Business Risk Senior Analyst

The LATAM (ex-Mexico) Controls & Compliance Project Coordinator Assistant Vice President will be responsible for supporting the Firm's overall Control and Governance Framework within Latin America, with a special focus on supporting and reporting on regulatory remediation activities in the region, including Regulatory Inventory Mapping, Data Management, Model Risk, and others.
They will report to the In-Business Risk and Control Change Lead for the Region and matrix into the LATAM Regional Cluster Controls Head for CCA.
They will further support the Cluster Heads in driving region-wide Controls initiatives set up by the LATAM Controls Head, in close collaboration with the Country In-Business Control Officers and Function Heads.
The AVP position will support the regional, cluster, and countries coverage of key control governance areas, including Fraud Management, Management of Operational Risk Events, administration of MCA/GRC, KOR Management, and UKI Management, as well as helping to drive the overall strategy for effective controls governance for the region.
Additionally, they will oversee and manage the regional activities related to the priority global regulatory remediation programs.
This will require close coordination with the global program owners, regional owners, and in-country implementation teams.
This position will support the establishment, maintenance, and change controls of the laws, rules, and regulations as required on an ongoing basis.
The AVP will also help manage weekly reporting on all regulatory remediation program statuses from a LATAM regional perspective.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well both as part of a team and independently are a must as this individual will be required to lead efforts single-handedly, as well coordinate very closely with In-Function Control Officers, and work alongside Business partners, Operational Risk Management, ICRM, AML, Legal, Risk, IA, Regulators, and other stakeholders on a variety of change initiatives.
**Key Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Support the coverage of the risk and control governance model, as established by the In Business Cluster Heads following the guidelines of LATAM Controls Head
- Oversee the regional implementation of activities and improved control processes related to the priority regulatory remediation programs, including but not limited to: Reg Change Management, Data Management, Model Risk Management, DSFTs, NPAC, Liquidity Risk Management, AML, LEO, LLL
- Support the establishment, maintenance, and change controls of laws, rules, and regulations as part of the Weekly Regulatory Inventory Mapping metrics
- Track the status of regional models and support in escalating policy breaches or exceptions for the models
- Create senior-level periodic reports to provide status updates and escalations, as needed, on regional implementations related to regulatory remediation programs
- Support the clusters/countries in Self-Assessment exercises (MCA)
- Support the countries/cluster/regional process for Managing Operational risk events, including Quarterly Attestations
- Support the Monitoring and reporting on Key Performance Indicators and provide oversight of the controls implemented within the business units
- Escalate issues, trends, and themes to senior management through existing forums
- Identify opportunities to implement improvements in controls and governance processes, reporting and forums
- Promote Operational Risk awareness, issue self-identification, and a strong risk culture
- Support the Model Risk Management Attestation process for LATAM CEO- and CCO-owned models
- Handle complex projects independently.
Highly organized with a capability of working with many regional and global teams
- Resolve day-day project issues and conflicting workload priorities
- Report project statuses, next steps, and issues / risks to stakeholders and regional/global sponsors

**Required Skills**:

- Ability to build and maintain professional working relationships with counterparts in different areas of the organization, working across geographies and corporate LOBs/ functions
- Ability to manage through influence (e.g., management in the absence of reporting lines or with matrix reporting)
- Demonstrated ability to assess complex issues through root cause analysis and other analytical techniques, structure potential solutions
- Analytical and able to conduct interpretation of regulations and define applicability to processes, products, and services
- Ability to influence, understanding how to operate effectively across diverse businesses
- Comfort in navigating complex, highly matrixed organizations
- Effective negotiation skills, a proactive and 'no surprises' approach in communicating issues and strength in sustaining independent views
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with people at all levels of the organization
- Quick learner, team oriented with strong org