Business Unit Risk Advisor managing business continuity and disaster recovery program requirements at Truist. Collaborating with leadership to mitigate risk and ensuring compliance in a financial context.
About the role
- Serve as a key advisor responsible for recognizing and reporting IT and IS strategic and aggregate risks across the business while advancing the Enterprise Risk Management function for aggregation, quantification, and qualification of risks
- Set direction for risk management programs within IT and IS and lead all aspects of the delivery of those programs across the line of business
- Provide risk management and governance leadership, operational direction and operational oversight of Information Security, Business Continuity, Data Center Security, AI and Corporate Investigations domains
- Establish a best-in-class Risk Management framework for the Enterprise Security Group (ESG) to ensure comprehensive oversight and management of risks across the full risk taxonomy
- Ensure risks align within appetite tolerances and strategic goals, product plans, forecasts, and adjust to variances
- Aggregate and report risks to senior leadership and effectively assess and influence business decisions and direction
- Contribute to the long-term strategy of how risk systems should be adapted and integrated to improve risk handling amid regulatory change and new technologies
- Ensure effective and appropriate policies, procedures, and controls are in place supporting all risk processes, systems, strategies, and implementations
- Establish trust and rapport with senior business leaders to sustain oversight of the second line risk role and actively engage line of business leaders
- Partner with senior risk executives in leading overall risk appetite, including identification and definition of key methods, metrics, and limits
- Influence and set strategy for advancement of the risk management framework and partner across Risk Management, Finance, and the business
- Liaise with Compliance and CLO on legal & regulatory considerations; assist in interactions with regulators (OCC, FED, FDIC, CFPB) and prepare Board and Senior Management level reports
- Build and lead all aspects of a team for assigned functional area through recruiting, development, retention, mentoring, performance management, and managerial activities
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree; OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
- 10+ years of risk management, regulatory or operations experience in a functional area such as insurance, banking, or financial services
- 5+ years of this experience focused on Information Security, Business Continuity, Physical Security or Corporate Investigations
- 4+ years of people leadership experience in building, leading and/or developing high-performing teams
- Industry certification(s) in Information Security (e.g., CISSP, CISM) or Business Continuity (e.g., ABCP, CBCP) or Risk Management (e.g., CRISC) or Physical Security (e.g., CPP)
- Proven experience working with and applying Risk, Security or Audit frameworks (FFIEC, COBIT, COSO, ISO 27001/2, NIST 800-53, SSAE16)
- Knowledge of applicable laws, rules, and regulations applicable to financial institutions
- Experience making data-driven decisions
- Experience working with external agencies and regulators
- Broad knowledge of information technology systems and general system development principles
- Proven experience integrating security throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including component analysis, static and dynamic scanning (SAST/DAST), penetration testing, and comprehensive application security testing across build, deploy, and maintenance phases (preferred: 10+ years)
- 3+ years experience with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning principles, including responsible AI use case evaluations and deployment (preferred)
- Proven ability to develop high-impact materials and deliver concise, insight-driven presentations to executive leadership
- USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role; do not apply if you will need immigration support (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT)
Benefits
- Relocation assistance is available
- Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance
- Long Term Incentive Plan: Cash payment for Executive level roles only, representing a cash payment which is both time and performance based
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
- 401(k)
- Pension
- Life insurance
- Parental benefits
- Adoption assistance
- Paid time off program with paid holidays
- 16 paid volunteer hours
- Various wellness programs
- Career path planning and continuing education
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