Corporate Trust: Vice President, First Line of Defense Risk and Control

Company: Illinois CPA Society
Location: Houston
Posted on: March 23, 2025

Job Description:

Overview

Bring your ideas. Make history.
BNY Mellon offers an exciting array of future-forward careers at the intersection of business, finance, and technology. We are one of the world's top asset management and banking firms that manages trillions of dollars in assets, custody and/or administration. Known as the "bank of banks" - 97% of the world's top banks work with us as we lead and serve our customers into the new era of digital.

With over 238 years of rich history and industry firsts, BNY Mellon has been built upon our proven ability to evolve, lead, and drive new ideas at every turn. Today, we're approximately 50,000 employees across 35 countries with a culture that empowers you to grow, take risks, experiment and be yourself. This is what #LifeAtBNYMellon is all about.

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Regulatory Oversight Management II to join our Corporate Trust (CT) Governance and Controls team. This position is a hybrid work schedule (In office 3 days a week) and can work out of the following offices Houston, TX - Lake Mary, FL - Pittsburgh, PA.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Resides in the business and manages first line of defense risk and control management efforts as they relate to regulatory and policy requirements.
• Identify, quantify, and monitor operational risks across CT to enable risk-based actions and decision making by CT business leadership.
• Provide operational risk expertise, consultation, support, and constructive challenge to complex processes.
• Partner with business areas to conduct operational risk assessments and risk and control self-assessments in accordance with the BNYM Risk Management Framework and Enterprise risk standards.
• Evaluate adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Promote a robust risks culture within the division by enhancing the risk knowledge of associates and leaders, and implementing best practices to foster a culture of risk ownership and accountability.
• Cultivate relationships with other business areas, including risk subject matter experts, to align and assess end-to-end operational risk.
• Thorough knowledge of Financial Services rules and regulations.
• Demonstrated problem solving and analytical ability, and strong oral and written communication skills.
• Must have the ability to supervise small teams and projects and develop solutions for regulatory oversight management issues.
• No direct reports: provides technical advice/guidance to less experienced team members.
• Contributes to the achievement of team objectives. Supports complex projects and provides insight on interpretation of regulations.
  
  To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
  
  • Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
  • 4 - 7 years of work experience in Enterprise Risk or Operational Risk, and Project Management or Internal/External Consulting.
  • Must work well independently and in a team environment.
  • Excellent analytical, communication, project management and time management skills.
    
    At BNY Mellon, our inclusive culture speaks for itself. Here's a few of our awards:
    
    • Fortune World's Most Admired Companies & Top 20 for Diversity and Inclusion
    • Bloomberg's Gender Equality Index (GEI)
    • Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion , Disability: IN - 100% score
    • 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, Fast Company
    • Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 100% score Corporate Equality Index
    • CDP's Climate Change 'A List'
    • Forbes Blockchain 50
      
      Our Benefits:
      
      BNY Mellon offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves that can support you and your family through moments that matter.
      
      BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
      
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      Employer Description:
      
      For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.
      
      EEO Statement:
      
      BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Our ambition is to build the best global team - one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve - and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.
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