF). Key responsibilities include providing analytical and administrative support for LOB or ECF specific processes and tools to drive adherence to enterprise-wide standards. Job expectations include monitoring and testing controls and implementing quality assurance and quality control processes within the LOB or ECF by evaluating data to help identify, track, and report issues and control improvements for remediation.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversees the design and effectiveness of the risk and control environment to support Client Operational Services and ensure adherence to enterprise-wide standards
  • Supports the monitoring and testing of controls by evaluating data to identify issues and control improvements for remediation
  • Implements optimized controls and enhanced Quality Assurance (QA) practices to support business continuity efforts
  • Conducts and coordinates quality inspection reviews to enhance employee performance and control effectiveness
  • Performs QA activities including executing on controls, managing cases, and reporting results
  • Executes initiatives by identifying areas of potential testing automation, procedural updates, thematic trends, test script updates, and coaching opportunities to enhance QA program success
  • Supports the overall management of and research required for regulatory exams, internal audits, and other monitoring and inspection reviews and evaluates data and information relevant to inspection metrics to support governance activities for dashboard reporting

Required Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of professional work experience in risk management and/or finance preferably in the financial services industry
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or Economics
  • Prior experiences supporting strategic initiatives/projects across the enterprise
  • Strong emerging technology skillset (Tableau, Alteryx, SharePoint etc. )
  • Excellent communication and project management skills
  • Creative thinker, thinks outside the box and challenges status quo
  • Analytical mindset able to resolve complex issues
  • Strong communication skills (written, verbal and interpersonal) including tact, diplomacy and ability to influence senior executives
  • Integrity, maturity, dependability and positive professional attitude

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with controls work (i.e.) Issues and Sub-issues Management, Single Process Inventory (SPI), Enterprise Services, Risk Identification, RCSA and the interconnectivity across the Company's business controls policies
  • Experience with CFO organization and related processes

Skills:

  • Controls Management
  • Issue Management
  • Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing
  • Quality Assurance
  • Risk Management
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Attention to Detail
  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Written Communications
  • Decision Making
  • Innovative Thinking
  • Prioritization
  • Recording/Organizing Information
  • Research

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

Client-provided location(s): Charlotte, NC, USA
Job ID: Merrill-JR-25003453
Employment Type: Full Time