Business Controls Senior Manager

Job Title:

Business Controls Senior Manager

Location:

CityScape

What you'll do:

Western Alliance is seeking Business Control Senior Manager. This role is aligned to the Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) team who are accountable for implementing a consistent, sustainable, and timely RCSA program support the credit & lending organization. This includes inherent risk identification, control identification, residual risk assessment, and risk treatment plans.

The successful candidate will be a motivated team player who has expertise in credit risk and control management; a self-starter who is accustomed to working in fast-paced, complex, evolving organizations with diverse stakeholders; and an agile individual who is able to withstand challenges and adapt quickly with an execution mindset.

What we are looking for:

Responsibilities:

• Support Director of Business Controls responsible with execution of risk management activities including: Assess risks and effectiveness of credit controls within business functions including

• Perform Risk Control Self-Assessment reviews including risks, risk metrics, control record updates, and control test reviews.

• Champion a strong risk culture for the company via elevating the risk knowledge base of associates and leaders and deploying risk management best practices across the credit and lending organizations

• Foster effective partnerships across the firm with risk subject matter experts to implement risk

• Support risk and control assessments through collaboration with process owners and other stakeholders.

• Create and update process flow documentation for processes.

• Assist in quarterly assessments of operational risk related to other processes e.g., internal operational risk reports, risk appetite statements and control testing.

• Review top/emerging risks to ensure that sufficient mitigating controls are identified and documented

• Defend risk assessments with stakeholders and assist in coordinating requests and responses during Internal Audits and bank regulatory exams.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in Credit Risk management or equivalent training and experience preferably in the financial services industry

• Treasury, Markets and/or Banking knowledge preferred

• Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication

• Demonstrated ability to view data holistically and remain detail oriented to synthesize, prioritize and deliver results with urgency

• Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational, analytical, presentation, facilitation, negotiation and strategic skills

• Proven ability to obtain support and buy-in across a wide range of internal and external audiences

• Strong Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio skills.

Benefits you'll love:

We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation