Investment Risk Manager, Lionstone Investments at Columbia Threadneedle

Description

In this role, you will function as a front-line business process and investment risk manager that will work closely with the business to identify key risks and controls and improve processes surrounding acquisition and ongoing management of sales and investment properties.

Job Description

•   Utilize internal and industry best practices support the business in its review of processes. This may include assisting in project management, mapping processes, and updating policies and procedures documents. Coordinate with colleagues and partners across the business to ensure a coordinated level of service. Make recommendations tailored to business unit.

•   Work with the business to prepare the Risk and Control Self-Assessment and manage the review process. Aid the business in implementing a control evaluation for High and Very High-risk processes.

•   Assist the business in managing risk events including following escalation processes and overseeing remediation steps. Help oversee and coordinate responses to control findings from Internal Audit and Compliance reviews and other testing programs.

•   Aid compliance team in preparing agenda/papers for Business control meeting including proposing items for escalation. Help business develop, monitor, and internally report KRIs and Emerging risks.

•   Help prepare, in conjunction with the business, the annual Deep Dive for presentation at the Risk and Controls Committee. Ensure the business meets policy obligations, primarily focused on Cash Management, Model Governance, Business Technology, Enterprise Data Governance, and Vendor Risk Management.

Required Qualifications:

• 5-10 years' relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Risk/Control expertise: process mapping, policy and procedures analysis and development, knowledge of current techniques in operational risk management, controls, and operational soundness.
• Analytical skills: assess multiple data points to develop an actionable plan for bringing operational risk into tolerance.
• Testing skills: knowledge of current techniques in control assurance, ability to devise testing program and lead testers.
• Influencing skills: to influence business unit teammates to deliver on their operational risk responsibilities; able to champion, effectively, the success of primary and secondary risk initiatives.
• Coordination and networking skills: to coordinate within the business unit, related business units, and with other functional teams such as compliance and legal to help ensure consistent application of corporate risk requirements.
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Ability to understand and manage through complex issues and to synthesize them into essential points and to develop related processes and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience in an operational risk, controls, business management or audit function from a Real Estate Investments business and/or a Private Equity business.