Job Information
City of New York Operational Risk Manager in New York, New York
Job Description
We are a public pension fund that provides New York City educators with retirement, disability, and death benefits. We were established on August 1, 1917 and are one of the largest pension plan sponsors in the United States, with more than $100 billion in assets and over 215,000 active and inactive members, retirees and beneficiaries.
Our Risk Management program ensures that risk is adequately identified and expected internal controls are put in place. The Operational Risk Manager will identify, evaluate, and report on project, technology, and business process risks to ensure the correct level of mitigation of internal controls are considered and developed.
Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain the operational risk framework, policies, procedures, and methodologies to identify, assess, monitor, and control operational risks
Facilitate conducting risk assessments with the first line of defense and other stakeholders to identify and assess operational risks across the organization. This involves analyzing processes, systems, and controls to identify potential risks and ensuring that risk assessments are conducted effectively
Monitor and report on operational risk trends, issues, and mitigation efforts to executive management and relevant stakeholders
Develop and implement risk reporting mechanisms to communicate operational and third-party risk profiles to executive leadership
Collaborate with various units to oversee development and implementation of risk mitigation strategies and control measures
Develop and execute consistent reporting and monitoring across key operational risk measures, including (but not limited to) inherent risk, control adequacy and effectiveness, residual risk, control issues, and operational risk losses across TRS
Identify and investigate operational risk events ensuring root cause analysis and control assessments are undertaken
Develop KPIs which can be used to monitor and report on operational risk to key stakeholders regularly
Develop and execute consistent reporting and monitoring across the life cycle of new projects
Follow up on deficiencies identified in monitoring reviews, self-assessments, automated assessments, and internal and external audits to ensure that appropriate remediation measures have been taken
Facilitate risk management workshops to conduct quantitative and qualitative assessments, determine top project risks, mitigation measures and risk owners.
Drive a culture of risk awareness and maintain a strong control environment, provide ongoing recommendations to enhance the control environment
Compile and present conclusions from data analysis to executive leadership and key stakeholders
What We Can Offer You:
Flexible work hours, work/life balance
Paid holidays, sick and annual leave
Health benefits, dental and vision coverage, prescription drug plans
Flexible Spending Programs (FSA)
Commuter benefits plan
Retirement savings plan (The New York Employees' Retirement System)
U.S. Savings Bonds
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Qualifications
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university including or supplemented by 12 credits in mathematics, statistics, accounting, and/or actuarial science and four years of satisfactory full-time experience implementing the provisions of a retirement plan involving the use of mathematical, statistical, actuarial or accounting computations, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or supervising professionals implementing the provisions of a retirement plan involving the use of mathematical, statistical, actuarial or accounting computations; or
An associate degree or 60 credits from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 12 credits in mathematics, statistics, accounting and/or actuarial science and six years of satisfactory full-time experience as indicated in “1”; or
Education and/or experience equivalent to “1” or “2” above. However, all candidates must have 60 credits from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 12 credits in mathematics, statistics, accounting and/or actuarial science and the 18 months of experience in a supervisory, administrative, managerial or executive capacity as described in “1” above.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
