Assistant Vice President and Deputy Risk Officer

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of St.

Louis

The Assistant Vice President and Deputy Risk Officer is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and mitigating risks for the organization.

This role provides strategic oversight of the Bank’s risk management frameworks, continuity planning, and crisis preparedness.

The role will provide oversight of the following risk functions: Enterprise Risk Management, Business Continuity, Privacy, COSO, and Data Governance.

It requires strong knowledge of Bank and System operations, the ability to integrate risk and resiliency perspectives, and the leadership skills to guide a blended team of enterprise risk management, information risk management and continuity professionals.

This position builds and maintains effective relationships with senior leaders, business area management, System partners, and external stakeholders to advance readiness, enhance risk awareness, and drive continuous improvement.

This leader reports to the Vice President and Chief Risk Officer.

Responsibilities

Lead the Bank’s Risk Programs (ERM, BC, Privacy, COSO)


* Leads the Bank’s Enterprise risk management activities including Board level reporting, business area risk profiles, risk event reporting, and development of Bank-wide risk documents.


* Leads the Bank’s Business Continuity function to ensure the Bank maintains a strong resilience stance across preparation, documentation, testing and exercising resilience plans.


* Leads the Bank’s Privacy program to ensure effective compliance while reinforcing a culture of privacy.


* Leads the Bank’s COSO program to ensure management is meeting Internal Control over Financial Reporting requirements.


* Supports the Senior Leadership Committee in meeting its management risk oversight responsibilities, including preparation of meeting content, presentations, and related risk documents.


* Prepare risk documents as needed for the Bank’s Executive and Senior Leadership Committees, the Bank’s Board of Directors, and the Board of Governors.


* Represent the Bank on System risk groups and provide input on System-level risk reporting and practices.


* Build strong working relationships with Bank management to provide guidance and insight into the Bank’s risk posture.


* Provide subject matter expertise on best practices, industry trends, and emerging risks.

Oversee and enhance the District’s Business Continuity Program


* Provide leadership for all BC program components including the Business Impact Analysis (BIA), business area BC plans, Crisis Management Team (CMT) Plan, Crisis Communication Plan, and annual readiness documentation.


* Ensure resiliency by directing exercises, rehearsals, and tests (District, System-level, buddy banks, product offices, National IT).


* Maintain and administer BC tools and applications (OnSolve’s Automated Notification System, Contingency Information Anywhere, BC Dashboard, Fusion, Microsoft...