Finance Integration Office: Client Profitability Governance– Associate

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in Governance . You have found the right team.

As a Governance Associate in our Finance team, you will spend each day defining, refining, and delivering set goals for our firm. In your Governance role focused on Client profitability, you will be responsible for developing and overseeing the control environment. Your responsibilities will include developing and administering controls for client profitability processes in alignment with the Control and Operational Risk Evaluation (CORE) framework, implementing RACI, managing issues and action plans, preparing and managing audits, and handling control metrics and reporting. You will work within the Commercial and Investment Banking business of Global Finance and Business Management, reporting to the Governance Lead in the Finance Integration Office (FIO).

Job Responsibilities:

• Partner with stakeholders to evaluate and perform an end-to-end analysis of the business’s risk and control environment, identifying inherent risks, gaps, and issues, and proposing necessary controls.
• Assist in developing process mapping and documentation through participation in end-to-end process walkthroughs and deep dives with the client profitability processes.
• Build and maintain knowledge of the function, operational changes, policies, and procedures, change management, and operational risk practices to implement necessary control activities.
• Ensure controls are properly designed and operating effectively, contributing to a proactive risk and control culture that leverages proven evaluation strategies and sound change management protocols.
• Assist in developing analytics and automation for controls in the existing and target state of the function.
• Perform ongoing analysis of program-related data (e.g., SOP, User Tool, Intelligent Solution, Resiliency) to ensure that the function and its processes align with firmwide standards, policies, and procedures.
• Provide assistance in preparing and managing audit and 2nd line reviews for the function.
• Assist in issue and action plan development, gathering evidence, and documenting appropriate support for issue closure.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Business acumen– Know-how of the business and related functions
• Communication/presentation - excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to influence stakeholders at all levels in a meaningful and actionable manner.
• Analytical skills - critical thinking, attention to detail and analytical skills; able to synthesize large amounts of data and formulate appropriate conclusions.
• Experience with Data visualization and analysis tools such as Tableau/Qliksense
• Strong work ethic and organizational skills

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree required, CA/MBA (Finance) an advantage.
• 5 years of experience in financial services industry with background in controls, audit, quality assurance, operational risk management, or compliance
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Process mapping experience is a plus.